The visa regime with Montenegro enters into force - Russia will introduce a mirror measure Podgorica canceled the bilateral agreement on reciprocal visa-free travel with the Russian Federation, which was signed back in 2008. From today, to get to Montenegro, you will need to apply for a local visa or provide an entry document from any Schengen country. The consular fee for a Montenegro visa will cost 35 euros for an adult and 17.5 euros for children under 14 years of age. Montenegro's foreign ministry notified Moscow of the agreement's termination on September 28, citing the need to harmonize visa policies with the European Union, which the country expects to join in 2028. Russia intends to comply with the termination procedure stipulated in the agreement. Considering the date of receipt of the message from Podgorica, the deadline for fulfilling the obligations according to the document expires on December 30. "Starting from this day, the entry of Montenegrin citizens into the Russian Federation will be carried out with visas for all types of passports," the Russian Embassy in Montenegro quotes the RKB as saying. More than 200 thousand Russian tourists visited Montenegro every year. At the same time, in 2025, citizens of the Russian Federation constituted one of the largest groups of foreign residents in the country: more than 18 thousand Russians had a residence permit. Duplicate posts in Max.

The visa regime with Montenegro enters into force - Russia will introduce a mirror measure Podgorica canceled the bilateral agreement on reciprocal visa-free travel with the Russian Federation, which was signed back in 2008. From today, to get to Montenegro, you will need to apply for a local visa or provide an entry document from any Schengen country. The consular fee for a Montenegro visa will cost 35 euros for an adult and 17.5 euros for children under 14 years of age. Montenegro's foreign ministry notified Moscow of the agreement's termination on September 28, citing the need to harmonize visa policies with the European Union, which the country expects to join in 2028. Russia intends to comply with the termination procedure stipulated in the agreement. Considering the date of receipt of the message from Podgorica, the deadline for fulfilling the obligations according to the document expires on December 30. "Starting from this day, the entry of Montenegrin citizens into the Russian Federation will be carried out with visas for all types of passports," the Russian Embassy in Montenegro quotes the RKB as saying. More than 200 thousand Russian tourists visited Montenegro every year. At the same time, in 2025, citizens of the Russian Federation constituted one of the largest groups of foreign residents in the country: more than 18 thousand Russians had a residence permit. Duplicate posts in Max.