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Russia’s Medvedev Suggests Visa-Free Travel Post-Pandemic

2020-06-13 by Phil Butler

Дмитрий Медведев

Former Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says it’s high time visa-free travel between the EU and Russia became a reality.

Tags: Dmitry Medvedev, EU Travel, EU visas, EU-Russia, pandemic, Russia COVID, Russia relations, Russia tourists, Russia travel, Russian tourists, visa free russia, visa free travel

Will Russia End Up a Preferred Indian Destination?

2017-05-18 by Delia Gavrilescu

Medvedev

The weak Russian rouble, along with other major world currency depreciations, has created a boom for tourism to selected destinations.

Tags: currencies, Dmitry Medvedev, India visitors, Indian travelers, rouble, Russia market, Russia travel, Russian currency, Russian visas

Russia’s Medvedev Announces Visa Free Far East Regimen

2017-04-17 by Phil Butler

Dmitry Medvedev in a meeting with deputy prime ministers

In news from the Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, 18 countries will benefit from a new visa-free regime for Russia’s Far East.

Tags: Dmitry Medvedev, Russia far east, Russian visas, visa free russia, visa-free, Vladivostok

Russians Travel to Armenia Visa Free

2017-02-16 by Delia Gavrilescu

Armenia nature

Russians traveling to Armenia will no longer need passport stamps to enter the country. Furthermore, Armenian officials are working to encourage tourism, especially from Russia.

Tags: Armenia, Armenian visas, directions, Dmitry Medvedev, market, outbound tourism, routes, tourist industry, travel, Zarmine Zeytuntsyan

Aeroflot’s Low-Cost Carrier Dobrolet Starts Commercial Flights

2014-06-10 by Phil Butler

Dmitry Medvedev courtesy Aeroflot Facebook

Aeroflot (Moscow Exchange ticker: AFLT) announces that Dobrolet, its wholly owned low-cost carrier subsidiary, has completed its first commercial flight from Moscow to Simferopol.

Tags: Aeroflot low cost, Crimea, Crimea flights, Dmitry Medvedev, Russia, russia flights, Russia tourism, Russia travel

Vladimir Putin Sets Wreath Honoring Fallen V-Day Heroes

2013-05-08 by Phil Butler

Vladimir Putin laid flowers at the memorial signs established in honour of the hero cities by the Kremlin wall.

“This war is not an ordinary war. It is the war of the entire Russian people. Not only to eliminate the danger hanging over our heads, but to aid all people groaning under the yoke of Fascism” – Josef Stalin – 22nd June 1941

Tags: Dmitry Medvedev, Eastern Front, Josef Stalin, Roza Shanina, Victory Day, Vladimir Putin, World War Two, WW 2, WW II

France, Russia Announce Ambitious Caucasus Development

2011-05-27 by Mike Wheatley

The stunning Caucasus region is a perfect destination for Russian tourist resorts

The Presidents of France and Russia have announced a joint venture to transform the war-torn region of the north Caucasus into a premier tourist destination, they said on Thursday. The spectacular Caucasus Mountains, which have been the scene of a bloody Islamist insurgency in recent years, are an ideal location to develop ski resorts, the […]

Tags: Caisse des Depots et Consignations, Caucasus Mountains, Caucasus ski resorts, Caucasus tourism, Dmitry Medvedev, Nicolas Sarkozy, North Caucasus Resorts, ski and mountain tourism, tourist development

Allegro High Speed Between Finland and Russia Booming

2011-05-26 by Phil Butler

Helsinki, Finland

Since we reported on the Russia-Finland Free Visa issue, visitors to the Russian Federation via high speed rail have increased by 22 percent over the same period a year ago. According to the news, some 100,600 rail passengers traveled between Finland and Russia in the first quarter of 2011.

Tags: Allegro, Baltic tourism, Dmitry Medvedev, EU Travel, EU visa, Finland travel, Finland visa, Helsinki, high speed rail, rail tourism, Russia tourism, Russia travel, Russian Rail, Russian Railways, Russian visa, Tarja Halonen, visa, visa free travel, Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Yakunin

Austria Agrees to Ease Visa Restrictions for Russian Travelers

2011-05-20 by Mike Wheatley

President Heinz Fischer of Austria and Dmitry Medvedev of Russia discuss visa rules

Austrian visas are set to become much easier for Russian citizens to obtain after the country’s president agreed to ease current restrictions, saying Vienna should be as liberal as possible when concerning the Schengen Agreement. “If the system works fine for Italy, France and Spain then I do not see why Austria shouldn’t adopt the […]

Tags: Austrian president, Austrian visas, Dmitry Medvedev, Heinz Fischer, Russia visas, Russian president, Russian-EU summit, Schengen agreement, Schengen zone, visa restrictions

Medvedev Not Giving Up On Visa-Free Travel Issue

2011-05-19 by Mike Wheatley

Visa-free European travel is a logical step says Dmitry Medvedev.

The one thing holding back Russian tourism more than anything else has been the visa issue; Russian visas are notoriously difficult to get, and the bureaucrats in charge simply won’t bend until they get what they want in return. Rather than give into the EU’s demands for short-term visa free travel, Russia are demanding something […]

Tags: Dmitry Medvedev, EU Travel, Russia visa, Russian immigrants, Russian president, Russian tourism, Russian visas, visa free travel

Russia Ready For Tourists – Bureaucrats Are Not

2011-01-03 by Phil Butler

The world famous Qol Sharif Monsque in Russia

The Russian Federation faces some big challenges ahead. Not the least of these is transforming the country’s travel and tourism industry to be on a par with other developed nations. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and some of his deputies seem tasked more with spurring an inept bureaucracy than tackling infrastructure problems. Roads can be built, but incompetence seems to last forever.

Tags: Dmitry Medvedev, FIFA 2018, inbound tourism, Minister of Sport, moscow, Moscow airport, Olympic Games, Russia tourism, Russian Federation, Sochi, UNESCO, Vitaly Mutko

EU and Russia: Free Visa Talks at Standstill

2010-11-12 by Phil Butler

Dmitry Medvedev and Tarja Halonen

Travel and tourism for Russia is up this year despite slow progress on the free visa issue. The EU’s apparent stalling of Russia on free travel is holding up what could be a boom for the industry worldwide. Business between the EU and the Russian Federation could take many countries out of the recession with expanded cooperation, so just why the EU is holding back makes little sense to many.

Tags: Dmitry Medvedev, EU, European Union, free visa, free visa zone, Minister of Sport and Tourism, Moldova, Russia, Russia travel, Russia travel visa, Russian Federation, Tarja Halonen, travel, Ukraine, visa restrictions, Vitaly Mutko

To Russia With Love

2010-10-20 by Phil Butler

Jewel of the Urals, Ekaterinburg

Russia’s government now intent on breaking down barriers for the travel and tourism industry there. What has been one of the most difficult countries in the world to visit, should the plan succeed, will become one of the world’s most visited. Russia holds some of the world’s greatest tourism treasures, and now more people will be able to share them.

Tags: Angela Merkel, Dmitry Medvedev, Minister of Tourism, moscow, Nadezhda Nazina, Russia travel, Russia travel industry, Russia trouism, Russian travel, Siberia, St. Petersburg, Volga, Yamal




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