According to the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers, the list includes 52 countries from the pilot project, it will begin to operate from the beginning of 2021.
“The list includes 52 countries.
These are all those states whose citizens were allowed to enter Russia on an electronic visa as part of a pilot project.
Qatar is not included in the list, since a visa-free regime has been in effect between our countries since February 23, 2020, ”the message says.
It will be possible to cross the border through any specially equipped checkpoint, regardless of the region, and travel throughout the country.
The stay will be 16 days.
An electronic visa will be issued via the Internet for tourist, business, humanitarian and guest trips.
The consular fee will be $ 40.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree that from October 1, 2019, an electronic visa regime will be introduced on the territory of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.
This system also operated in the Far East and in the Kaliningrad region.