How to Travel Russia 2024 Ultimate Guide (Border, Money, Tips)

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  • Опубликовано: 29 окт 2024

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  • @juliajoulina4761
    @juliajoulina4761 6 месяцев назад +10

    Igor, dina video är till stor hjälp för oss (resenärer) 👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏 Du ger en omfattande och nödvändig information för den som planerar / drömmer om en resa!

    • @Igorinrussia
      @Igorinrussia  5 месяцев назад

      Tack ska du ha!

    • @josephine9432
      @josephine9432 4 месяца назад

      @@Igorinrussia Hej. Kan du svenska också?)

  • @ricardopimentel3106
    @ricardopimentel3106 26 дней назад +8

    Next year I am going to travel to Russia. Thanks for the video.
    Greetings from Mexico 🇲🇽

    • @Igorinrussia
      @Igorinrussia  25 дней назад

      Really happy to hear that!

    • @artemprudnikov5693
      @artemprudnikov5693 20 дней назад

      Добро пожаловать. Welcome

    • @ricardopimentel3106
      @ricardopimentel3106 18 дней назад +1

      @@Igorinrussia hello, do you know any good places to stay in Moscow during december ?

    • @Igorinrussia
      @Igorinrussia  18 дней назад +1

      @@ricardopimentel3106 sure, i got few cheapee options reviewed on my channel. That i can share if you want. Other wose ostrovok.ru is best site.
      If ya need travel help lemme know (i have special membership)

    • @ricardopimentel3106
      @ricardopimentel3106 17 дней назад

      @@Igorinrussia thanks for the support, I will check It out 😎

  • @craggyislsnd
    @craggyislsnd 6 месяцев назад +5

    Great tips, bro. Very few people would think of opening a bank account, but it makes so much sense.

  • @therussianletters4774
    @therussianletters4774 6 месяцев назад +4

    EXCELLENT intro to coming there, Igor! DA!

  • @fsctoclara8934
    @fsctoclara8934 6 дней назад +1

    Just found your channel while researching for holiday plan to Russia for next year. Thank you for the information. Will explore more of your videos.

    • @Igorinrussia
      @Igorinrussia  6 дней назад +1

      Oh man you got a lot ahead of you! I would suggest Guide -playlist’s some videos to make your trip better than for ordinary tourists ;)
      Then ofc you can cjeck the map in case you wanna see something in video form (got too much to offer there)
      If you need personal help , i got special membership for that :) aawesome!

  • @JL-wm4gj
    @JL-wm4gj 6 месяцев назад +18

    I travelled to Kaliningrad via Lithuania in January. Flights are not expensive from Kaliningrad to Moscow.

    • @Igorinrussia
      @Igorinrussia  6 месяцев назад +3

      How much was it? I plan to return to kaliningrad , good option to continue to moscow

    • @JL-wm4gj
      @JL-wm4gj 6 месяцев назад +5

      @@Igorinrussia The bus ticket with Ecolines was 5100 ruble. The price was the same going from Kaliningrad to Vilnius or all the way to Riga. The bus does not run daily. The flight with Aeroflot from Moscow to Kaliningrad was about 6500 ruble.

    • @Igorinrussia
      @Igorinrussia  6 месяцев назад +2

      @@JL-wm4gj the bus i was familiar (planned to go), but the aeroflot was good news!

    • @FHM224
      @FHM224 6 месяцев назад +3

      Russia allows non-Russian citizens to visit border town of Kaliningrad? I thought all land border crossings for Kaliningrad were closed. Do you know if this bus route is still running?

    • @artemprudnikov5693
      @artemprudnikov5693 6 месяцев назад

      @@FHM224 The city and the region have the same name - Kaliningrad. I do not know if there is a bus running

  • @radhe-syamadasa6188
    @radhe-syamadasa6188 16 дней назад +2

    Depending on where you want to go in Russia. A very good option is New York to Tashkent, then Tashkent to Krasnoyarsk. I visit Krasnoyarsk regularly and cheap flights to other russian cities available from Tashkent and Krasnoyarsk

  • @borschbandit
    @borschbandit 6 месяцев назад +5

    Gdansk - Kaliningrad is also another route. Great video!

