Russian e-visa scheme temporarily ended

RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS - In Brief 09 Jan 2021 by Alex Teddy
On January 8 Moscow announced that its electronic visas will no longer operate until the pandemic is over. 52 countries can take advantage of these e visas. These nations include the EU, China and India. There are fears that North Korea could use them to send laborers to Russia.Most international flights to and from Russia were stopped when the second wave of coronavirus erupted in the fall of 2020.E visas were launched on January 1 2020. The 16 day visas are cheap, fast and simple. They were intended to boost tourism and business. Russian tourism sustained a USD 7 billion loss in 2020. However, some sectors of Russian tourism even gained from most Russians taking vaccinations within their own country.

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