What is the easiest, cheapest, fastest way to obtain a visa ?
Citizens of countries that were not a part of the Former Soviet Union are required to have a visa to enter Russia. There are different types of visas available depending on your needs and objectives. The most common visa that my guests use is a tourist visa. There are single-entry and double-entry tourist visas and they typically last for 3 months. For example, if you are flying into St. Petersburg, spending 5 nights here, and then traveling to Moscow for 3 nights before going home, you would only need a single-entry visa since you are only entering into Russia one time. But if you were planning on flying into St. Petersburg, but also visiting Riga, Latvia, or Kiev, Ukraine before returning to Russia and flying home, you would need a double-entry visa because you would cross into Russia twice. If you think you will visit Russia more than two times over the course of one year, you may prefer to obtain a business visa which allows unlimited entries for one year. Despite the name, busines
