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Russia passport holders need a visa for Greece, issued by an embassy or consulate before travel.
The European Commission said on 7 November 2025 that from then on Russian nationals can no longer receive multiple-entry visas, so they must apply for a new visa each time they plan to travel to the EU, allowing close and frequent scrutiny of applicants to mitigate any potential security risk.
“From now on, Russian nationals will no longer be able to receive multiple-entry visas. This means Russian nationals will have to apply for a new visa each time they plan to travel to the EU, allowing for close and frequent scrutiny of applicants to mitigate any potential security risk.”
Source: Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 listing visa-required and visa-exempt nationalities, consolidated text — EUR-Lex · checked 13 Oct 2026
Greece visa options for Russia citizensUnder the Visa Code, children from the age of six and below the age of 12 pay €45, and the fee is waived for children under six. Council Decision (EU) 2022/1500 suspended the EU–Russia visa facilitation agreement in whole as regards citizens of the Russian Federation. The European Commission says Russian nationals will no longer be able to receive multiple-entry visas, while allowing exceptions for limited and justified cases such as independent journalists and human rights defenders.
Russia citizens need a visa issued in advance by an embassy or consulate of Greece. Start the application several weeks before departure: you will typically need a passport valid for six months with blank pages, a completed application form, passport photos, a travel itinerary, proof of accommodation and of sufficient funds, and sometimes an invitation letter or bank statements.
The main option is the Schengen Short-Stay Visa for Russian nationals, which costs 90 EUR with a processing time of —.
Whatever your visa status, Greece applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
Greece lets 93 passports in without a visa and requires an embassy visa from 105. Russia citizens are treated the same way as Armenia, Azerbaijan and Belarus. Overall the Russia passport ranks #76 in the world with 81 visa-free destinations.
Planning a longer trip in Europe? With a Russia passport you can also visit 8 countries in the region without a visa, including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Montenegro and Serbia.
In the other direction, Greece citizens need evisa to visit Russia.
Entry requirements for GreeceUnder the Schengen Borders Code, a third-country national's travel document must be valid for at least three months after the intended date of departure from the territory of the Member States and must have been issued within the previous 10 years.
Schengen Borders Code — Regulation (EU) 2016/399 (consolidated 10 July 2024)✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
Your passport needs at least 2 blank pages.
EU Visa Code — Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 (consolidated)✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
The Visa Code requires applicants for a uniform visa for one or two entries to prove that they hold adequate and valid travel medical insurance, valid throughout the territory of the Member States for the entire intended stay, with minimum coverage of €30,000.
Visa Code (Regulation (EC) No 810/2009), consolidated text — EUR-Lex✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
No official source we could read states that a return or onward ticket is required to enter. The Schengen Borders Code lists a return or round-trip ticket among the supporting documents as regards return.
Schengen Borders Code — Regulation (EU) 2016/399 (consolidated 10 July 2024)✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
The European Commission's table of reference amounts gives Greece's as EUR 50, EUR 25 for minors, and EUR 300 for a stay of up to 5 days.
European Commission — Reference amounts required for the crossing of the external border, fixed by national authorities✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
The EU's Travel to Europe site says that the first time you arrive at a border crossing point since the EES started, passport control officers will take a photo of your face and/or scan your fingerprints, and your passport will not be stamped; this can be quicker if you register some of your data in advance using a self-service system or a mobile application, where available. The UK government's travel advice says there is no cost for EES registration.
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — Greece travel advice: entry requirements✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
ETIAS is the new travel authorisation for visa-exempt travellers to enter 30 European countries, Greece among them. It is currently not in operation and no applications are being collected; the EU will announce the start date several months before launch.
European Union — ETIAS: frequently asked questions✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
A third-country national who breaches the voluntary-departure deadline, or otherwise stays unlawfully for up to 30 days, must pay on departure a fine of four times the fee for a one-year residence permit. For an unlawful stay longer than 30 days, the fine is eight times that fee. Exempt from fines: minors; ethnic Greeks; spouses or parents of Greek nationals, ethnic Greeks or EU citizens; people in voluntary return procedures and programmes; and people who exceed their lawful stay because of force majeure, if they leave within 30 days after the cause ends.
Government Gazette ΦΕΚ Α' 81/2023 (copy on a gov.gr Syzefxis host) — Law 5038/2023 Migration Code, Article 20✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
If you enter or leave the EU with €10,000 in cash (or its equivalent in other currencies), you must declare it to the customs authorities in the EU country you are entering or leaving, using the EU cash declaration form.
Your Europe (EU) — travelling with cash✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
Data: TravelRequirements.info — Entry Requirements Dataset, AXG Sp. z o.o. (CC BY 4.0). Entry rules can change — confirm with official sources before travel.
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