No visa needed

Do citizens of Panama need a visa for Russia?

Citizens of Panama don’t need a visa for Russia and can stay up to 90 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Panama: the passport opens 88 countries visa-free; Panama City — Moscow: ≈ 10,800 km, about 14 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to Russia without a visa on a Panama passport?

Yes, citizens of Panama don’t need a visa for Russia for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Russia visa rules at a glance

With a Panama passport you can visit 88 countries visa-free, 31 with a visa on arrival and 46 with an e-visa; 33 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Panama passport ranks 69th of 199.
Panama passport: visa-free access to 88 countries; Russia passport: 79.
Citizens of Panama and Russia can travel together visa-free to 44 countries, for example: Costa Rica, Colombia, Nicaragua, Honduras, Ecuador, Jamaica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, and Saint Lucia.
Citizens of Russia, in turn, don’t need a visa for Panama. Panama visa for citizens of Russia

Travelling to Russia: good to know

Panama City — Moscow: about 10,800 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 14 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +17 hours.
Local time: Panama City 12:00 — Moscow 05:00.
Local currency: Russian Ruble.
Languages: Russian.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ RUB 84.
Russia is the 108th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Panama.