Visa

Conscripts who travel abroad for less than three months should not worry about the draft, said the head of the State Duma Committee on Defense Andrey Kartapolov.

The resumption of the issuance of Chinese visas to Russians caused a great demand, and the free slots for filing documents ended in two days. In addition, the number of bookings by Russian citizens in hotels in major Chinese cities has doubled. This is reported by Kommersant.

Iran agrees to introduce a visa-free regime with Russia if the Russian Federation declares a mutual desire to lift restrictions.

After the cancellation of the simplified visa regime agreement between Russia and the European Union, consulates of European countries stopped issuing Schengen visas to citizens of the Russian Federation for more than a year.

Negotiations are underway to open a visa-free regime with the countries of Africa, South America, the Caribbean and the Persian Gulf.