Russian Foreign Ministry: Latvian non-citizens born after the collapse of the Union do not have benefits to enter Russia
After reaching the age of 18 (the age of majority), non-citizens of the Republic of Latvia born after February 6, 1992 can enter the Russian Federation only on a general basis.
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This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, commenting on the incident with a student of the Moscow Institute of Culture Oksana Karaya, who was detained at Domodedovo airport on August 15 because she did not have a visa. Zakharova emphasized that the FSB border service officers acted absolutely lawfully.
“But given that in this case we are talking about our compatriot, the leadership of the consular department of the Russian Foreign Ministry on the same day instructed the duty consul of Domodedovo airport to issue Oksana Karaya a transit visa, which allowed her to cross the border of the Russian Federation, purchase a ticket to Riga and freely leave Russian territory,” Zakharova said.
Visa-free entry into Russia is allowed for non-citizens of Latvia who were born before 1992, as well as their minor children. Currently, about 267 thousand residents of the country are non-citizens. Of these, 10903 people were born after 1992.
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