Where is Russia on the list of visa-free countries?
Consulting company Henley & Partners has updated the index of authoritativeness of passports of countries around the world. The main criterion is the possibility of traveling around the world without a visa document.
The index of the most authoritative countries is updated several times a year to promptly inform tourists about changes in the visa regime.
Most convenient for traveling around the world - passports Japan. SingaporeSouth Koreans can cross the borders of 189 countries without a visa or with a visa obtained on arrival.
Second position. GermanyCitizens of 188 countries are available without first obtaining visa documents. Third place shared Denmark. Finland. FranceTheir passports have opened doors to 187 countries.
The “strong” passports included documents of citizens of Spain and Luxembourg (you can visit 186 countries without a visa), Austria, Great Britain, Portugal, Switzerland (186 countries), Greece, Canada, the United States (184 countries). According to experts, the UK and the US are moving away from the first place, which belonged to them in 2015. Experts believe that the loss of positions in the ranking is associated with an improvement in the performance of Asian countries, others see a direct connection with their ambiguous policies.
Russia is in the top 47th place. Residents Russian Federation can visit without a visa or with a visa on arrival 118 countries: Brazil, Argentina, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Dominican Republic, Israel, Georgia, Indonesia, Maldives, Seychelles, Tunisia, Turkey, South Korea.
Ukraine 40th place (128 countries) Republic of Belarus 64 (77 countries) Kazakhstan 65 (76 countries) Armenia - 78 (62 countries).
In the last place among the indexes of passports are Afghanistan and Iraq 30 visa-free countries.
According to: turizm