Putin Says Russia Ready to Make Visa-Free Travel with China Permanent
- Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that Russia is ready to make the visa-free travel regime with China permanent, pending China's agreement, during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the SCO summit in Bishkek.
- Russia started a reciprocal visa-free regime for Chinese citizens in December 2025, allowing stays up to 30 days without a visa until September 14, 2026.
- China had established a similar visa-free travel arrangement for Russian citizens, and the two countries extended this policy through the end of 2027.
- Putin noted that the visa-free arrangement increased travel, with tourist trips rising 43% in the first half of 2026, and Chinese Ambassador Zhang Hanhui said Chinese tourism to Russia grew nearly 50% in early 2026.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that Russia was ready to work together with China to put the visaless regime between countries on a permanent basis, as he had mentioned at a meeting with President Xi Jinping of the PRC on the "fields" of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Bishkek.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Russia's readiness to transfer the visa-free regime with China to a permanent basis if Beijing deems it useful. Currently, visa-free travel between Russia and China is issued for a year and is updated as this period expires — a new format
Russia is ready to work together to put a visa-free regime between the Russian Federation and China on a permanent basis, if Beijing deems this possible and useful, declared the Head of State of Russia, Vladimir Putin." Ready to work together to convert the visa-free regime, if the Chinese side considers it possible and useful, to a permanent basis," said Putin at a meeting with the President of the PRC, Xi Jinping, on the "fields" of the SCO su…
Russia is ready to work together with Beijing on the permanentization of the visa-free regime between countries, announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Russian leader expressed his willingness to put the visa-free regime with China on a permanent basis, subject to Beijing's interest in this initiative, transmits RIA News. The former Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China noted the positive role of the mutual visa-free regime with Russi…
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