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Russia — Citizenship Guide

Citizenship by descent is available; naturalisation requires 5 years; dual citizenship is permitted.

Why Russia?

The Russia passport offers visa-free, visa-on-arrival, ETA, or e-visa access to 138 destinations, ranking it #94 globally.

Dual citizenship tolerated but not recognised.

Citizenship by descent

Russia applies jus sanguinis — citizenship can be acquired by descent from a citizen parent, and in some cases from grandparents or more distant ancestors.

Naturalisation

Naturalisation typically requires 5 years of residence, usually alongside language and integration requirements.

Dual citizenship

Russia generally permits dual citizenship.

Fees & timeline

There is no standard published application fee — costs vary, so check with official sources.

Compiled from the Citizenship Hub law dataset (approximate). Verify with official government sources before relying on this information.

Where the Russia passport can travel

Visa-free, visa on arrival, ETA, and e-visa access by destination. Hover for details.

Fiji — Visa-free Tanzania — Visa on arrival W. Sahara — Unknown Canada — Visa required United States of America — Visa required Kazakhstan — Visa-free Uzbekistan — Visa-free Papua New Guinea — ETA Indonesia — Visa on arrival Argentina — Visa-free Chile — Visa-free Dem. Rep. Congo — e-Visa Somalia — e-Visa Kenya — ETA Sudan — Visa required Chad — e-Visa Haiti — Visa-free Dominican Rep. — Visa-free Russia — Home country Bahamas — Visa-free Falkland Is. — Unknown Greenland — Unknown Fr. S. Antarctic Lands — Unknown Timor-Leste — Visa on arrival South Africa — Visa-free Lesotho — Visa required Mexico — ETA Uruguay — Visa-free Brazil — Visa-free Bolivia — Visa-free Peru — Visa-free Colombia — Visa-free Panama — Visa-free Costa Rica — Visa-free Nicaragua — Visa-free Honduras — Visa-free El Salvador — Visa-free Guatemala — Visa-free Belize — Visa-free Venezuela — Visa-free Guyana — Visa-free Suriname — ETA Ecuador — Visa-free Puerto Rico — Unknown Jamaica — Visa-free Cuba — Visa-free Zimbabwe — Visa on arrival Botswana — Visa-free Namibia — Visa-free Senegal — Visa on arrival Mali — Visa required Mauritania — e-Visa Benin — e-Visa Niger — Visa required Nigeria — e-Visa Cameroon — e-Visa Togo — e-Visa Ghana — Visa required Côte d'Ivoire — ETA Guinea — e-Visa Guinea-Bissau — Visa on arrival Liberia — e-Visa Sierra Leone — Visa on arrival Burkina Faso — e-Visa Central African Rep. — Visa required Congo — Visa required Gabon — e-Visa Eq. Guinea — e-Visa Zambia — Visa on arrival Malawi — Visa-free Mozambique — Visa-free eSwatini — Visa-free Angola — Visa-free Burundi — Visa on arrival Israel — ETA Lebanon — Visa on arrival Madagascar — Visa on arrival Palestine — Visa-free Gambia — Visa required Tunisia — Visa-free Algeria — Visa required Jordan — Visa-free United Arab Emirates — Visa-free Qatar — Visa on arrival Kuwait — Visa required Iraq — e-Visa Oman — Visa-free Vanuatu — Visa-free Cambodia — Visa on arrival Thailand — Visa-free Laos — Visa-free Myanmar — Visa-free Vietnam — Visa-free North Korea — Visa required South Korea — ETA Mongolia — Visa-free India — e-Visa Bangladesh — Visa on arrival Bhutan — e-Visa Nepal — Visa on arrival Pakistan — e-Visa Afghanistan — Visa required Tajikistan — Visa-free Kyrgyzstan — Visa-free Turkmenistan — Visa required Iran — Visa on arrival Syria — e-Visa Armenia — Visa-free Sweden — Visa required Belarus — Visa-free Ukraine — Visa required Poland — Visa required Austria — Visa required Hungary — Visa required Moldova — Visa-free Romania — Visa required Lithuania — Visa required Latvia — Visa required Estonia — Visa required Germany — Visa required Bulgaria — Visa required Greece — Visa required Turkey — Visa-free Albania — e-Visa Croatia — Visa required Switzerland — Visa required Luxembourg — Visa required Belgium — Visa required Netherlands — Visa required Portugal — Visa required Spain — Visa required Ireland — Visa required New Caledonia — Unknown Solomon Is. — Visa required New Zealand — Visa required Australia — e-Visa Sri Lanka — Visa on arrival China — Visa-free Taiwan — Unknown Italy — Visa required Denmark — Visa required United Kingdom — Visa required Iceland — Visa required Azerbaijan — Visa-free Georgia — Visa-free Philippines — Visa-free Malaysia — Visa-free Brunei — Visa-free Slovenia — Visa required Finland — Visa required Slovakia — Visa required Czechia — Visa required Eritrea — Visa required Japan — Visa required Paraguay — Visa-free Yemen — Visa required Saudi Arabia — Visa on arrival Antarctica — Unknown Cyprus — Visa required Morocco — Visa-free Egypt — Visa on arrival Libya — e-Visa Ethiopia — Visa on arrival Djibouti — Visa on arrival Uganda — e-Visa Rwanda — Visa on arrival Bosnia and Herz. — Visa-free North Macedonia — Visa required Serbia — Visa-free Montenegro — Visa-free Trinidad and Tobago — Visa-free S. Sudan — e-Visa
  • Visa-free
  • Visa on arrival
  • ETA
  • e-Visa
  • Visa required
  • No admission

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