transit visa for russia

[leith@Ievgeniia 8]

i read both you need transit visa and you do not need transit visa if you do not leave airport and have connecting flights through russia

have any usa cits flown though moscow to keiv and needed a transit visa or not need a transit visa.

thanks all

[1HappyGuy 45]

It is my understanding that Delta Airlines has a good set up for checking on whether visa's are needed.

My question is why travel through Russia at all if you are flying to Kiev. I usually fly into Amsterdam and get a connection directly into Kiev. Not a bad three hour flight and my connections into and from Amsterdam give me a direct flight into San Francisco. I really hate changing planes much.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

i read both you need transit visa and you do not need transit visa if you do not leave airport and have connecting flights through russia

have any usa cits flown though moscow to keiv and needed a transit visa or not need a transit visa.

thanks all

If you stay in the secure area of the Moscow airport you do not need a transit visa. Yes I have changed planes in Moscow many times. There are usually options to avoid going through Mosocw, but sometimes it is the cheapest, when it is I have gone that route and never needed a transit visa.