Forint among the most beloved currencies in Russia

That is what a Hungarian tourist paying an early-summer business visit to Russia told Blikk, a Hungarian tabloid. They said Hungarians swarm Putin’s country despite the sanctions imposed on travel and other aspects introduced by the European Union.

One of the travellers told Blikk that it is not easy to get to Russia but not impossible either. Russians accept dollars and euros, and even forints because there are a lot of Hungarian tourists visiting the Eastern European country currently at war with Hungary’s eastern neighbour, Ukraine.

Despite there being no direct flights between Russia and Hungary, you can easily land in Saint Petersburgh or Moscow from a Turkish or Middle Eastern country’s airport. Of course, you must obtain a passport, visa and a negative PCR test done in the previous 48 hours.

Péter came home from a three-week-long journey in Russia. That is not his real name, and he did not want Blikk to write his occupation either. He said a Hungarian travel agency did the paperwork for the visa. He travelled by plane to Helsinki and took a bus to Saint Petersburg. Afterwards, he travelled to Moscow by train. Border guards are friendly, provided everything is OK with the papers, they do their job.