new visa rules

[Alina Israeli]

>Can this really be true?  Can you point me to the official document?
>If true, it would render one's passport good for eight instead of ten
>years. . .

The official website http://www.russianembassy.org/  states:

2. A valid passport which should have at least two clear pages for a visa.

Nothing else about the passport itself. The rest of the info about
application form, photos, money etc, sepen point in all, rather long.

__________________________
 Alina Israeli
 LFS, American University
 4400 Mass. Ave., NW
 Washington, DC 20016

 phone:    (202) 885-2387
 fax:      (202) 885-1076 

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