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!
@@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)
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!
@@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.
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?
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
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.
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 :)
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 ?
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)
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.
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?
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
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? 😂
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 !
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
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 ***
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
@@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?
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”
@@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. 🌺🌼
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
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 🙏🏻
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.
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€.
@@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
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.
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
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.
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
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 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
@@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%
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?
@@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 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
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!
Tack ska du ha!
@@Igorinrussia Hej. Kan du svenska också?)
Next year I am going to travel to Russia. Thanks for the video.
Greetings from Mexico 🇲🇽
Really happy to hear that!
Добро пожаловать. Welcome
@@Igorinrussia hello, do you know any good places to stay in Moscow during december ?
@@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)
@@Igorinrussia thanks for the support, I will check It out 😎
Great tips, bro. Very few people would think of opening a bank account, but it makes so much sense.
EXCELLENT intro to coming there, Igor! DA!
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.
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!
I travelled to Kaliningrad via Lithuania in January. Flights are not expensive from Kaliningrad to Moscow.
How much was it? I plan to return to kaliningrad , good option to continue to moscow
@@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.
@@JL-wm4gj the bus i was familiar (planned to go), but the aeroflot was good news!
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?
@@FHM224 The city and the region have the same name - Kaliningrad. I do not know if there is a bus running
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
Gdansk - Kaliningrad is also another route. Great video!
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.
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 :)
@@ElisLud-yu6ph hey!Hi!for change money in russian bank ,you change small or big volume every time?it was € to roubles?
Thx for the tips bro.
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 ?
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)
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.
I use it that way usually nowadays
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?
nothing change
Nothing changed but recently (like during past year) possibly new comer foreigners from unfriwndly countries, esp. uk, usa, canada might be spoken to
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
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
@@victorwaldberg7570 awesome! Enjoy!
awesome video, planning to do this trip i n summer and. nice recommendations
David thank you! There are mall how to- videos in description :)
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? 😂
@@KiltCars because of politics Russia is very safe but now the big cities sometimes get Ukrainian drone strikes unfortunately
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Great videos
great videos man! if you can talk about booking accomodation from abroad, it would be cool!
Hey, its simple. Use ostrovok.ru its also an app… tutu.ru for travel also an app. I use these from abroad :)
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 !
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
Hey yall
im planning to visit Russia next year from Indonesia. wish me luck.
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
@@riyanabdurrahman5733 I wish you luck getting out of there later ;)
All the best & welcome
Hope you will also make a vlog to travel from Indonesia to Russia. My family there plans to spend next summer in Russia.
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 ***
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
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
Don't we need some sort of citizenship to open a bank account in Russia?
I'm from Ireland.
You can have it as a foreigner. Momentum Mir card was mine (please see the video in description)
@@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?
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 :)
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”
@@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. 🌺🌼
@@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 :)
@@Igorinrussia Of course! Please feel free to share. ☺
@@Vhelarys All the best & welcome
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
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 🙏🏻
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.
thank you, Ive had this question, I guess some companies just offer that..or that insurance is just part of the ordniary travel insurance
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€.
@@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
@@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. 🙏
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.
Hey Robert! You can reserve the rooms
Via tutu.ru
@@Igorinrussia many thanks!
@@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?
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
@@elyakennedy4382 thank you
For a winter travel, what kind of coat should I buy?
for mid winter, warm, and maybe, if you like, the ones going lower closer to your knees
Could you please make a video on how a tourist can request a Bank card ?
Usedul Videos are in description. Heres the one: ruclips.net/video/91aOg7CCxJo/видео.htmlsi=TTOhYPTMU8Jj6hSk
Did see 🇳🇴 ✈️ From Kirkenes in 🇳🇴
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.
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
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.
To open a bank account in Russia you will need a translated copy of your passport and a registration of where you are stopping.
@@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
@@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%
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?
there are no problems with entering the Russian Federation from Europe, but this is for now
Её арестовали не за туризм. Она ВСУ спонсировала, или что-то такое. Она натворила делов.
No prob with tourists for sure, im telling
which website i can use for hotel booking ?
Ostrovok.ru and app
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.
Its a nonwritten thing, but an amount for your ”own use” should be okay. They dont ask about it most often.
@@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.
Can a tourist open a bank account there? What is necessary to start one in russia?
@@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
@@Igorinrussia Thanks a lot, im going to kaliningrad next monday and will probably keep going there yearly
Do they do Tai Chi in Moscow?
No
I want to travel to Russia from Australia. Do you think it is possible ❤
Ofcourse, here my meet up with an Aussie in St. Petersburg and later in Moscow this year: ruclips.net/video/yVF09eSpafA/видео.html&t=
Good morning
How about we come with you next time?
From where? And whos we? 😅
Traveling to Russia just now is just like traveling to Germany in 1943.
Lol
You could say the same about traveling to the US
Hi
West fobia
Igor…. Yeah Russia put him up to this. No American is going to Russia in 2024 lol
Already passed that estimation. Americans are not only visiting but actually moving to Russia… i guess theres many things wrong
Trqvelling to nazi germany was also tricky but possible.
Bro you watch to much main stream media lmao
the worst country I have ever seen, with very cold culture
Never heard or experienced this
you talking about usa right?