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9 hours ago, katieminami said:

Hi, been wanting to visit Russia from Philippines. Do u know how? Is there a one way plane or should I take the way to Europe to russia? Which route to go? Tips and tricks pls on visa and plane tickets or airlines hehe

Wrong forum I guess?

As far as I know there's no direct flights. You can have a stop ovet in Dubai, Doha, China.

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On 10/17/2023 at 3:26 AM, katieminami said:

Hi, been wanting to visit Russia from Philippines. Do u know how? Is there a one way plane or should I take the way to Europe to russia? Which route to go? Tips and tricks pls on visa and plane tickets or airlines hehe

 

12 hours ago, katieminami said:

Any other options??

That is not Asian country?

 

Turkish Airlines would be another major airline from the Philippines.  Though undertaking such a trip at this time seems not particularly wise unless there were very good reasons and very detailed planning.

 

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You can visit Russia at this time, plenty of tourists are still coming and going. Just not as many from western countries. There are no flights from Europe to Russia anymore except from Serbia. Istanbul remains a popular city to change planes in for those wishing to visit Russia.

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If you just want to go to Russia, book a flight from Philippines to Russia. There will be stops. Use Google Flights- you can check all the flights and see what country the stops will be for different flights. If you want to stop at a specific country in between and you can't find a Russia flight that stops there, then book 1 flight to that country then a 2nd onwards flight to Russia from that country.

 

If you want suggestions for which routes to take, provide more details about what you're looking for because there's a bajillion ways to get to the same destination. Your post doesn't really make much sense as it is. Did you want it to be quick or do you want to do a long layover? Was there something in particular you wanted to do in Europe before going to Russia? Why Europe? Where specifically in Europe? Coming from Philippines, you'd be going past Russia then doing another flight backwards.. why would you want to do that? You can literally go anywhere from the Philippines. You want to go to a European country with an embassy in Manila? Pick a country and check if they have an embassy in Manila. Do they have one? Great. Get that visa and book that flight. They don't? Then pick another country and do the same thing.

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