How to leave russia

Investigation: Are Russians allowed to leave Russia?

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1. National unity under threat

One obvious thing is that leaving Russia simply endangers our democracy. Consider this: if our citizenry crosses over the Russian border and visits the Free World, our government runs the risk of having its dark secrets exposed. Just think about the damage if they were to mingle with non-Russians and reveal just how horrible our lives really are. Facebook would immediately be flooded with so much truth, Russia simply would not survive the social media onslaught.

Your next question may well be: “But what about Russian celebrities I’ve seen outside Russia, such as in Hollywood movies?”; or “What about my friends who have always said they were Russian? Are they lying?”

You might want to sit down for this part because there’s no easy way to say it: the people you saw claiming to be Russian were not Russian at all.

Because they’re not human!

The Russians you’ve met are something similar to the Replicants from the Blade Runner movies.

As you might have heard in the news, nearly all the money in Mother Russia’s state coffers goes toward national defense. Well, the cutting edge of that effort is a program for creating the aforementioned ‘replicants’ – android copies of actual Russians, but well spoken and always saying nice things about their country such as: “Come to Russia, you’ll love it”; or “spaseeba nastrovye”; and other pre-programmed phrases. President Vladimir Putin personally presided over the choice of phrases.

2. Health

We all belong to the species Homo sapiens, but what the textbooks aren’t telling you is that Russian skin foreign air. The very oxygen in ‘true democracies’ feels like vinegar poured into an open wound for us.

Places that promote equal representation for people who comprise about three percent of the population create particularly adverse health effects for a Russian.

One especially nasty incident happened to an FSB operative whose mission was to eliminate a target at a crowded basketball game in Europe. He suspected something was afoot when the players ran out onto the court, greeting thousands of silent and very perplexed fans: one player was very small, the other extremely obese, another had one foot, and another was a conjoined twin.

The Russian operative couldn’t believe his eyes. The entire audience appeared not to notice that the rules of the game could not be observed in any meaningful way, and were instead busy virtue-signaling over Twitter about promoting a form of basketball that does not work in practice, but celebrates diversity. Classified materials obtained by Russia Beyond speak of the skin on the agent’s hands almost melting as he witnessed this. He was lucky to get out alive and return home to his wife and children.

3. For real now

If you’ve gotten this far, two things are possible: you either believed what was said (in which case, seek professional help now!), or you’ve decided to stick around to see if the third reason we give would be an even bigger waste of your time than the first two.

In truth, Russians enjoy the same rules regarding leaving and entering their country as any other constitutional democracy. If you’re not running from the law, you’re free to leave as you please.

Other barriers to leaving are not too different from other open societies. They include citizens with access to classified information; military conscripts; citizens subpoenaed for jury duty; those attempting to evade legal restrictions; and those giving false information in official documents.

Really hate to disappoint, but Russia is not North Korea.

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Why do most Russians want to leave Russia?

Stop pretending this country exists for us. It solely exists for them to stuff their pockets.

There’s nothing you can do to change it. Usual people are a lot like our rotten governors. If you manage to climb the power ladder, you’ll become one of them. A stealer, a lier, a hypocrite.

Alla, I’m not going to discuss it, that is my point of view and, of course, it can differ from others. No need to teach in what way to express my ideas, I’m not a little boy. If you think it’s impolite, do it in another way. Everyone looks for a better place, so I’m not an exception, and I do not see any bright future for me, my future family and for my life on the whole in Russia. And what is more, I’m the only, others share my POV either.
Good luck, Alla=)

P.S. Guess you will vote for Putin.

it sounds mean but that’s what it is.

Planes crash, dams collapse, roads are in awful state, R&D ceased, medical care is destroyed, education has degraded tenfold.

Is there ANYTHING to be proud of in Russia?

people in Western countries are largely unaware of the real situation in Russia.

«. and when you have found the land where there is happiness. send me its latitude and longitude; and I will join you there.»

From:
Heartbreak House
by George Bernard Shaw
Part 3 out of 4
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Of course, this proves nothing.

this is true. This applies to many Russians living abroad, too.