  • @ElisLud-yu6ph
    @ElisLud-yu6ph 5 месяцев назад +3

    Hi thanks for info, I was in Russia few weeks ago from Sweden-Antalya-Moscow-St Petersburg-Istanbul. Travelled with Cash n Exchanged in a bank in Moscow. I will travel again soon if I get new visa. I really would like to live there because of the housing options of apartments with heating located in a big city. Hope for more content about how to relocate as a foreigner to Russia.

    • @Igorinrussia
      @Igorinrussia  5 месяцев назад

      Sounds great! Thanks for sharing!
      I have made some videos with Russian lawyer about moving to russian: Can I Move Russia? (as EU/USA Citizen)
      ruclips.net/video/WdZog3bm8Iw/видео.html
      There is more on topic with Russian Lawyer on Travel to Russia playlist :)

    • @gerardlambert6492
      @gerardlambert6492 3 месяца назад

      @@ElisLud-yu6ph hey!Hi!for change money in russian bank ,you change small or big volume every time?it was € to roubles?

  • @dannye6912
    @dannye6912 6 месяцев назад +3

    Thx for the tips bro.

  • @pennyworth8881
    @pennyworth8881 6 месяцев назад +7

    Great Video, Thank you! I am planning my first trip to Russia ever (from Germany) and it’s not that easy……😅 but your videos help a lot !
    If I have a Russian bank card, can I then just take it with me through the boarder back to Germany ?

    • @Igorinrussia
      @Igorinrussia  6 месяцев назад +4

      Awesome! You will love it! Russian bank card - ofcourse you can and should take it with. If they will you that app onto your phone, you will be able to do other saving accoubts, make payments from germany if you wanna buy a ticket abroad in advance (way cheaper price tht way) etc. There is no ”sanctions” on transferring yiur personal bank cards even if they are russian :) . Oh, and when you have next trip, and want to have internet as soon as you cross the border. Just make the monthly payment like on the same day when arriving next time to russia (its easy
      Via your sberbank app)

  • @bizcochodulce
    @bizcochodulce 4 месяца назад +1

    Thanks for this video and all your answers. I will watch the other video to see if it is better for me to go to Narva by train and then take a bus from Ivangorod to St. Petersburg. This option is less time, but on the other hand have to connect different companies, but i will watch your video and see what is better. Thanks again for the help.

    • @Igorinrussia
      @Igorinrussia  4 месяца назад

      I use it that way usually nowadays

  • @victorwaldberg7570
    @victorwaldberg7570 6 месяцев назад +3

    Igor, thanks for the video. What is to be expected regarding questioning at border atm? Did it change after what happened in moscow, or all pretty easy going?

    • @artemprudnikov5693
      @artemprudnikov5693 6 месяцев назад +2

      nothing change

    • @Igorinrussia
      @Igorinrussia  6 месяцев назад +3

      Nothing changed but recently (like during past year) possibly new comer foreigners from unfriwndly countries, esp. uk, usa, canada might be spoken to

    • @victorwaldberg7570
      @victorwaldberg7570 6 месяцев назад

      With newcomer you mean people who haven‘t been to RF before? So if i have already been and done the „interview“ last time, i can expect to just get the stamp without much talking? Thanks for your help

    • @victorwaldberg7570
      @victorwaldberg7570 6 месяцев назад +2

      Little update for my own question: Travelled by plane to Ufa with E-Visa, got a stamp in 5 min without any questions asked. All great

    • @Igorinrussia
      @Igorinrussia  6 месяцев назад +2

      @@victorwaldberg7570 awesome! Enjoy!

