The Japan Visa Application Center in Moscow, which opened in February of this year, has begun implementing its own administrative procedures, which are markedly stricter than the previous, more lenient procedures of the Japanese Embassy.

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By the end of 2025, 37,595 Russian tourists visited the Seychelles. This is a 7.3% increase compared to 2024 (35,030 visits). Thus, Russia takes the third place in the ranking of key inbound markets in 2025, behind only Germany (55,497 visits) and France (41,409 visits), and continued to close the gap.

In the first quarter of 2026, according…

On April 30, the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) officially submitted a request to the Ministry of Economic Development to allow tour operators to resume selling package tours to the United Arab Emirates and other Middle Eastern countries. This was announced by ATOR Executive Director Maya Lomidze.

According to Lomidze, discussions…