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Old Aug 15, 2006 | 5:41 pm
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Originally Posted by woody125
Please let us know how this goes for you. We recently had a lady on a single entry visa leave Moscow to go do a 3 days project for us in Kiev. She was to fly back to SVO, spend 3 hours in transit and then fly to ATL. Upon leaving SVO to head to KBP, she confirmed with the immigration officer that transiting without a visa but with a 3 hour layover and all the paper tickets in hand would be ok. The immigration officer was adament about that not being possible. "You can't come into Russia without a visa" she kept saying over and over. Freaked out my friend so much that she ended up buying a one way ticket from KBP to ATL through JFK. Very disturbing and expensive event. I hope you have a better situation. I really do. Please do report what happens after you get back home.

Good luck!
As per Aeroflot website and russian embassy and my travel agent, you don't need a transit visa as long as you don't leave the airport and catch a connecting flight within 24 hours. I will double check with SU at LHR anyway before I board.
I will let you know what happens.
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