  • @davidgarciag
    @davidgarciag 6 месяцев назад +2

    awesome video, planning to do this trip i n summer and. nice recommendations

    • @Igorinrussia
      @Igorinrussia  6 месяцев назад

      David thank you! There are mall how to- videos in description :)

  • @KiltCars
    @KiltCars 20 дней назад +8

    I would love to visit Moscow but UK government says to avoid all travel to Russia, but is this because its dangerous or because they dont want to support Russian tourism due to politics? 😂

    • @idk4772
      @idk4772 10 дней назад +2

      @@KiltCars because of politics Russia is very safe but now the big cities sometimes get Ukrainian drone strikes unfortunately

  • @timothypeterson1903
    @timothypeterson1903 6 месяцев назад +3

    👍👍👍

  • @bensmith570
    @bensmith570 3 месяца назад +1

    Great videos

  • @lucarrillomongerot592
    @lucarrillomongerot592 4 месяца назад

    great videos man! if you can talk about booking accomodation from abroad, it would be cool!

    • @Igorinrussia
      @Igorinrussia  4 месяца назад +1

      Hey, its simple. Use ostrovok.ru its also an app… tutu.ru for travel also an app. I use these from abroad :)

  • @trappeur41
    @trappeur41 5 месяцев назад +1

    Thank's for the video ! And Вперед, Спартак 🙂. I follow the team on RUclips, and would like to see a match at the Otkrytie Arena. When my russian language, will be much better, on Babbel (or others). Maybe in 2025, depend also with the actuality !

    • @Igorinrussia
      @Igorinrussia  5 месяцев назад +1

      I have been on Gazprom Arena on my channel and saw zenit play, next Would like to see Spartak and TsSKA.
      Ice hockey i have watched and filmed on my chsnnel SKAvs TsSKA and also Russian U18 vs BelarusU18

  • @WestToEastQuest
    @WestToEastQuest 6 месяцев назад +5

    Hey yall

  • @riyanabdurrahman5733
    @riyanabdurrahman5733 29 дней назад +1

    im planning to visit Russia next year from Indonesia. wish me luck.

    • @Igorinrussia
      @Igorinrussia  29 дней назад

      Itll be great! Let me know if ya need more detailed help, you can use my Russia Travel Help memberhip here or paypal to get in contact with me

    • @watherby29
      @watherby29 28 дней назад

      @@riyanabdurrahman5733 I wish you luck getting out of there later ;)

    • @artemprudnikov5693
      @artemprudnikov5693 20 дней назад

      All the best & welcome

    • @fsctoclara8934
      @fsctoclara8934 6 дней назад

      Hope you will also make a vlog to travel from Indonesia to Russia. My family there plans to spend next summer in Russia.

  • @IndoBermuda
    @IndoBermuda 5 месяцев назад +2

    Hi..I am Indonesian, living in Bermuda .Thanks for the tips. I am planning to go to Russia,probably in September or October, and my flight will be from New York , USA. Which bank that you opened an account ? Was it immediately you got your atm card ? *** TIA ***

    • @artemprudnikov5693
      @artemprudnikov5693 5 месяцев назад

      Hi. Take cash with you, exchange it in any exchanger (just do not shine the whole amount or a little), buy a SIM card and open an account in any Russian bank. All these procedures will take no more than 30 minutes in total. There is Tinkov Bank and Raifazen Bank, if I'm not mistaken, where you can open an account in advance in electronic form, but I do not know what will happen in six months

  • @NiaEsto
    @NiaEsto 4 месяца назад +1

    Thabk you sir. Since November is my goal, maybe i just have to fly from turkey or Serbia, i am going to be living in germany in a month

  • @ZeoWorks
    @ZeoWorks 3 месяца назад +1

    Don't we need some sort of citizenship to open a bank account in Russia?
    I'm from Ireland.

    • @Igorinrussia
      @Igorinrussia  3 месяца назад +1

      You can have it as a foreigner. Momentum Mir card was mine (please see the video in description)

    • @gerardlambert6492
      @gerardlambert6492 3 месяца назад

      @@Igorinrussiapriviat!jsuis french but in hollidays in town Koursk.I want open a bank account but i read it’s nécessaire to translate the passeport and immigration papier in russian and also nécessaire havé a phone number?

