Organizing committees of sport events will give foreign athletes permissions to visit Russia.

This is how Minister of sport of the Russian Federation Vitaliy Mutko (on photo) explains the Executive Order “On Procedures for Entering and Exiting the Russian Federation for Foreigners and Stateless Persons in Connection with International Sports Events”, which was signed yesterday by the President Vladimir Putin.

As we stated earlier, under the Order’s terms, foreigners and stateless persons taking part in international sports events (athletes, trainers, team officials, other members of foreign official delegations, sports judges and referees and other officials authorised by the organisers of respective international sports events) can enter and exit Russia without a visa, on the basis of ID documents recognised by the Russian Federation as such, and accreditation documents issued by the international sports event’s organisers.

Source: Press Office of the Russian Ski Association, Kremlin.ru