Armenian citizens are exempt from customs clearance procedures at the airport of Sochi.
A "Green Corridor" for people with Armenian passports was opened due to the country's accession to the Eurasian Economic Union. Customs control at the post of "Sochi Airport" is not being carried out on passengers and baggage arriving from Armenia. At the same time, Armenian citizens must still pass through border and immigration control, the Sochi customs service reported.
"In 2014, the proportion of aircraft to and from the Republic of Armenia was 18% of the total number of aircraft and passengers and the proportion of passengers to and from the Republic of Armenia from all the passengers was 13%. During 2014, 260 cases of administrative offenses were opened, 28 of them regarded citizens traveling to and from the Republic of Armenia," Epress.am cited the statement of the Sochi customs service.
The treaty of accession of Armenia to the EEU was signed at the CIS summit in Minsk on October 10th 2014. Armenia joined EEU on a common basis in the fields of services and trade in goods provided for a gradual transition to the Common Customs Tariff Union until 2022.
