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My brother and I, American citizens, are planning an Eastern Europe trip where we fly into Saint Petersburg, journey through western Russia and parts of Ukraine, and fly back to America from either Poland or Hungary.

Does anyone know if this can even be done? Are there legal issues for travelers traveling either to Ukraine from Russia, or visa versa?

My brother would ideally like to go to Crimea, but I keep assuring him that isn't possible these days. Am I wrong?

Edit: Just so everyone knows, I understand we would need visas to travel to Russia.

phoog
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There are currently no direct flights between Russia and Ukraine. You'd need to factor that into consideration.

David Richerby
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Your brother does not need to worry about crossing the borders between these countries. But it is worth considering that the entry-exit to the Crimea should be carried out only from the Ukrainian border.

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  1. There should not be any problems crossing Russia-Ukraine boundary.
  2. Except if you visited Crimea previously by going in from Russia. Ukraine normally have no ways of knowing that you did, but if they do, there's threat of legal action or they will just deny entry.
  3. You can in theory visit Crimea from Ukraine as other answer suggests, but AFAIK they will not let you cross border to Crimea. They only let in Ukrainian citizens with urgent needs or so I have heard.
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