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Russia Travel Visa – Vodka and Old Friends
By Rick Chapo
If you think getting a visa to to Russia is difficult, you should try getting one to around the country. Living in Russia, I needed just such a Russia visa to go to a human rights conference. Ironic, eh?

Russia Visa

Unlike many countries, foreigners in Russia must declare on their visa where they will in the country. If they want to add a location, they have to get a new, temporary visa for the location. Basically, it is red tape and bureaucracy out the ying yang.

While living in Siberia, I was invited to speak at a human rights conference in the town of Tinda. I wasn’t entirely sure where this was, but knew I needed a temporary visa to get from my city to it. A fellow speaker, Oleg Vladimirovich, told me getting one would be no problem. I should’ve known I was in trouble when our first stop was the liquor store.

Four vodka bottles in hand, we hit our first stop at the home of a retired customs

official who was married to someone’s half brothers third sister. We reminisced and drank shots for a half hour or so. Feeling no pain, the customs official called a friend and off we went to meet him while leaving the open vodka bottle behind.

At the new gentlemen’s home, we cracked our second bottle of vodka. Reminiscing was undertaken, which left me out of the process since I had never met the chap before. Eventually, another phone call was made and we were off to make a new friend.

As you can probably guess, this process was repeated two more times. At our final meeting, I was so “warm on the inside, cold on the outside” as Russians say when demurely sipping vodka that I was reminiscing with a man and wife who I had never met before!

Eventually, we obtained the necessary visa or something that wouldn’t get me arrested. Oleg joked it was a “semi-visa”. It might work or might not. Seeing double, I headed home to pack my stuff for the train.
Rick Chapo is with Nomad Journals - makers of travel journals. Visit NomadJournalTrips.com for more articles on Russia travel and Adventure Travel


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