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Which travellers require a transit visa/permission and which officially documented exemptions are important?

A foreign national making a nonstop flight over Russian territory by air (without leaving the airport transit zone) does not need a transit visa. The official source does not state which nationalities require a transit visa.

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  • The source does not state which nationalities require a transit visa.
  • https://denmark.kdmid.ru/ru/consular-functions/voprosy-vydachi-viz/transit/
    Иностранному гражданину, совершающему беспересадочный полет (без покидания транзитной зоны аэропорта) воздушным транспортом над территорией Российской Федерации, транзитная виза не требуется.

Can the traveller remain airside, and under what circumstances must immigration control be crossed?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm whether the traveller can stay airside and when immigration control must be crossed.

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  • Searched for airside transfer and when border control must be crossed; only the nonstop overflight exemption (used in R1) is stated.

What officially documented baggage collection, terminal, separate-ticket or self-transfer situations affect the immigration requirement?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the baggage, terminal-change and self-transfer rules.

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  • Searched for baggage collection, terminal change, separate tickets or self-transfer; none stated.

What maximum transit period, overnight, airport-change or multiple-stop rules matter?

A transit visa for a foreign national travelling through Russia by air to the destination state is issued for no more than 3 days; it may be single- or double-entry. The official source does not state overnight, airport-change or multiple-stop rules.

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  • Overnight, airport-change and multiple-stop rules are not stated.

If permission is required, what permission is it, where/how is it obtained, and what core onward-travel evidence is required?

A transit visa: the application form is completed on visa.kdmid.ru, printed and attached, with the Russian Embassy in Denmark (not the visa centre) as the place of submission. Onward-travel evidence: tickets valid for entry into and exit from Russia, and a document confirming the right to enter (visa) the state after transit through Russia.

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  • Filing instructions are specific to the Russian consular section in Denmark.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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