The “power” of passports: “The Russian passport is climbing up the ranking of travel freedom,” reports “The Moscow Times.” This is the first time such a situation has occurred Moscow's invasion of Kyiv in 2022. The ranking is prepared Henley&Partners company based on data provided by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
Russian passport promotion: According to the latest ranking Russiatogether with Turkey, was ranked 46th in terms of visa-free access to 116 of 227 countries in the world. Russia last visited this place in 2022 after the attack on Ukraine Russian passport dropped in ranking to 49th place in 2023 and to 51st place in 2024.
Poland high in the ranking: Despite declines in the ranking in previous years, Russia was still in the top 25 percent. countries with the strongest passports in the world. Poland in this ranking ranks high, 7th with visa-free access to 188 countries around the world. Ukraine was in 30th place with 148 visa-free places available. Singapore is the leader (195 visa-free places), in second place is Japan (193 visa-free places), and in third place is Finland (192 visa-free places).
““Alternative travel destinations”: Flights between Russia and the West have virtually ceased as a result of the mutual ban on the use of airspace after the invasion of Ukraine. “This forced many Russians to look for workarounds and alternative travel destinations,” writes “The Moscow Times.” Henley&Partners rates the “strength” of the 199 passports based on the availability of visa-free travel “or requiring a visa on arrival to 227 destination countries”.
See also: Putin has a problem with the “shadow fleet”. More on this subject in the text entitled “'Shadow fleet' hit. China deals a heavy blow to Putin's secret naval army”.
Sources: Henley&Partners, “The Moscow Times”.