questions about travel to Russia for dual citizens of US and Russia

[Edward M Dumanis]

Just remember that when you enter Russia on a non-US passport, you deprive 
yourself of any legal protection by US government.

Sincerely,

Edward Dumanis <dumanis at buffalo.edu>

On Thu, 24 Apr 2008, Sasha Senderovich wrote:

> Dear SEELANGers,
> I recall that a few months ago there was a long discussion on this
> list-serve about new visa procedures for travel to Russia for the US
> citizens. I am wondering if anyone on the list who is a dual citizen of
> Russia and the US has any advice on how the procedures work in this case.
>
> * How does it work for the holders of both a US passport and a Russian
> passport for foreign travel (zagran-pasport, not an internal passport)? I've
> heard stories of people being able to get Russian visas for their US
> passports if they wanted to travel as US citizens, but the visa agency I've
> contacted explicitly told me that I would need to renounce my Russian
> citizenship first if I wanted to travel on a US document. On the other hand,
> there are plenty of people who enter Russia with their Russian documents,
> and leave the country with their US passports.
>
> * If one does enter Russia with the Russian foreign passport, how does one
> go about post-entry procedures, such as registration at the place of
> residence? The rules seem to be more or less clear for registering a US
> passport with Moscow or Petersburg authorities, but I am wondering how one
> would go about registering a Russian foreign passport which doesn't have a
> Moscow or Petersburg "propiska."
>
> I am not terribly committed to keeping my Russian passport, but the idea of
> having it seems to be appealing as far as it helps to avoid the process of
> obtaining visas, etc. I was just curious if anyone has any *recent*
> experience with similar circumstances.
>
> Please reply off-list to senderov at fas.harvard.edu (if the issue proves to be
> of wider interest to the list, I would be happy to summarize the
> responses.)
>
> Thank you for your help,
> Sasha Senderovich
>
> ----------------------------------------------
> Sasha Senderovich
> PhD candidate, Harvard Slavic
> senderov at fas.harvard.edu
>
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