Is it possible to get a Russian international passport expedited?

You've acquired Russian citizenship and received an internal passport, and you also have citizenship of an EU country, but need to travel abroad. Is it possible to get a Russian international passport expedited?

Russian citizens enter and leave Russia using identity documents, so you will need to obtain a Russian international passport.

An international passport can be issued faster in exceptional circumstances:
- the need for emergency medical treatment abroad
- serious illness or death of a close relative.

Only a 5-year international passport can be issued urgently.

If you also hold another citizenship in addition to Russian citizenship, you may be able to travel via a third country that you can enter using your internal passport, for example, one of the EAEU countries—Kazakhstan or Armenia (for the latter, air travel only; an international passport is required to cross the land border)—and then obtain an international passport at a Russian consulate.

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