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entry into crimea

whats the situation here, do you need a Russian Visa or Ukranian one?
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whats the situation here, do you need a Russian Visa or Ukranian one?
Crimea is now part of the Russian Federation so all rules apply as for the rest of Russia so you NEED a Russian visa (Depending what passport you hold)

As far as i am aware as a non Ukraine/Russian national you can NOT cross into Crimea via Ukraine as Ukraine considers this "Occupied land" so you can only enter via the E97 Kerch/ferry route

Its a very nice place to visit but maybe because you have to leave the way you come it will put many people of, as for the registering in Russia i did this in Sochi which was very easy (in a few hours) and since they had the winter Olympics there it was set up for this i would say its more easy to register than say finding a place in Crimea to do it if you are passing.

Sochi & Yalta are both very nice places to visit
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As Wes says ... Russian visa...

But I have heard Ukraine is stamping passports in and out of Ukraine into Donbass. If they are doing it for Donbass they are probably doing it for Crimea. http://www.scoopnest.com/user/DougSa...32527258804224

Russian border site says the main road border at Armyansk between Ukraine and Crimea is multilateral and open. Армянск | Крымский филиал | Филиалы ФГКУ Росгранстрой | Филиалы | ФГКУ Росгранстрой

Also recent international news stories seem to be reporting a flourishing border: Checkpoints on Crimea-Ukraine border fully in use - UPI.com

Would be good to have a guinea pig test it out for us ...
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Things might have changed but when I was there at the start of July I was warned by a Canadian diplomat in Georgia not to risk crossing from Crimea to Ukraine, or even going to Crimea if I later wanted to get to Ukraine. The problem was exactly as described; considered occupied territory by Ukraine, apparently some bikers tried to cross, got visas stamped out of Russia, threatened with arrest trying to enter Ukraine, couldn't get back to Russia with an expired visa. Five days in no mans land :/
I rode round and entered by Shebekino, dodging the war. Budget a week apparently for very unreliable Batumi/Odessa ferry I was told.
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That said yes I'll buy the guinea pig a
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Thanks for the info MotorOlly, very interesting!
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