From 1 January 2011 can be lifted visa for foreign tourists (limit - 72 hours) can be lifted. At present the issuance of visa is made directly on the border.
From February 1, 2002 72-hour visa have neen issuing in Moscow ("Sheremetyevo-2"), St. Petersburg ("Pulkovo-2", "Torfyanovka", "Brusnichnoye"), in the Kaliningrad region ("Bagrationovsk", "Mamonovo" and "Khrabrovo").
The most actively experiment used in the Kaliningrad region - a short visa annually attracts from 1,5 to 2 thousands of visitors from Schengen countries, Britain, Japan, etc. Kaliningrad travel companies, learning about the draft order, wrote the governor of the Kaliningrad region Nikolai Tsukanov request help preserve the "Tourism 72 hours". A written request will pass to the reception of the Russian Federation President, Prime Minister and "The United Russia" party".