Russia · Passport Index 2026
Russia · Passport Index 2026Russian passport: visa-free countries
Ranked #50 in the world, with 114 places you can visit easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
- 1 Freedom of movement
- 83 Visa not required
- 24 Visa on arrival
- 6 eTA required
- 35 eVisa
- 75 Visa required
- 7 Admission refused
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Visa-free countries for Russian passport holders
Just show your passport at the border.
Visa on arrival
Get your visa at the airport when you land. No need to apply in advance.
eVisa and online permits
Apply online before you fly; no embassy visit.
Where the Russian passport can go
Every country coloured by its entry rule. Tap one for the details.
How the Russian passport compares
Passports ranked close to it on the Passport Index 2026.
By region of the world
For each part of the world: how many countries' travellers can come easily. Easy means no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
- Asia38 of 50 countries
- Americas33 of 55 countries
- Oceania13 of 24 countries
- Africa25 of 58 countries
- Europe5 of 48 countries
- Antarctic0 of 1 countries
All 236 destinations for Russian passport holders
236 of 236 destinations
- AndorraVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- AngolaVisa not requiredMiddle Africa30 days
- Antigua and BarbudaVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- ArgentinaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- ArmeniaVisa not requiredWestern Asia180 days
- AzerbaijanVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- BahamasVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BarbadosVisa not requiredCaribbean28 days
- BelizeVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- BoliviaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe30 days
- BotswanaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- BrazilVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- BruneiVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia14 days
- Cape VerdeVisa not requiredWestern Africa60 days
- ChileVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- ChinaVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- ColombiaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- Cook IslandsVisa not requiredPolynesia31 days
- Costa RicaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- CubaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Dominican RepublicVisa not requiredCaribbean60 days
- EcuadorVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- El SalvadorVisa not requiredCentral America180 days
- EswatiniVisa not requiredSouthern Africa30 days
- FijiVisa not requiredMelanesia120 days
- GeorgiaVisa not requiredWestern Asia365 days
- GrenadaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- GuatemalaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- GuyanaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- HaitiVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- HondurasVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- Hong KongVisa not requiredEastern Asia14 days
- IranVisa not requiredSouthern Asia15 days
- JamaicaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- JordanVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- KazakhstanVisa not requiredCentral Asia90 days
- KiribatiVisa not requiredMicronesia90 days
- KyrgyzstanVisa not requiredCentral Asia90 days
- LaosVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MacauVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MaldivesVisa not requiredSouthern Asia90 days
- MauritiusVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- MoldovaVisa not requiredEastern Europe90 days
- MongoliaVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- MoroccoVisa not requiredNorthern Africa90 days
- MyanmarVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- NamibiaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- NauruVisa not requiredMicronesia14 days
- NicaraguaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- NiueVisa not requiredPolynesia30 days
- OmanVisa not requiredWestern Asia30 days
- PalauVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- PalestineVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- PanamaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- ParaguayVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- PeruVisa not requiredSouth America183 days
- PhilippinesVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Pitcairn IslandsVisa not requiredPolynesia14 days
- QatarVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- Saint LuciaVisa not requiredCaribbean
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- SamoaVisa not requiredPolynesia60 days
- São Tomé and PríncipeVisa not requiredMiddle Africa15 days
- Saudi ArabiaVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- SerbiaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe30 days
- SeychellesVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- South AfricaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- SurinameVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- TajikistanVisa not requiredCentral Asia
- ThailandVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- TunisiaVisa not requiredNorthern Africa90 days
- TürkiyeVisa not requiredWestern Asia60 days
- United Arab EmiratesVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- UruguayVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- UzbekistanVisa not requiredCentral Asia
- VanuatuVisa not requiredMelanesia120 days
- VenezuelaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- VietnamVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia45 days
- BelarusFreedom of movementEastern Europe
- BahrainVisa on arrivalWestern Asia14 days
- BangladeshVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- BurundiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- CambodiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- ComorosVisa on arrivalEastern Africa45 days
- EgyptVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa30 days
- EthiopiaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Guinea-BissauVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- IndonesiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- LebanonVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- MadagascarVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Marshall IslandsVisa on arrivalMicronesia90 days
- NepalVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia90 days
- RwandaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- SenegalVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- Sierra LeoneVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- Sri LankaVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- SyriaVisa on arrivalWestern Asia15 days
- TanzaniaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Timor-LesteVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TongaVisa on arrivalPolynesia31 days
- TuvaluVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- ZambiaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- ZimbabweVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa30 days
- IsraeleTA requiredWestern Asia90 days
- KenyaeTA requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MexicoeTA requiredNorth America
- MozambiqueeTA requiredEastern Africa30 days
- Saint Kitts and NeviseTA requiredCaribbean90 days
- South KoreaeTA requiredEastern Asia60 days
