Hi, in my LP Russia and Belarus it says that there may be certain restrictions as to where you can enter Russia, naming amongst other places, Kaliningrad. As i am thinking of making that my first point of entry into Russia (either by land from Poland or flight from Berlin) i am keen to know whether i can do so with an ordinary Russian tourist visa, or whether i need extra papers. I plan to then fly on from Kaliningrad into mainland Russia.
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As far as I know there should be no probs entering Kaliningrad with a tourist visa, and it seems that you have figured it out already...with a single entry visa its ok to fly between Kaliningrad and mainland Russia, and the prices should be reasonable too if you book over there. I entered with a double entry business visa a couple of yrs ago from Lithuania.
However if you have never been to Russia before you may find Kaliningrad a little...um...Russian! Obviously dont expect western service standards or clean streets etc and people are not likely to understand English, if you're mentally prepared for all that you will have a great time.
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