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flyinghamster on Sept 8, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Australia’s new mass surveillance mandate

Good to know, that's more in line with the normal world. I would think that only applies to Russian citizens, though. Getting a visa into Russia is a different story under normal conditions, let alone a pandemic, and exit visas do apply to foreign visitors (at least from the US).

https://ru.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/russian-visas/

grishka on Sept 8, 2021 [–]

Okay, I googled it for a bit. Apparently foreign citizens do need an exit visa but only in two cases:

- If they have (maybe only some type of?) a residence/work permit and would like to avoid problems when returning to Russia

- If they have a tourist visa but overstayed the duration of stay it's valid for

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