Do you need a visa to enter Crimea as an American? Or is it an open border?

Quinn C.

@QUINN.BPorto, Porto District, Portugal

Do you need a visa to enter Crimea as an American? Or is it an open border?

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Sergey S.

@FREY111Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia

Definitely. All Americans need a visa to go to Russia.

Quinn C.

@QUINN.BPorto, Porto District, Portugal

Thanks man. There goes my potential visit haha. Maybe someday.

Way too hard to get a Russian Visa.

Sergey S.

@FREY111Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia

Maybe the boarder will be closed at all after Ukrainian attemt to organize terroristic acts in Crimea.

Анастасия К.

@83070451Simferopol, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine

You need russian visa. U can enter Crimea only through Russia, Ukrainian border is closed for foreigners.

Quinn C.

@QUINN.BPorto, Porto District, Portugal

Thanks beauty

Tatyana S.

@tatyana-skoryhKyiv, Kyiv City, Ukraine

yes - for you it'll be better to fly through Moscow to Simferopol

Yaroslava A.

@yaroslava-antonovaSimferopol, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine

also you can visit crimea from moscow. And from Ukraine too, but only on bus not a plane

Leonid L.

@leonidlitvinTel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel

You need Russian visa, if you gonna arrive from Russian border. From Ukranian side - no way!