Earlier this year a group of Russian scientists who live and work abroad (mainly in Europe and the USA) wrote an open letter to the Russian government about problems of Russian science and education and what could be done, in their view, in order to improve the situation.

They wrote of young talented scientists, who face a hard choice either of staying in Russia, living on miserable wage and working in miserable conditions with outdated and obsolete experimental and computational equipment, with no perspectives for their scientific careers, or going abroad temporarily or permanently in order to develop and open up their scientific potential. They wrote of many different sad things, which are going on in Russia.

And I saw real concern and pain in their words, concern for their Motherland, which they left not because they do not love it, but because they did not see ways to reveal their scientific potential and to apply it to the benefit of their Motherland. Actually, being abroad they do more for Russia than they could have been doing while staying in Russia. They preserve Russian scientific schools and scientific traditions, which are in decay in Russia itself.

As far as I can judge, in Russia this open letter did not receive wide circulation and public attention. I wonder if this was because of indifference of the public or because of instructions from the government not to popularize this letter.

even though I rarely read the news about things going on in Russia, I do remember that latter. To tell you the truth, it’s been heard but the real question is that too many things require a total rebuild from the ground up in order to make this country suitable for and favourable to science.

More importantly, the whole Russian government, police and army have to be eradicated and replaced by worthy people before anything truly beneficial to our country’s prosperity can start happening.

You are right, a refurbishing will not help. A complete rebuilding is needed. But for this, one would need most active, energetic, talented, bright and, most important, honest people to do the job. And such people are the very people who tend to leave the country, on average.

So it looks like a trap with no escape. And the longer this situation lasts, the tighter the trap becomes.

This applies not only to Russia, but also to the majority of the post-Soviet countries.

It is difficult to get a complete eradication and things generally work with progress. When you boil water with a tea bag the colour is black but when you add one drop of milk there is small change in colour but as few further drops are added there is total transformation, both in colour and in taste.. Similarly when one honest, hard working and patriotic individual enters the system things will slowly change. It is not about mass of amazing people to enter the system from the bottom as they will not produce the change that is required. We require the change from top order and then see the ripple effect tremble down.
India has elements of corruption but this is at political level. One man has taken a step into the system to change that and subsequently many are following his steps but like with everything the people at the top will attempt to stop these individuals from entering in the first place.

To change the world one needs to change himself and if this virus of changed mentality gradually spreads things will change slowly.

PS: In the olden days one household went miles from his home town to another to work and he sent monthly wages back home. This allowed the family to progress and his childrens to educate. Being away from home one can do far more good than ploughing the field that yield nothing.

> Similarly when one honest, hard working and patriotic individual enters the system things will slowly change.

A truly corrupted system, like Russia’s state, will squash such a person long before he’s able to change anything.

It’s very difficult to imagine the actions required to break the vicious circle of people, money and power in our country.

I’ve found a nice post about the real world (about protests on Wall Street):

The real power-brokers love to be behind the scenes. They aren’t the ones who are out there, on TV, participating in campaigns, issuing press releases, etc. That’s all a puppet show for public consumption, to put it simply.

The real aristocracy does everything by proxy, by funding, by corporations, and by front organizations. The single most effective thing they ever did was to replace real state-issued money with bank-issued monetized debt. That’s how you grab a nation by the balls without ever using physical force.

I doubt these protesters have the sophistication or the awareness to see through the bullshit and understand what they’re actually opposing. Unfortunately, they are likely to be useful idiots, pawns on someone’s great chessboard. That’s generally the problem when you have blind, stupid, unfocused rage that lacks understanding and a strong sense of constructive purpose. That’s why (in terms of Establishment priorities) it’s okay to give them so much media attention. It’s little more than a way to get the «troublemakers» to identify themselves and be arrested or otherwise put through the system.

Hey, by the way, if you still dont have ghettos in Russia, why do you think that US is better? Or any other country?

Why such a discovery was not possible in Russia?

