{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"RU","name":"Russian Federation","slug":"russian-federation"},"destination":{"code":"CU","name":"Cuba"},"status":"visa_free","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-22","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"cuba-russia-ordinary-passport-visa-exemption","title":"Russian ordinary passports: visa-free stays up to 90 days","summary":"Russia’s current Foreign Ministry consular guidance says Russian citizens may enter Cuba without a visa for a stay not exceeding 90 days using a foreign passport.","status":"visa_free","conditions":["The cited bilateral-consular guidance limits visa-free travel to stays not exceeding 90 days. Longer stays, residence, employment and commercial activity require a Cuban Embassy visa.","This treats the Russian foreign passport as the ordinary-passport baseline; it does not establish special documents, dual-citizenship treatment, entry conditions, public-order controls or final admission."],"sourceIds":["russia-mfa-cuba-consular-information"]},{"id":"russia-cuba-ordinary-passport-visa-free","title":"Russian ordinary passports: Cuba visa-free short visit","summary":"The current Russian MFA passport-type table records visa-free travel for an ordinary Russian passport to Cuba for up to 90 days in 180 days.","status":"visa_free","conditions":["The ordinary-passport table states 'без визы до 90 суток в течение 180 дней' (visa-free up to 90 days in 180 days).","This does not alter the existing canonical Cuba-to-Russia policy; it records the outbound Russian-passport relation only and excludes longer stays, work, residence, documents and final admission."],"sourceIds":["russia-mfa-current-passport-regime"]},{"id":"cuba-current-tourist-visa-exempt-nationality-schedule-2026","title":"Cuba tourist visa: live exemption schedule","summary":"The current Cuban Foreign Ministry eVisa country schedule marks thirteen listed nationalities as visa-exempt for tourist entry; Cuba Travel separately confirms the Chinese regular-passport exemption.","status":"visa_free","conditions":["This is the live eVisa tourist-nationality schedule only. It does not establish work, study, residence, transit, special-passport, document, route or final-admission treatment.","Cuba Travel lists valid passport, medical insurance, return ticket, D'VIAJEROS QR code and final immigration admission among the remaining entry conditions.","Cuba Travel expressly describes China as a regular-passport exemption; the live eVisa schedule is the direct source for the other named nationalities."],"sourceIds":["cuba-evisa-live-country-schedule-2026","cuba-travel-current-tourist-entry-evisa"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"russia-mfa-cuba-consular-information","title":"General information about Cuba","url":"https://www.kdmid.ru/docs/cuba/information-about-the-country/","publisher":"Consular Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation","jurisdiction":"Russian Federation","kind":"government-guidance","language":"Russian","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"russia-mfa-current-passport-regime","title":"Current entry rules by passport type","url":"https://www.kdmid.ru/info-for-traveling-abroad/reference-information-for-traveling-abroad/list-of-countries-with-simplified-entry/","publisher":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation","jurisdiction":"Russian Federation","kind":"government-guidance","language":"Russian","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"cuba-evisa-live-country-schedule-2026","title":"eVisa-Cuba live countries schedule","url":"https://evisagw.evisacuba.cu/user/Countries","publisher":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba","jurisdiction":"Republic of Cuba","kind":"official-portal","language":"Spanish","reviewedAt":"2026-08-22"},{"id":"cuba-travel-current-tourist-entry-evisa","title":"Cuba Travel: Regulations for travelling to Cuba","url":"https://www.cuba.travel/en/useful-information/regulations-and-formalities","publisher":"Cuba Travel official tourism portal","jurisdiction":"Republic of Cuba","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"}]}