Not sure this is true. For example, from what I have seen for British citizen, the process is exactly mirrored: Russians have to go through the same process to

Not sure this is true. For example, from what I have seen for British citizen, the process is exactly mirrored: Russians have to go through the same process to go to UK as Brits have to do to go to Russia. Still a shame though. I must have gone through the process the author of the post mentioned at least 10 times in my life, it's not fun.