In order to make such a discovery one needs an electronic microscope readily available at hand. Maybe in the same laboratory, maybe in another laboratory in the same building. I live in a city with a population of one million people, where in Soviet times many research centers existed. There are about 10 electronic microscopes in the entire city now, all made 40 or more years ago, some are not working anymore, time of operation of those that work is scheduled by minutes for months ahead for those, who prepare their scientific dissertations. In order to get an access to the microscope one needs to write a substantiation of the necessity, to explain, which observations he or she is going to make and why these observations are scientifically important.

In such settings a guy wanting to put a piece of sticky tape into an electronic microscope would look like an idiot. Nobody would let him do this. And the discovery, which earned him a Nobel Prize, would not have happened. The guy would have to apply his inventive mind to how to cheat on people buying potatoes at the local rural market.

in my younger years (over 30 years ago), when the Soviet Union had political strains both with the USA and China, there was a joke that optimists learn English, pessimists learn Chinese, and realists learn the Kalashnikov submachine gun.

At that time I was a realist. I learned a little of English and a lot of Kalashnikov. 🙂

there can be no general feeling, as pretty much everyone has his own opinion about the past elections.

Sheeple are always brilliant in their manner of defending their screwed over motherland, even in situations when they’re themselves screwed over. Alas, the time of Tzars and Stalins have long gone and «поцреоты» are governed by complete whores who have sold or stolen almost every piece of Russia.

Nice, I mean utterly pathetic, to the point of being utterly ridiculous.

Поцреотический sheeple of course don’t know English, «we live in our small self-contained universe».

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What are the requirements for Russian citizens to leave Russia? [duplicate]

If they already have the documentation, visa, passport and air tickets, can they be stopped at the Moscow airport by their own Customs agents and be made to show proof of funds before being allowed to board?

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There is no exit visa required to leave Russia, so if you have no outstanding legal actions against you, there is no reason that Russian border patrol or Customs will stop you on exit especially to show sufficient funds for the destination.

First of all, according to the Constitution of the RF article 27.2 every citizen have the right to leave the RF and return to the RF.

However, Russian Law specifies the ways when this constitutional right may be temporarily limited 114-FZ from Aug15 1996 per article 15 of the same law. These are:

This list is inclusive and it is enforced by the passport control checkpoint on exit. (Special restrictions exist on travels of minors to prevent human trafficking.)

Customs has a separate checkpoint, they check for a contraband and such, and may prevent you from flying when something suspicious is found.

Absence of funds is not a valid reason to temporarily limit the right to get out of the RF, and even if it was, it is not checked by the customs.

PS. RF = Russian Federation, full official name of Russia these days.

So, basically if you’d have been said that someone need money for going through a border checks, the most probable scenario is that you’re a target of scam. Do not send money, try to get back to Russia to see the person and resolve the situation with direct involvement.

‘Scared to stay’: Why some rushed to leave Russia after war

Martial law rumours, coupled with frustration over country’s economic situation and growing isolation, led some to head abroad after invasion of Ukraine.

Days after Russia sent troops into neighbouring Ukraine, triggering anti-war protests that have resulted in thousands of arrests and prompting public figures to speak out against the invasion, rumours began spreading that President Vladimir Putin was planning to impose martial law.

Such a measure would potentially give the authorities emergency powers, shut down the borders and order a state of mobilisation drafting able-bodied men into armed service.

While the Kremlin was swift to dismiss the speculation as “fake news” and has also urged people to “unite” around Putin, some did not want to risk it.

Al Jazeera spoke to several people who have opted to leave Russia in recent days for a number of reasons, including frustration over the country’s economic situation, its growing isolation on the international stage and the muzzling of the few remaining critical voices in the media.

‘Didn’t bother to pack’

Alexander* was already planning to travel abroad to see his girlfriend, but the unexpected start of the war on February 24 brought forward his plans.

