Russian visas given to Americans have dramatically decreased.

The Russian Foreign Ministry has said it only issued around 1,000 travel visas to US citizens in the first three months of this year. There was also a sharp drop in the number of visitors from European countries, although the ministry insisted that people on the continent have not lost interest in visiting Russia. The head of the consular department of the Foreign Ministry, Alexey Klimov, explained that the vast majority of visas granted to Americans were for tourism or family visits. There was also a nearly ten-fold decline in the number of visas issued compared to pre-pandemic levels. Overall, there was a 16% year-on-year rise in the number of visas issued during the first three months of 2023.

A total of 52,000 out of nearly 145,000 travel visas issued were for Chinese nationals, and a growing number of people from Asia’s leading economy are visiting for business and education purposes. In mid-February, the US Department of State issued a travel advisory warning Americans against going to Russia due to the unpredictable consequences of the unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces, the potential for harassment, and the singling out of U The Russian Foreign Ministry has said it only issued around 1,000 travel visas to US citizens in the first three months of this year. There was also a sharp drop in the number of visitors from European countries, although the ministry insisted that people on the continent have not lost interest in visiting Russia. The head of the consular department of the Foreign Ministry, Alexey Klimov, explained that the vast majority of visas granted to Americans were for tourism or family visits. There was also a nearly ten-fold decline in the number of visas issued compared to pre-pandemic levels.

Overall, there was a 16% year-on-year rise in the number of visas issued during the first three months of 2023. A total of 52,000 out of nearly 145,000 travel visas issued were for Chinese nationals, and a growing number of people from Asia’s leading economy are visiting for business and education purposes. In mid-February, the US Department of State issued a travel advisory warning Americans against going to Russia due to the unpredictable consequences of the unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces, the potential for harassment, and the singling out of U