{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"SD","name":"Sudan","slug":"sudan"},"destination":{"code":"RU","name":"Russian Federation"},"status":"visa_required","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-21","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"russia-ordinary-foreign-passport-visitor-visa-required","title":"Russia: other modelled ordinary foreign passports require a regular visa","summary":"For these nationalities, the current MFA country table states either visas for all passports or only a non-ordinary waiver and does not provide the unified e-visa. The MFA's general rule therefore requires a regular visa.","status":"visa_required","conditions":["This is the ordinary foreign-passport short-visitor baseline. Diplomatic, official, service, special, crew, accredited-staff, APEC-card, group-tour, invitation, local-border and other stated exceptions are not passport-wide access.","A regular visa is obtained through a Russian diplomatic mission or consular post at the person's place of permanent residence. Visa type, invitation, validity, document recognition, purpose, registration and admission requirements remain case-specific."],"sourceIds":["russia-mfa-current-foreign-entry-conditions","russia-mfa-general-visa-rule"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"russia-mfa-current-foreign-entry-conditions","title":"Russian MFA Consular Department: entry and stay conditions by foreign passport type","url":"https://www.kdmid.ru/cons/visas/conditions-of-entry-foreign-citizens-in-russian-federation/","publisher":"Consular Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation","jurisdiction":"Russian Federation","kind":"official-dataset","language":"Russian","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"russia-mfa-general-visa-rule","title":"Russian MFA Consular Department: visa issuance and general rule","url":"https://www.kdmid.ru/cons/visas/","publisher":"Consular Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation","jurisdiction":"Russian Federation","kind":"government-guidance","language":"Russian","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"}]}