Despite the decrease in the number of foreign visitors to Russia due to the coronavirus pandemic, among the millions of visitors, almost 31% are Ukrainians.
This is evidenced by the data of the Border Service of the FSB of the Russian Federation.
According to the department, in the first 6 months of 2020, 60% fewer foreigners visited Russia than a year earlier.
So, in the first quarter, 5.5 million citizens of other states entered the territory of Russia. Most of them are Ukrainians – 1.7 million.
The second place was taken by the citizens of Kazakhstan (885 thousand), the third – the citizens of Uzbekistan (620 thousand).