  • @Vhelarys
    @Vhelarys 3 месяца назад +1

    Would you recommend bank card for only 1 week trip? How much does it cost? Also, is there any museum pass card we can take? Thanks for the video :)

    • @Igorinrussia
      @Igorinrussia  3 месяца назад

      I would if ya do it on the first/second day. And especially if you will return … even if its like a year later even. Museum pass… i actually havent heard, possibly there are not.. but museums are not expensive, usually around 3-5 bick, hermitage, catherine palace are on the more expensive side, around 15e… if ya go to peterhof, the main palace and manh other side buildings are separate museums… they have their own all Inclusive “museum card”

    • @Vhelarys
      @Vhelarys 3 месяца назад +1

      @@Igorinrussia Dear Igor, thank you so much for your detailed response. I've watched your other videos too, and I've learned a lot that will be really helpful for our trip. I'll be watching your videos until it's time for our trip. Your videos are fueling my desire to visit Russia. I hope you achieve all the success you want on RUclips. It's great that there are people like you in the world who are so helpful. Take care of yourself. 🌺🌼

    • @Igorinrussia
      @Igorinrussia  3 месяца назад

      @@Vhelarys thank you so much for your kind words! If its okay, i’d like to post a screenshot of your comment. I can blur your name :)

    • @Vhelarys
      @Vhelarys 3 месяца назад

      @@Igorinrussia Of course! Please feel free to share. ☺

    • @artemprudnikov5693
      @artemprudnikov5693 20 дней назад

      @@Vhelarys All the best & welcome

  • @abhisheksharma-ib5vw
    @abhisheksharma-ib5vw Месяц назад

    Do bank account opening require any local address proof? or just passport will be enough ? Also You mean to say after getting card we can upload the dollar through machine directly or it has to b in rouble only ? I am planning to visit on 17th september.Alo kindly help me with details how will be the weather. Will it be too cold after mid september? Thanks in advance

    • @Igorinrussia
      @Igorinrussia  Месяц назад

      I believe “some address” is enough. Passport and sim card for activation are a must.
      You can upload rubles through atms. Dollrs can be uploaded if yiu really want on separate dollar account .. in dollars.
      The weather is getting colder tho.
      If ya want more advice in detail, please use my Travel Russia Help
      Membership 🙏🏻

  • @Stener_71
    @Stener_71 6 месяцев назад +1

    Great video👍! Where can you buy travel insurance for Russia? Since it's not adviced to travel to Russia by western governments I assume the western insurance companies refuse to pay if anything happens.

    • @Igorinrussia
      @Igorinrussia  6 месяцев назад +2

      thank you, Ive had this question, I guess some companies just offer that..or that insurance is just part of the ordniary travel insurance

  • @amado5490
    @amado5490 3 месяца назад +1

    For the walking border-cross, which you say is the cheapest, you say there is a bus on the other side of the border. But I don't see how there can be a bus 🚌 there for you any time you like. There must be a timetable or smth.
    Also, I don’t know how it's cheaper than a bus from Tallinn to St Pete for 45€.

    • @Igorinrussia
      @Igorinrussia  3 месяца назад

      @@amado5490 yes there is a timetable every few hour until.. ive showed that in my videos, even live. Ive done tallinn - saint pete for 21 bicks and then also the fastest way, in 5,5h:
      How To Travel To Russia 2024 (Cheapest, Fastest Way)
      ruclips.net/video/oORKKmZF-Ig/видео.html

    • @amado5490
      @amado5490 3 месяца назад

      @@Igorinrussia thanks a bunch! Already got my Ecolines bus ticket Tallinn-St Pete, but good to know for next time, or for the way back. 🙏

  • @fireflyrobert
    @fireflyrobert 6 месяцев назад +2

    I'm in the UK, what's the best way to book accommodation (hotac/apartment etc) before visiting Russia since one cannot send deposit by European issued debit/credit card?
    Thanks for any help.

