The Telegram channel of the Consular Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry notes that the ban no longer applies to family members of foreign citizens and stateless persons who permanently reside in the country and have a residence permit.
“Family members include spouses, parents, children, siblings, siblings, grandfathers, grandmothers, grandchildren, adoptive parents, adoptees, guardians and trustees,” the department explained.
These persons can enter the territory of Russia upon presentation of a copy of a document that confirms the degree of relationship (certificate of marriage, birth, etc. -
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), guardianship or trusteeship.
"In the absence of an agreement on visa-free travel between the state of citizenship of a relative and the Russian Federation, the inviting person ... must apply to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia to issue an invitation, which will be the basis for the issuance of an ordinary private visa by the Russian consular office to his relative," the consulate added Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said earlier that the Ministry of Internal Affairs is preparing a new procedure for entering and leaving the country.
In August, the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced that almost 100 thousand foreigners had been denied entry to Russia in six months.