Azerbaijan introduces restrictions on length of stay for Russian citizens

KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO — Sunday, 29 December 2024, 17:34

Starting 1 January, Azerbaijan will impose restrictions on the length of time that Russian citizens entering without a visa can stay in the country.

Source: Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency RIA Novosti, citing an order by the Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers

Details: Under the Cabinet's order, beginning 1 January, Azerbaijan will limit Russian citizens entering without a visa to a stay of 90 days within the calendar year.

Azerbaijan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs had previously announced plans to amend the rules on the temporary stay of Russian citizens in the country.

Officials in Baku noted that starting 1 January, Russia itself will reduce the period that foreign nationals are permitted to stay in the country to 90 days per year. Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry stated that it bases its decisions in matters of temporary residence on the principle of reciprocity.

Background:

On 25 December, an Embraer aircraft operated by Azerbaijan Airlines en route from Baku to Grozny crashed near Aktau in Kazakhstan. 38 people were killed.
Azerbaijan Airlines said on Friday, 27 December that their plane had experienced "external physical and technical interference".
On 28 December, during a phone call with Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev, Russian leader Vladimir Putin apologised for the fact that "the tragic incident involving the Azerbaijan Airlines plane occurred in Russian airspace", but did not admit Russia’s guilt.
On 29 December, Aliyev stated that the Azerbaijani Airlines plane, which ran into trouble over Russian territory, was attacked from the ground. He also demanded that Russia acknowledge its responsibility and provide compensation.
On the same day, Putin called Aliyev again to continue their discussions on the plane crash.

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