Entry rules · Russia passport
Do Russia passport holders need a visa for Malaysia?
No visa needed for a short visit. Russia passport holders can stay in Malaysia visa-free for up to 30 days.
Checked against official sources on 16 Oct 2026. Two independent checks agreed.
The rule
- Entry
- Visa-free. No visa needed for a short visit.
- Stay
- Up to 30 days
- Status
- Verified 16 Oct 2026
- Applies to
- A short tourist visit with an ordinary Russia passport.
What the official sources say
The passages the two checks relied on, with where they come from. Quotes are shown as published, in the source’s language.
Entry: visa-free
Countries required to apply for a visa to enter Malaysia (List of involved countries)
No. eVISA is only compulsory for 31 specific nationalities, and it applies only for entry into Malaysia for social visit purposes, such as tourism, family visits, or short business trips.
| NO. | CODE | COUNTRY | WITHOUT VISA - ON ARRIVAL |
More quotes (6)
| 149 | RUS | RUSSIA | 30 DAYS |
Last Update: 1 October 2025
| Country | Without Visa | VWTR | VWR |
| Russian Federation | 1 mth | - | 2 mths | 2 mths | 2 mths | 4 mths |
149 RUS RUSSIA 30 DAYS
4. COUNTRIES THAT REQUIRE VISA F OR A STAY EXCEEDING 1 MONTH Armenia A zerbaijan Barbados Belarus Benin Bolivia Bulgaria Cambodia Cape Verde Chad Chile Costa Rica Equador El Savador Estonia Gabon Georgia Greece Guatemala Guinea Republic Haiti Honduras Hong Kong SAR Kazakhstan Latvia Lithuania Macao SAR Macedonia Madagascar Maldova Mauritania Mexico Monaco Mongalia Nicaragua North Korea North Yemen Panama Paraguay Portugal Russia Sao Tome & Senegal Slovenia Principe Sudan Surinam Tajikistan Togo Ukraine Upper Volta Uzbekistan Vatican City Vanezuela Zaire Zimbabwe
Stay: up to 30 days
| 149 | RUS | RUSSIA | 30 DAYS |
Last Update: 1 October 2025
149 RUS RUSSIA 30 DAYS
Malaysia for other passports
- Visa-freeUp to 30 days
- Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brunei, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Chad, Chile, Comoros, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eswatini, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Laos, Lesotho, Macao, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Namibia, Nauru, Nicaragua, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines, Samoa, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Visa-freeUp to 90 days
- Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Maldives, Malta, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, San Marino, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates
- Visa-freeUp to 30 daysPublic data
- Andorra, Kosovo, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, North Macedonia, Palau, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Suriname, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela
- Visa-freeUp to 90 daysPublic data
- Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Spain, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Yemen
- Visa-free
- Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Syria, Taiwan, United States
- Visa-freeUp to 3 months
- South Korea, Sudan, Türkiye, United Kingdom, Uruguay
- Visa-freeUp to 30 days per entry
- China
- eVisa
- Angola, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Montenegro, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Serbia, Sri Lanka
- eVisaUp to 14 daysPublic data
- Ghana
- Visa required
- Afghanistan
- Visa requiredPublic data
- North Korea
- No admissionPublic data
- Israel
How this rule was checked
On 16 Oct 2026 we checked this rule against the official sources that govern entry to Malaysia, chiefly Immigration Department of Malaysia (Jabatan Imigresen Malaysia). Two independent checks reached the same result.
Public visa data (as of 17 Feb 2026) said the same; the check confirmed it.
See this check in the log of checks and changes, and how verification works in the methodology.
Something here is wrong or out of date? Report a wrong rule.
Government travel advice for Malaysia
- United States
- Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions
- United Kingdom
- Advises against all but essential travel to some areas
- Canada
- Exercise normal security precautions (with regional advisories)
What these governments tell their own citizens about travel to Malaysia as a whole, as of 30 Sept 2026. It is not about visas, and it reflects each government’s relations and consular reach as well as conditions on the ground.
Plan your trip
- Check a trip with more stopsRoute check: the best passport at each stop
- Compare the Russia passport with anotherWhat a second passport changes, destination by destination
- See what a second passport addsCombine passports and count the destinations they open together
- Malaysia visa requirements for every passportThe full table for this destination
- All destinations for Russia passport holdersRank, map and every rule for the Russia passport
Before you travel
This page answers whether you need a visa and how long you can stay on a short tourist visit. It does not cover passport validity, other documents or permission to work. Entry rules change, sometimes without notice, and border officials make the final decision: confirm the requirements for your trip with the official immigration website or embassy of Malaysia.