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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 1:55 pm
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Originally Posted by The Mileage Millionaire
SOMEONE PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG, but it appears that you will need a Russian visa, even if you drop the last segment. The cost is $140, plus you will need to obtain visa support documents from the hotel that you'll have to book in Russia.

Here's the Russian consulate info:

http://consulrussia.org/eng/visatype.html
You are correct that you would need a Russian visa...or proof that you would just be transiting. Even if one had to include the visa fee into the equation it's still cheap for business class on LH....more complicated...but cheap.

Any other city pairs?
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