Russia to introduce e-visas in Kaliningrad in mid-2019

Foreign visitors to Russia will be able to obtain electronic visas in the westernmost exclave of Kaliningrad starting July 2019, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday, Sputnik reports.

"Foreign citizens will be able to receive an electronic visa, this project I remind you is being implemented in the port of Vladivostok. After completion of the needed technical measures, as of July 1, 2019, all those who come to our country and leave it from Kaliningrad Region will have this opportunity," Medvedev said.

Medvedev noted that the decision was expected to boost the development of tourism, as well as business and humanitarian contacts.

The official added that the electronic visas were already introduced in the free port of Vladivostok.