“Immediately all my friends and relatives started to push me into wisely buying new tickets on this very date,” he told Al Jazeera by phone from Hungary’s capital. “I felt it as a little bit of an overkill at the time, but on Friday, already in Budapest, I saw on the news the skies were closed by all the European neighbours of Russia. So I guess they were right.”

(Al Jazeera)

Since countries in the European Union and elsewhere – as part of the West’s package of sanctions against Russia over the war – decided to close their airspace to any flights taking off or landing in Russia, the prices of airline tickets have soared, while anyone heading to the West has to take long detours.

Grisha* is planning to get a Schengen visa after arriving in Armenia on Friday evening, where flights from Moscow are still landing.

“I think it’s likely; very likely even,” he said, referring to martial law being introduced. “I didn’t even bother to pack, I just left three months’ rent with my housemates and bought the next flight to Yerevan.”

The visa issue is seen as an obstacle for those wanting to leave, especially since several countries including Latvia, the Czech Republic and Japan have suspended issuing visas to all Russian citizens. But others, like the Italian embassy in Moscow, are still accepting applications.

“We drove through the border crossing by Vyborg [near St Petersburg],” said Yuliya*, who decided on Wednesday night to leave for Finland with her husband.

“There weren’t many other cars at the border crossing,” she said, feeling “lucky” her own visa was still valid.

“When we crossed the border, it felt like we finally climbed out of a black hole that had been sucking us in all week.”

‘I feel strange’

Russia said earlier this week 498 of its troops had been killed in Ukraine so far. Putin has ordered compensation to be paid to the families of the soldiers who died, while officials praised the Russians fighting in the neighbouring country as heroes who will always be remembered.

But for Alexander, like the rest of the people Al Jazeera spoke to, the future seems gloomy.

“I want to be an optimist and it feels sweet to agree with those of my compatriots who envision this war as the economic suicide of Putin’s regime, which will inevitably collapse in the months to come under the heavy weight of hardcore sanctions and the hunger riots caused by them,” he said.

“But my 30-year life experience as a Russian literally doesn’t include a single memory of a successful democratic turn,” he added. “Hence I’m preparing myself for the worst: a gloomy decade in the war-economics, full-blown autocracy where luxuries such as journalism, cultural institutions or booming IT sector no longer thrive.”

Grisha, who took part in the anti-war protests in his hometown, feels guilty for leaving.

“I feel strange,” he said. “I think I’m gonna go back. I can’t just leave my friends back there, fighting.”

But the majority of Russians are staying where they are. And even if they wanted to leave, they are still bound to their home.

“Whoever has the opportunity is leaving; two or three of my close friends went through Turkey,” Tatyana*, 32, told Al Jazeera.

“I’m scared to stay here. We’re stuck in [a bind]: here, they will push on us; there, they don’t like Russians now.

“I think I will go but my whole family is here. I will try, probably, but my family won’t go, and I’ll need to find a job. If I go, it’ll just be me – and I don’t know where.”

*Asked to be identified like this for safety reasons

How long is it possible to stay in Russia without registration?

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Every foreigner who stays in Russia for more than a week must register for migration at the Ministry of internal Affairs. Regardless of citizenship and the purpose of arrival, foreign citizens fill out a migration card when crossing the Russian border. This document contains information about foreigners entering the Russian Federation and entitles them to stay in the country for 7 days. However, if the trip lasts longer than this period, a foreigner should register with migration authority.

Registration is a mandatory procedure for all foreign citizens, even if they enter the Russian Federation using a visa. To register, a foreign citizen needs to apply to the Ministry of internal Affairs and present the following set of documents:

How long is it possible to stay in Russia without registration

The legal period of stay of foreign citizens in the Russian Federation without registration is 7 days. It does not matter whether you are a citizen of a country that has a visa or visa-free regime with Russia. However, there are exceptions for certain categories of visitors:

We would like to draw your attention to the fact that as soon as foreign citizen leaves the country and crosses the Russian border, registration is automatically canceled. Therefore, if you return home for a week and then re-enter the Russian Federation, the procedure will have to be repeated in accordance with the requirements established by law.

