Is it possible to enter Ukraine on a Russian passport?

Citizens of Russia over 14 years are allowed to visit Ukraine not only on a foreign passport, but also on domestic, Russian. But it should be noted that the entry into Ukraine on the Russian passport can be complicated by the various "niggles" that the border services invented. How to avoid them, read in the article.

According to the Agreement between Russia and Ukraine on visa-free travel, which was signed on January 16, 1997 (amendments were made on October 30, 2004), Russian citizens can make entry into Ukraine on a Russian passport. But there are some features that should be taken into account.

1. Theoretically, in order for a passport to be considered valid when crossing the Russian-Ukrainian border, it should not contain any "traces" of Ukrainian border services (stamps, etc.). But even 10 years ago marks were made about crossing the border, and many citizens in their passports remained. Therefore, the theory refutes the theory, and the citizens of the Russian Federation, who visited Ukraine before 2002, now visit it without problems.

2. A passport in which there is no mark of registration at the place of residence, the border guards can call invalid and demand payment of a penalty at the border crossing. However, as in the Agreement between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, and in other legislative acts, there is not a single word about it, so you should not worry about it.

3. If you have a planned trip to Ukraine, it's not superfluous to make sure that your passport of a Russian citizen is valid. To the situations in which the passport loses its validity, it is possible to attribute the following:

• If the owner of the document has reached the age of 20 or 45 years and has not replaced it within 30 days. During this time, by the way, entry into Ukraine on the Russian passport is also impossible;
• If a woman crossing the border, shortly before she married and changed her surname, but did not have time to update the main document of a Russian citizen, she can enter Ukraine with an old (essentially invalid) passport. But you can do this only as a last resort, when there is no way to update the document before the trip;
• If the passport is not suitable due to wear or damage;
• If there are inaccuracies or errors in the records of the document, as well as marks, which should not be there.

4. If a minor child is traveling with you, take with him his birth certificate (especially if you have different surnames). Some information about the child that he is traveling with his father or mother, border guards may not be enough.

5. A child under the age of 18 can cross the border with one of the parents without a notarized confirmation of the consent of the second parent. If the border guards try to convince you otherwise, they want to persuade you to give bribes.

6. If a child under the age of 18 crosses the border without parents, he must have a notarized authorization from at least one of the parents with the indication of the person accompanying him.

7. Remember also that entry to Ukraine on the Russian passport is allowed without registration at the place of stay (if the period is up to 90 days) and without the availability of medical insurance.

8. It is necessary to know that even copies of passports, birth certificates, etc. certified by a notary do not give the right to cross the border - original documents are needed.

9. If the documents in the host country have been lost, a Russian citizen can return according to the certificate of return to the Russian Federation, which he can receive at the consulate.

10. If an inhabitant of the Russian Federation enters Ukraine on a Russian passport, and not on a foreign passport, then the border control mark on this should be indicated only in the migration card, but not in the passport itself.