r VisaEntry requirements
Visa free / eVisa
For holders of a passport from
Stay allowance: 60 days
Do I need a visa to visit Russia with a South Korea passport?
Visa not required
Key entry notes
- 90 days within any 180-day period.
- As of June 30, 2025, foreigners entering Russia without a visa must pre-register in the ruID mobile app and receive a digital code at least 72 hours before entry.
- However, this is currently optional and not mandatory.
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- As of 8 March 2022, due to safety concerns, the South Korean government bans its citizens from visiting within 30km from the Ukrainian border.
- And as of November 21, 2024, the ban was expanded to include the entire Kursk Oblast region.
Data refreshed 06 Sep 2026
At a glance
Travel basics
- Region
- Eastern Europe
- Capital
- Moscow
- Languages
- Russian
- Currency
- RUB
- Time zones
- UTC+03:00UTC+04:00UTC+06:00UTC+07:00UTC+08:00UTC+09:00UTC+10:00UTC+11:00UTC+12:00
- Borders
- AzerbaijanVisa free / eVisaBelarusVisa free / eVisaChinaVisa free / eVisaEstoniaVisa free / eVisaFinlandVisa free / eVisaGeorgiaVisa free / eVisaKazakhstanVisa free / eVisaNorth KoreaVisa requiredLatviaVisa free / eVisaLithuaniaVisa free / eVisaMongoliaVisa free / eVisaNorwayVisa free / eVisaPolandVisa free / eVisaUkraineVisa required
- Area
- 17,124,442 km2
- Population
- 146,556,330
- Gini index
- 40.1