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- AlbaniaeVisaSoutheast Europe90 days
- AnguillaeVisaCaribbean
- AustraliaeVisaAustralia and New Zealand
- BenineVisaWestern Africa30 days
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- Burkina FasoeVisaWestern Africa
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa
- Cayman IslandseVisaCaribbean
- ChadeVisaMiddle Africa
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa90 days
- DR CongoeVisaMiddle Africa7 days
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa
- GaboneVisaMiddle Africa90 days
- GhanaeVisaWestern Africa
- GuineaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- IndiaeVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- IraqeVisaWestern Asia30 days
- Ivory CoasteVisaWestern Africa90 days
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa
- MalawieVisaEastern Africa90 days
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa30 days
- MontserrateVisaCaribbean
- New ZealandeVisaAustralia and New Zealand
- NigeriaeVisaWestern Africa30 days
- PakistaneVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- Papua New GuineaeVisaMelanesia30 days
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaeVisaWestern Africa
- SingaporeeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- Solomon IslandseVisaMelanesia
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- South SudaneVisaMiddle Africa30 days
- TaiwaneVisaEastern Asia
- TogoeVisaWestern Africa15 days
- UgandaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- ArubaVisa requiredCaribbean
- AustriaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- BelgiumVisa requiredWestern Europe
- BermudaVisa requiredNorth America
- British Virgin IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- BulgariaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- CanadaVisa requiredNorth America
- Caribbean NetherlandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- Central African RepublicVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- CroatiaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- CuraçaoVisa requiredCaribbean
- CyprusVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- DenmarkVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- Falkland IslandsVisa requiredSouth America
- Faroe IslandsVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- FranceVisa requiredWestern Europe
- French GuianaVisa requiredSouth America
- French PolynesiaVisa requiredPolynesia
- GambiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GermanyVisa requiredWestern Europe
- GibraltarVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- GreeceVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- GreenlandVisa requiredNorth America
- GuadeloupeVisa requiredCaribbean
- GuamVisa requiredMicronesia
- HungaryVisa requiredCentral Europe
- IcelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- IrelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- ItalyVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- JapanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- KosovoVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- KuwaitVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LesothoVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- LiberiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- LiechtensteinVisa requiredWestern Europe
- LuxembourgVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MaliVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MaltaVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- MartiniqueVisa requiredCaribbean
- MayotteVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MonacoVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MontenegroVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- NetherlandsVisa requiredWestern Europe
- New CaledoniaVisa requiredMelanesia
- NigerVisa requiredWestern Africa
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- North MacedoniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- Northern Mariana IslandsVisa requiredMicronesia
- PortugalVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Puerto RicoVisa requiredCaribbean
- RéunionVisa requiredEastern Africa
- RomaniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- Saint BarthélemyVisa requiredCaribbean
- Saint MartinVisa requiredCaribbean
- Saint Pierre and MiquelonVisa requiredNorth America
- San MarinoVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Sint MaartenVisa requiredCaribbean
- SlovakiaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- SloveniaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- SpainVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- SudanVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- SwedenVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- SwitzerlandVisa requiredWestern Europe
- TurkmenistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- Turks and Caicos IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- UkraineVisa requiredEastern Europe
- United KingdomVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- United StatesVisa requiredNorth America
- United States Virgin IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- Vatican CityVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Wallis and FutunaVisa requiredPolynesia
- YemenVisa requiredWestern Asia
- American SamoaEntry permit requiredPolynesia
- British Indian Ocean TerritoryEntry permit requiredEastern Africa
- South GeorgiaEntry permit requiredAntarctic
- Svalbard and Jan MayenEntry permit requiredNorthern Europe
- TokelauEntry permit requiredPolynesia
- Czech RepublicAdmission refusedCentral Europe
- EstoniaAdmission refusedNorthern Europe
- FinlandAdmission refusedNorthern Europe
- LatviaAdmission refusedNorthern Europe
- LithuaniaAdmission refusedNorthern Europe
- NorwayAdmission refusedNorthern Europe90 days
- PolandAdmission refusedCentral Europe
Questions
How many countries can Russian passport holders visit without a visa?
84 countries need no visa at all, and 30 more give a visa at the airport or a quick online permit.
Where does the Russia passport rank?
#42 of 199 passports, with 109 destinations reachable without applying ahead.
Which big countries can Russian passport holders visit visa-free?
China, Brazil, Philippines, Vietnam Iran, and 79 more.
Where can Russian passport holders get a visa at the airport?
24 countries, including Indonesia, Bangladesh, Ethiopia Egypt, and 20 more.
Which countries let Russian passport holders apply online?
41 countries, including India, Pakistan, Nigeria Mexico, and 37 more. Always use the official government website.
How many countries need an embassy visa for Russian passport holders?
75, including United States, Japan, Germany France, and 71 more. Apply weeks before you travel.
Can Russian passport holders visit the US, UK or Europe without a visa?
United States: visa needed; United Kingdom: visa needed; Canada: visa needed; Australia: evisa; Japan: visa needed; France: visa needed.
Which part of the world is easiest for Russian passport holders?
Asia: 76% of its countries let you in without applying first.
Which nearby countries can Russian passport holders visit easily?
Moldova and Belarus.
Does the Russia passport work for official or diplomatic travel?
Official and diplomatic passports often have their own rules. Each destination page shows them where they differ from a regular passport.
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