{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"RU","name":"Russian Federation","slug":"russian-federation"},"destination":{"code":"BW","name":"Botswana"},"status":"visa_free","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-22","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"botswana-russia-current-ordinary-passport-visa-abolition","title":"Russian ordinary passports: current visa-free entry under the bilateral agreement","summary":"The Russian Foreign Ministry's current consular table states that Russian citizens enter Botswana visa-free for up to 90 days and links the 2019 bilateral agreement on mutual abolition of visa requirements for citizens. Botswana's current Government guidance confirms that nationals covered by a visa-abolition agreement do not require a visa.","status":"visa_free","conditions":["The Russian Foreign Ministry table states visa-free entry for Russian citizens for up to 90 days. It separately distinguishes the older diplomatic-and-service-passport agreement from the 2019 agreement covering citizens.","The sources do not establish work, residence, diplomatic, official, service, special-document, or individual-admissibility treatment.","Botswana's current visitor guidance states a maximum stay of 90 days in each calendar year; ordinary passport validity and other border conditions remain applicable."],"sourceIds":["russian-mfa-current-botswana-passport-scope","botswana-government-current-immigration-summary"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"russian-mfa-current-botswana-passport-scope","title":"Information on visa and visa-free regimes by passport type","url":"https://www.kdmid.ru/info-for-traveling-abroad/reference-information-for-traveling-abroad/list-of-countries-with-simplified-entry/","publisher":"Consular Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation","jurisdiction":"Russia","kind":"government-guidance","language":"Russian","reviewedAt":"2026-08-22"},{"id":"botswana-government-current-immigration-summary","title":"About Our Country: Immigration","url":"https://www.gov.bw/about-our-country-0?page=0","publisher":"Government of Botswana","jurisdiction":"Botswana","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"}]}