    • @Igorinrussia
      @Igorinrussia  6 месяцев назад

      Hey Robert! You can reserve the rooms
      Via tutu.ru

    • @fireflyrobert
      @fireflyrobert 6 месяцев назад

      @@Igorinrussia many thanks!

    • @fireflyrobert
      @fireflyrobert 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@Igorinrussia I'm looking at that site but it's asking for full payment but how can I pay with European card. Also won't they just take a deposit?

    • @elyakennedy4382
      @elyakennedy4382 6 месяцев назад +2

      when you book a room at the hotel, there are options and one of them is - you pay the whole amount on arrival to the hotel. It will be a bit more expensive, that's all

    • @fireflyrobert
      @fireflyrobert 6 месяцев назад

      @@elyakennedy4382 thank you

  • @chocolatefudge5263
    @chocolatefudge5263 2 месяца назад +1

    For a winter travel, what kind of coat should I buy?

    • @Igorinrussia
      @Igorinrussia  2 месяца назад +1

      for mid winter, warm, and maybe, if you like, the ones going lower closer to your knees

  • @mbv4656
    @mbv4656 6 месяцев назад +2

    Could you please make a video on how a tourist can request a Bank card ?

    • @Igorinrussia
      @Igorinrussia  6 месяцев назад

      Usedul Videos are in description. Heres the one: ruclips.net/video/91aOg7CCxJo/видео.htmlsi=TTOhYPTMU8Jj6hSk

  • @karenjrgensen1769
    @karenjrgensen1769 5 месяцев назад +2

    Did see 🇳🇴 ✈️ From Kirkenes in 🇳🇴

  • @omarplaceres6924
    @omarplaceres6924 6 месяцев назад +2

    Igor how could you open a bank account in Russia being a foreigner? I used to travel to Russia by car before the closing of the Finnish borders and I couldn't open a bank account because I didn't have a Russian residency neither the citizenship. At least that was what I was told, then my wife, who is Russian opened an account for me. So I don't understand how you did it.

    • @Igorinrussia
      @Igorinrussia  6 месяцев назад +2

      Hey it is easily done. Reidency or corizenship not required. More info in the link in description. Many tourists have thanked for the tip having successfully opened one

    • @omarplaceres6924
      @omarplaceres6924 6 месяцев назад

      I was in the Sberbank of Vyborg and they didn't allow me to open a bank account and get a card mir because I didn't have an interior passport of Russia( внутренний паспорт) and a прописка. I didn't find the link you were talking about. I found another video of yours about the subject but no explanation about how to get an account.

    • @russianstuard2458
      @russianstuard2458 6 месяцев назад

      To open a bank account in Russia you will need a translated copy of your passport and a registration of where you are stopping.

    • @Igorinrussia
      @Igorinrussia  6 месяцев назад

      @@russianstuard2458 Not translation was needed for me. Adress was only asked verbally. NO problems has occured with many poeple writing to me that theyve got one easily

    • @russianstuard2458
      @russianstuard2458 6 месяцев назад

      @@Igorinrussia When I lived in Russia only one bank allowed me to open an account without translated passport and that was Citibank but due to the costs of keeping that account i ended up changing to Альфа Банк but passport needed to be translated and needed immigration slip. 90% of the states banks will require passport translation. I remember Bald and Bankrupt opened a Тинкофф bank account but haven't really looked at that maybe he did what you are saying. But for Альфа and банк россии i know you need passport translated 100%

  • @galinahardison7364
    @galinahardison7364 5 месяцев назад +1

    I live in America and I have a dual citizenship. I want to go back and visit Russia with my kids and I was wondering, will it be safe as an American citizen to travel there at the moment especially what happened with that lady from California that had dual citizenship and got arrested for tourism?

