A foreign passport is the only document that officially confirms the identity of a foreign citizen outside his home country, and also serves as a kind of permission to travel abroad. However, there are a number of states that Russians can visit without having a foreign passport.
As a general rule, you can leave the territory of the state with one of three documents:
- seaman's passport, - general civil passport, - diplomatic passport.
However, there are a number of border states that Russians can visit with an internal Russian passport. There are only 4 of them: Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belarus and Abkhazia. Until 2015, with an internal passport, Russians can enter the territory of Kyrgyzstak, Tajikistan. However, from January 2015, to visit these countries, as well as to visit Ukraine and Kazakhstan, you will have to draw up a foreign document, it is possible that a visa is also.
Visit Ukraine
For many years Ukraine has been deprived of the attention of Russian tourists. However, after the annexation of the Crimea to the Russian lands, the situation changed. Firstly, a huge tourist flow poured into the now Russian cities: Alupka, Alushta, Bakhchisaray, which are known for their beautiful beaches and stunning mild climate, Evpatoria, Kerch, where you can not only soak up the coast, but also spend time actively.
The Ukrainian Carpathians are beautiful at any time of the year, skiers and snowboarders tend to come here in winter, and in summer those who dream of conquering mountain peaks and storming stormy rivers.
They go to Truskavets to improve their health with mineral waters and SPA procedures.
Visit Belarus
The fraternal people of the Republic of Belarus receive Russian tourists all year round; to enter the country, according to the Agreement between the states, you do not need a visa or a foreign passport. At customs, the Russians show their internal passports, and the children - a birth certificate and a document confirming the legal authority of the accompanying person.
This direction is not very much in demand, but in vain! More than 30 health resorts and hundreds of sanatoriums do not lag behind European ones in terms of service and offered health services. Here you can heal and take a walk. And relax and have fun. The Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park is well known all over the world for its beauty and riches.
Kazakhstan
People travel to Kazakhstan through Altai and, I must say, do not always arrive. After all, Altai beauties sometimes overshadow foreign ones! On the territory of the Altai Territory there are three checkpoints across the Russian-Kazakh border: Rubtsovsk, s. Kulunda and Veseloyarsk. The latter is used by "shuttle traders" and truckers who transport goods across the border, and therefore tourists rarely get to this territory, and when they get, they are forced to waste time in line.
At the border, control is very conditional, but this does not mean that it does not exist. The luggage goes through a thorough examination, and the documents are “made through” through various databases.
Today Kazakhstan offers numerous ethno-travel and excursion tours to settlements with a typical way of life. There are many nature reserves and architectural monuments in the country. Astana is beautiful, Almaty is promising.
