Immigration control upon arrival in Russia
You must indicate the purpose of your visit: tourist or business, following the visa in your passport. You will receive a Migration Card from the immigration officer. Keep it in a safe place along with your passport.
Payments in Russia
Due to sanctions from international payment systems, your Indonesian Visa or MasterCard bank card will most likely not work in Russia.
If you have a bank card from the Chinese payment system Union Pay, it should probably work in Russia.
It is best to bring cash in US dollars (USD) or Euros (EUR).
Russian customs regulations: You can bring or export 10.000 USD in cash into the country.
Indonesian customs regulations limit the amount to 100 million IDR (about 6.500 USD) without declaration.
Upon arrival, you can exchange some currency at the foreign currency exchangers in the airport terminal. Next you will have a Russian currency called Rubles (RUB).
The exchange rate for December 2023 is: 1 USD ~ 90 RUB, 1 EUR ~ 98 RUB, 10000 IDR ~ 60 RUB.
SIM card in Russia
Next, in the same terminal you can buy a Russian telephone SIM card. The best Russian telephone network is Megafon.
Taxi in Russia
After this, you can download the Yandex Go taxi application and set up payment in cash. The application will allow you to easily navigate around Russia.
Mandatory notification about arrival to Russia
Hotels, as well as owners of housing where a foreigner is staying, are required to register the foreigner temporarily within 7 days. This can be done online via Gosuslugi. The information comes to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which then sends back Notifications Of The Arrival Of A Foreigner. If this procedure is not followed, fines for the homeowner and foreigner can range from 2000 to 5000 RUB. The foreigner may face deportation.
Russian bank card
Upon arrival at your place of residence, we recommend ordering a Russian bank card from Tinkoff. You need to provide your passport details, migration card, phone number, email, current address. The bank will confirm the data over the phone. The bank courier will deliver your card within 1-2 days. You can cash out dollars or euros later at some Tinkoff ATMs. The bank allows you to exchange currencies for RUB or make transactions with your bank account in USD or EUR.
Banning Instagram and Facebook applications in Russia
If you use social networks Instagram and Facebook, you will be annoyed to temporarily lose them during your trip to Russia. We recommend using a VPN app. We can recommend the Hitvpn application, which is free to use for 1 month. Go through quick activation via Telegram. To set up a VPN, use the Google Translate app.
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