• Visa support
• Resort fee
• Currency and bank card transactions
• By air
• By private jet
• By train

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St. Petersburg is one of Russia’s biggest transport hubs. The city is served by Pulkovo International Airport, five rail terminals, and a sea port. It also boasts numerous road links to cities in Russia and Europe.

There is likely to be increased traffic at all transport hubs during the Forum. We therefore advise participants to plan their journey well in advance.

VISA SUPPORT

If you need a visa to enter the Russian Federation, you can:

obtain a visa through an invitation for foreign arrivals – is not an invitation to SPILF, but a special document from the Forum organizers, which is the basis for obtaining a visa, that you can generate in your Roscongress personal account (for all Forum participants)

OR

obtain an electronic visa (available for citizens of 55 foreign countries).

Detailed information on obtaining a visa can be found in the section Visa support.

It is not required to present the results of a PCR test for entry into the Russian Federation or to quarantine after arrival in St. Petersburg.

RESORT FEE

All guests of St. Petersburg 18 years and older staying in hotels are subject to a resort fee. The amount of the resort fee is RUB 100 per day for each day of stay.

Guests pay this resort fee themselves directly at the hotel.

More information is available in the Hotels section.

CURRENCY AND BANK CARD TRANSACTIONS

Detailed text on currency and bank card transactions in Russia is available in the section titled Participation fee payment. Please familiarize yourself with the information in advance.

BY AIR

Flights to St. Petersburg Flights to Moscow Transit via foreign airports

Flights to St. Petersburg

Pulkovo (LED) is the only airport in St. Petersburg servicing regular domestic and international flights.

Direct flights to Moscow operate from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE and Uzbekistan. For the latest information, please visit the websites of Pulkovo Airport and your airlines of interest. Alternatively, you may contact airlines directly.

Flights to Moscow

Should you be unable to travel directly between your point of departure and St. Petersburg, we advise flying via one of Moscow’s airports. Moscow’s three main airports – Vnukovo, Domodedovo, and Sheremetyevo – handle more than 90 flights daily to St. Petersburg. The flight time is approximately 90 minutes.

Direct flights to Moscow operate from Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, China, Cuba, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Qatar, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, UAE and Uzbekistan.

For the latest information, please visit the websites of Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, and Vnukovo airports and your airlines of interest. Alternatively, you may contact airlines directly.

Transit via foreign airports

Should you be unable to travel directly between your point of departure and an airport in Russia, we advise flying via a country offering flights to Russia.

At present, flights are available through transit points in Armenia, Egypt, India, China, Kazakhstan, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Serbia and Uzbekistan. We recommend that you select the appropriate departure and arrival points, then check the website or the airport information service to see which air carriers operate regular and/or non-scheduled flights via the desired route. For more information about flights, we suggest you visit the website of your preferred air carrier.

BY PRIVATE JET

Request for permission to fly into Russia (if there are no direct flights)

If a participant or group of participants is planning to arrive in the Russian Federation by private aircraft, but there are no direct flights between the country of departure and Russia at the time, it is necessary to request permission in writing to land the private jet and send it to the Roscongress Foundation.

The written request must contain the following information:

• date and time of the flight;
• departure city and airport;
• arrival city and airport;
• name and contact details of the airline;
• slot reservation number for permission to land the aircraft at Pulkovo Airport;
• application number for permission to land the aircraft at Pulkovo Airport;
• list and details of the passengers (full name, date of birth, passport number (ID), visa number).

Reserving a slot to land an aircraft at Pulkovo Airport

Regardless of whether there are direct flights between the departure country and Russia, all participants arriving in Russia by private jet must submit a request to land the aircraft at Pulkovo Airport.

To reserve a slot to land the aircraft on the airport’s territory, a participant must contact Pulkovo Airport to submit an application and reserve a slot in accordance with established procedure.

Available parking for private planes will be limited. Participants are kindly requested to plan their flight in advance.

Reference information

• the procedure for obtaining Pulkovo Airport landing/departure clearance;
• the slot application form.

Due to the large number of aircraft arriving at Pulkovo Airport during the Forum, it is imperative that strictly coordinated slots for arrival at and departure from Pulkovo Airport are adhered to. In the event of a violation, the airport reserves the right not to receive the aircraft and to direct it to a backup airfield to await a possible arrival slot on a first-come, first-served basis.

As long-term parking cannot be provided for all aircraft, you are kindly requested to draw up a flight plan which factors in turnaround and parking of no more than one hour at Pulkovo Airport.

BY TRAIN

St. Petersburg has five rail terminals: Moskovsky, Ladozhsky, Vitebsky, Finlyandsky, and Baltiysky. Each of St. Petersburg’s rail terminals is conveniently situated and serves suburban and international routes.

Moscow – St. Petersburg

Sapsan high-speed trains depart from Leningradsky Terminal in Moscow, and arrive at Moskovsky Rail Terminal in St. Petersburg. Thirteen trains run along the route daily, with the journey time ranging from 3.5 to 4 hours.

Please visit the Russian Railways website for a detailed Sapsan timetable.

Moskovsky Rail Terminal

 Ploshchad Vosstaniya metro station, 85, Nevsky Prospekt, St. Petersburg
 moskovsky.dzvr.ru

Russian Railways information centre

 8 (800) 775 0000
 info@rzd.ru
 rzd.ru