Passport validity
The source states no minimum passport validity.
Visa rules · Tourist entry
Russia visa rules for United Kingdom passport holders
Other passports: see the rules for every passport visiting Russia.
The answer
No. United Kingdom passport holders need a visa to visit Russia.
- Entry
- Visa needed
- Covers
- Tourist entry
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Before you go
Tourist entry only
These rules cover tourist visits. Work, study and transit follow other rules.
The other way round
What Russia passport holders need to visit the United Kingdom.
Russia passport United Kingdom
VN 1.1. A person who meets one or more of the criteria below needs entry clearance (a visa) in advance of travel to the UK for any purpose, unless they meet one of the exceptions set out in VN2.1 and VN2.2. (subject to VN 2.3.). (a) Nationals or citizens of the following countries or territorial entities (a "*" indicates there are exceptions in VN 2.2 to VN 6.5): Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Armenia Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia Herzegovina Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad People's Republic of China* Colombia Comoros Congo Côte d'Ivoire (formerly Ivory Coast) Cuba Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) Ethiopia Fiji Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Guinea Guinea Bissau Haiti Honduras India Indonesia Iran Iraq Jamaica Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea (North) Kosovo Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar (formerly Burma) Namibia Nauru Nepal Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Macedonia (formerly Macedonia) Pakistan Palestine Philippines Russia Rwanda São Tomé and Principe Senegal Serbia Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sri Lanka St Lucia Sudan Suriname Syria Taiwan* Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
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Visa-free nearby
Other places United Kingdom passport holders can visit without a visa, within 2,500 km of Moscow, nearest first.
Weather in Moscow
Average high and low temperature and rainfall in Moscow, month by month.
- High -3.9°CLow -8.7°CRain 53 mm
- High -3.0°CLow -8.8°CRain 44 mm
- High 3.0°CLow -4.3°CRain 39 mm
- High 11.7°CLow 2.3°CRain 37 mm
- High 19.0°CLow 8.1°CRain 61 mm
- High 22.4°CLow 12.2°CRain 77 mm
- High 24.7°CLow 14.8°CRain 84 mm
- High 22.7°CLow 13.0°CRain 78 mm
- High 16.4°CLow 8.0°CRain 66 mm
- High 8.9°CLow 3.0°CRain 70 mm
- High 1.6°CLow -2.4°CRain 52 mm
- High -2.3°CLow -6.5°CRain 51 mm
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