    • @artemprudnikov5693
      @artemprudnikov5693 5 месяцев назад

      there are no problems with entering the Russian Federation from Europe, but this is for now

    • @Liliputik2009
      @Liliputik2009 5 месяцев назад +1

      Её арестовали не за туризм. Она ВСУ спонсировала, или что-то такое. Она натворила делов.

    • @Igorinrussia
      @Igorinrussia  4 месяца назад

      No prob with tourists for sure, im telling

  • @rathijay3368
    @rathijay3368 6 месяцев назад +2

    which website i can use for hotel booking ?

  • @unknmanserbia2642
    @unknmanserbia2642 6 месяцев назад +2

    How much euros or dollars can we bring to Russia from the Estonian border? I heard you can not have too many euros for that.

    • @Igorinrussia
      @Igorinrussia  6 месяцев назад

      Its a nonwritten thing, but an amount for your ”own use” should be okay. They dont ask about it most often.

    • @unknmanserbia2642
      @unknmanserbia2642 6 месяцев назад

      @@Igorinrussia cool, but I guess they are more relaxed if you have dollars than euros? because you are not "sending euros from EU" to Russia? I heard some cases they ask, but I guess I should just tell them that I have a couple hundreds and take more.

  • @ImTheBrazilianNomad
    @ImTheBrazilianNomad 3 месяца назад +1

    Can a tourist open a bank account there? What is necessary to start one in russia?

    • @Igorinrussia
      @Igorinrussia  3 месяца назад +2

      @@ImTheBrazilianNomad yes and i recommend, makes your stay and furure travels way easier: I Got A RUSSIAN Sberbank BANK CARD (AS A FOREIGNER)
      ruclips.net/video/91aOg7CCxJo/видео.html

    • @ImTheBrazilianNomad
      @ImTheBrazilianNomad 3 месяца назад

      @@Igorinrussia Thanks a lot, im going to kaliningrad next monday and will probably keep going there yearly

  • @GloriaHoulihan-z4n
    @GloriaHoulihan-z4n 6 месяцев назад +1

    Do they do Tai Chi in Moscow?

  • @_JaneDoe000
    @_JaneDoe000 4 месяца назад +2

    I want to travel to Russia from Australia. Do you think it is possible ❤

    • @Igorinrussia
      @Igorinrussia  4 месяца назад

      Ofcourse, here my meet up with an Aussie in St. Petersburg and later in Moscow this year: ruclips.net/video/yVF09eSpafA/видео.html&t=

  • @olorunsholaazeez6076
    @olorunsholaazeez6076 2 месяца назад

    Good morning

  • @chocolatefudge5263
    @chocolatefudge5263 2 месяца назад

    How about we come with you next time?

    • @Igorinrussia
      @Igorinrussia  2 месяца назад

      From where? And whos we? 😅

  • @tomaspalka161
    @tomaspalka161 6 месяцев назад +2

    Traveling to Russia just now is just like traveling to Germany in 1943.

    • @Igorinrussia
      @Igorinrussia  6 месяцев назад +3

      Lol

    • @Pietra430
      @Pietra430 2 месяца назад +1

      You could say the same about traveling to the US

  • @olorunsholaazeez6076
    @olorunsholaazeez6076 2 месяца назад

    Hi

  • @mistere287
    @mistere287 6 месяцев назад +2

    West fobia

  • @TheChattanoogaBandit
    @TheChattanoogaBandit Месяц назад

    Igor…. Yeah Russia put him up to this. No American is going to Russia in 2024 lol

    • @Igorinrussia
      @Igorinrussia  Месяц назад

      Already passed that estimation. Americans are not only visiting but actually moving to Russia… i guess theres many things wrong

  • @user-user55344
    @user-user55344 6 месяцев назад +1

    Trqvelling to nazi germany was also tricky but possible.

    • @bryanmoore3051
      @bryanmoore3051 5 месяцев назад +1

      Bro you watch to much main stream media lmao

  • @saeidborhani605
    @saeidborhani605 6 месяцев назад +1

    the worst country I have ever seen, with very cold culture