Could you please clarify the 180 day rule. I am hoping to go to Magadan this year going via Ukraine, Kazakstan and Mongolia. By the time I am exiting north east Mongolia I will only have spent 10-14 days in Russia. When returning from Magadan will do the full trip back to Ukraine in Russia. How is the 90 days calculated. Does it start afresh once you re-enter Russia. The registration within 7 days, does that have to happen each time you enter the country and can it done at Police stations as well as some hotels. Thanks in advance.
Boycie

Hi Sarz,

We decided to ride from Ulf's home in Switzerland in May and elected to cross the Ukraine as it was the most direct route to Russia. Turkey would have been a lovely ride but was a little out of our way at that juncture. Our aim was to enter western Mongolia from the Altai region and we did in fact ride through Altai in order to do this. Sadly we were made fully aware at the time that we were going to struggle in this area due to the large amounts of rain that had hit in that part of June. This, coupled with the need to get Ulf a new air filter for his XT forced our decision to ride back to Barnaul and continue accross Russia to Ulan Ude where we then were able to enter Mongolia.
Ulf's XT did not fair as well as my DR650 on this trip sadly. In fact it was almost a daily occurrence at this point where we had to nurse his bike or repair a cracked rack, deal with a bent rim or try to figure out how to make it breathe better. Please note folks, I'm not anti XT600. In fact I think they are a solid bike bike but now that I have worked on both marques, i can state that the DR is much easier to maintain. Saying this, the XT has a proven track record in Europe and is much more readily available on the market and has a good base there for spare parts and aftermarket accessories so this may be your best choice. please PM me if you want details on prepping a DR650 though.
Safe and happy travels to you all.

Nevil

Well this is how i undertsand it but maybe i am wrong

Ok so say your visa was issued today then you can stay 90 days maxium in the first 180 day period and no more and for the next 180 days its the same 90 day rule

Yes you have to register each time you enter within 7 days also, best to plan your route so within the first 7 days you can get it done.

Hotels sometimes take 2 days to register.

I am no expert on this matter as i only ever stay for 1 or 2 weeks when i go to Russia so maybe others on this site can give a better answer

As far as i know you only have to register, when you stay more than 6 days on one spot.

If you travel, and you keep your gas bills and everything, than it should be OK.

I registered twice, just to had it done, took just the night…..

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I am sure it is 7 days in the country regardless if you are traveling all the time or staying in one spot.

I could be wrong however evertime i have left Russia and have stayed more than 7 days (before this register thing was 3 days a few years ago) either from the airport or at the land border crossing i was asked for this register paper.

I did however once stay 9 days with out registering in which they said not to do again but had no issues otherwise

OK, more than 6 days = 7 days!!

I asked a few visa agencies and a lot of travelers.
Everyone told me, that just in case of staying in the same spot you need registration.

Only sometimes someone smart wants to make money out of it.

And if you have bills and can proof, that you change places, than you don't need registration.
My information might be wrong, but the travelers i asked did it so on quite some journeys.

And by the way, the registration thing with longer stay on one place we also have in a lot of european countries, they just don't see it this strict…..

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Wesley is correct Russian Registration is now 7 working days so with the weekend thrown in thats 9 , also with the year long visa you can stay in the country for a maximum of 90 days then you have to leave for 90 , the cars under 10 years in Mongolia is only a rule set by the Mongolian rally organizers

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ps officialy registration is not required if you keep moving around, BUT its FREE so why take the chance of being pulled by mr arse hole who insists he wants that slip , unless you speak Russian trying to argue is pointless

Many thanks ... will investigate further

Boycie