However, for most foreigners, the period of stay without registration in the Russian Federation is a week. It does not matter how often you cross the border: every time you return to Russia, you need to register again.

Registration at place of stay or place of residence

When the period of stay without registration of a foreign citizen in the Russian Federation expires, he/she needs to apply to migration authority at place of residence or place of stay. Let us look at the difference between these two concepts.

A place of stay is a residential building, hotel, medical or social institution where you actually live. However, you do not own this room, are not registered in it, in other words – it is not yours. Nevertheless, Russian legislation does not prohibit registration in any premises that provide hotel services, as well as in medical centers and clinics where you can enroll for long-term treatment. It is much less common for foreigners to register at the address of the company they officially work for. Of course, if the company provides them with living space.

To register at place of residence the following set of documents is necessary:

We are talking about the address where you live permanently. Of course, you can leave from time to time, but you should have permanent address to register at your place of residence. Since this requires being in the Russian Federation on a regular basis, TRP or PRP holders are usually registered at such addresses.

Please note that if a foreign citizen is staying in a hotel or has come through official invitation to the company, you do not need to register by yourself. You should be registered by the host party, which can be a hotel, boarding house, sanatorium, clinic, and so on. At the same time, you will have to provide your passport and migration card, but the host party is not entitled to take your passport away from you. It is illegal to withdraw your passport.

Hotels usually register visitors within 24 hours after guests check in. The administration is responsible for the lack of visitor’s registration, so possible sanctions will be imposed on the hotel. In this situation, a foreigner is only required to fill out an arrival form. It will be issued by the hotel staff or you can contact the post office for this paper. There is no state registration fee.

However, if there are any circumstances that do not allow the receiving party to register the visitor, he is entitled to do it independently. In this case, you will need to attach the consent of the host party to the application and copies of your own documents.

Fines and other penalties for lack of registration

A foreigner who violates the period of stay without registration may be subject to an administrative penalty – a fine. If the regulatory authorities find a violation, a citizen of another country will be fined from 2 to 5 thousand rubles. In addition, after this, a foreign citizen may be required to leave Russia. If a foreign citizen commits exactly the same offense in the federal city of Moscow or St. Petersburg, or in the Moscow or Leningrad region, the fine is significantly increased – from 5 to 7 thousand rubles.

It should be noted that not only a foreign citizen who violates the migration legislation can be fined, but the host party as well. If the host party is an individual – a citizen, he will be forced to pay from 2 to 5 thousand rubles of fine. The responsibility of the official will be from 35 to 50 thousand rubles. A legal entity that has committed a wrongdoing will have to pay from 400 to 500 thousand rubles.

If you are planning to get TRP or PRP, you should not violate migration legislation, since deportation from the country or just a record about few administrative violations within a short period of time may be the ground for refusal of permits’ issuance.

Registration time for particular cases

The law provides for cases when the period within which a foreigner can stay in the Russian Federation without registration can be changed. Such details include registration of newborns, since if foreigners have a child in Russia, they have to register him/her within 7 days after receiving the birth certificate. Of course, the law does not require parents to run to the Ministry of internal Affairs a week after the birth of the baby: this is difficult.

However, if a child is not registered with migration authorities within 7 days after receiving the certificate, parents will be fined for violating migration legislation, so you should not delay the procedure. Considering the fact that birth certificate is usually issued within a month after the child’s birth, the total period of stay of a newborn without registration is about 5 weeks.

When is it necessary to re-register

In some cases, foreigners have to re-register with the Ministry of internal Affairs, even if they did not leave the country. These circumstances include:

Terms of registration for permanent and temporary residence

Presence of temporary residence permit or permanent residence permit does not remove the obligation to register at place of residence. Moreover, it should be done within the same 7 days from the moment of receiving TRP or PRP. However, each case has its own peculiarities that should be taken into account.

Thus, the law requires foreigners who live in the country temporarily or permanently to annually confirm to the migration service that they are still in the Russian Federation. At the same time, you need to provide information about your income, as well as specify where and how often you left the country during the past year.