Do Brazil passport holders need a visa to visit RU?

Brazilian ordinary passport holders do NOT need a visa for Russia. Under the 2008 bilateral visa-waiver agreement you may stay up to 90 days within any 180-day period for tourism, business or private visits. Since 30 June 2025, visa-free visitors should pre-register through the RuID app (electronic entry notification) at least 72 hours before arrival to obtain a QR code for the border. Brazil and Russia have a reciprocal visa-exemption agreement in force since 2008 that lets ordinary-passport citizens of either country enter without a visa for short stays of up to 90 days within any 180-day period, covering tourism, business, private and transit purposes. This remains the legal basis for travel as of 2026; there is no visa fee. The main 2024-2026 change is administrative, not a change to the visa-free status itself: Russia's government (Decision No. 1510 of 7 Nov 2024) launched a digital entry-notification experiment from 30 June 2025 to 30 June 2026 requiring visa-free foreigners to register personal and biometric data in advance via the RuID app/web portal and present a QR code at the border. The request must be filed at least 72 hours before arrival (4 hours in emergencies). Official Russian sources have indicated the QR code is, in practice, not yet being enforced as a hard requirement during the pilot and tourists without it should not be turned away, but travelers should complete RuID registration to avoid problems. Standard conditions apply: a passport valid for the stay, an onward/return ticket and proof of accommodation may be requested, an immigration (migration) card is issued at the border and must be kept until departure, and migration registration of your address is required if you stay beyond 7 working days (hotels handle this automatically). Russia is not in the Schengen area, so Schengen 90/180 and ETIAS rules do not apply to a Russia trip.