Southeast Asia and Russia in Search of New Connectivity

... business purposes. In October, Thailand extended the period of visa-free stay for Russian citizens from 30 to 90 days. In November Sri Lanka launched a pilot project to formalize free electronic tourist visas for Russian, Chinese, Indian, Malaysian, Japanese,... ... Asia were visited by more than 2.5 million Russians in 2019 (see Table 1 ). Table 1 . Number of Russian tourists traveling in ASEAN countries, 2020–2022 (people) Country 2019 2020 2021 2022 Brunei Darussalam No data 175 No data No data Cambodia 55,653 ...