Russia opened land borders – Snob
Where can you go now
On July 1, Rospotrebnadzor lifted all restrictions on coronavirus, and on July 15, Russia opens all land borders. They have been closed since March 27, 2020. Thus, the Russians had the opportunity to travel to Finland and Estonia. filmed before. You can travel to these countries with a passport and a Schengen visa – there are no confirmations of “special reasons” for entry, as it was before.
From the airports of Helsinki and Tallinn, you can fly to almost any European country (including England, France, Spain and Sweden, which include can’t be hit broadcast from Russia). Tickets can be purchased through Russian intermediaries – Aviakassa, Buy a Ticket and OneTwoTrip.
How to get a visa
You can enter Finland and Estonia with a Schengen visa. For its execution, a standard set of documents is required: an application (his instructions at the visa center), a valid passport, bank statement, certificate of employment, insurance policy and photographs. More about food documents here.
Against the backdrop of news about the lifting of restrictions, the Russians began en masse enroll in visa centers, because of which, for example, in St. Petersburg vacant places for an appointment appropriation only in August.
Where can you go without a visa
Without a visa, you can go to Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Georgia and Belarus. Restrictions relating to the closure of Russia’s land borders with exceptional countries were lifted even earlier – separate decisions.
How to book a hotel and pay abroad
You can rent housing using special services and applications. Ostrovok.ru offers about 1.7 million accommodation options worldwide; temporary housing can be paid remotely and on the spot. OneTwoTrip offers to book a tour or rent a car. Read about other aggregators replacing Booking and Airbnb that have suspended work in Russia here.
It is best to take it with you for international payments: Russian Visa, MasterCard and MIR do not work in Europe, and Chinese UnionPay, which is massively visited by Russians in the spring, is not calculated everywhere. Those who still want to use the card take with them Visa and MasterCard cards issued abroad. You can get them, for example, in Kazakhstan and Armenia.
Prepared by Kristina Borovikova