Russia Ends Visa Regime for Georgia, Restores Direct Flights

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed decrees abolishing visas for Georgian nationals and lifting a 2019 ban on direct flights to the South Caucasus nation.

Based on the paperwork, ranging from Might 15, Georgian nationals can be allowed to enter Russia with out visas — except they’re coming to Russia to work or to remain for longer than 90 days.

The second decree lifts a ban on flights to Georgia that Russia unilaterally imposed in 2019.

Following Putin’s decrees, Russia’s International Ministry issued an announcement lifting its 2019 suggestion for Russian residents to keep away from touring to Georgia.

Russia-Georgia relations have been rocky and complex for the reason that Soviet Union’s collapse within the early Nineties. The 2 international locations fought a brief battle in 2008 that ended with Georgia dropping management of two Russia-friendly separatist areas.

Tbilisi had severed diplomatic ties with Moscow, and the difficulty of the areas’ standing stays a key irritant, at the same time as relations have considerably improved.

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