Second Summit
Russia–Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum

Getting to St. Petersburg

Visa support COVID-19 prevention measures By air By private jet By train

Rainy weather is expected during the Forum, air temperature can vary from +19 to +22 °С. 

Due to the city’s geographic position and its proximity to the Baltic Sea an extreme change of weather is possible. We recommend participants to bring warm clothing and an umbrella with them.

St. Petersburg is one of Russia’s biggest transport hubs. The city is served by Pulkovo International Airport, five rail terminals, and a sea port. It also boasts numerous road links to cities in Russia and Europe.

There is likely to be increased traffic at all transport hubs during the Forum. We therefore advise participants to plan their journey well in advance.

VISA SUPPORT

Citizens of other countries can obtain the documents required for a Russian visa on the basis of invitation for foreign visitors (if a visa is required to enter the Russian Federation). 

! Please note, that this is a separate document from a Russia–Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum invitation.

Entry to Russia

COVID-19 prevention measures

It is not required to present the results of a PCR test for entry into the Russian Federation or to quarantine after arrival in St. Petersburg.

You only need to fill out a questionnaire upon arriving in Russia. The questionnaire does not have to be completed by citizens of EAEU countries arriving through land borders: Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, and Kazakhstan.

However, selective or comprehensive testing of citizens is conducted at checkpoints, depending on the epidemiological situation in their country.

BY AIR

Flights to St. Petersburg

Flights to Moscow

Transit via foreign airports

Flights to St. Petersburg

Pulkovo (LED) is the only airport in St. Petersburg servicing regular domestic and international flights.

Direct flights to Moscow operate from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, UAE and Uzbekistan. For the latest information, please visit the websites of Pulkovo Airport and your airlines of interest. Alternatively, you may contact airlines directly. 

Pulkovo Airport is located 17 kilometres from the historic centre of St. Petersburg and 7 kilometres from the Forum venue. The journey time from the airport to the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre is 15–20 minutes, depending on the traffic.

During the Forum, information and services point will be staffed at the central terminal to provide Forum participants with all the necessary information.

During the Forum, free shuttles will run between Pulkovo International Airport and the Forum venue.

More information about PCR testing, badge collection and transport services will be available on website nearer the time of the event.

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Pulkovo Airport

41/3A, Pulkovskoye Shosse, St. Petersburg

+7 (812) 337 3822, +7 (812) 337 3444

pulkovoairport.ru

Applying for VIP aircraft and passenger services (domestic flights only)

+7 (812) 324 3446, +7 (812) 324 3644, 

+7 (921) 765 2620, +7 (921) 909 0440

vipservice@pulkovo-airport.com

Pulkovo 3 Business Aviation Centre

37/5A, Pulkovskoye Shosse, St. Petersburg

+7 (812) 240 0287

Operations (24 hours):

+7 (812) 240 0288, +7 (921) 961 1820, 

+7 (964) 342 2817

+7 (812) 240 0288

ops@jetport.ru

jetport.ru

SITA: LEDJPXH

АFTN: УЛЛЛЙПХЬ

Passenger service (24 hours):

+7 (812) 240 0305, +7 (911) 757 2500

sopp@jetport.ru

A-Group Business Aviation Centre

17A, Ulitsa Startovaya, St. Petersburg

+7 (495) 981 3826 

+7 (495) 578 0374 

client@a-group.aero

a-group.aero

SITA: SVOAPXH

АFTN: UUEEVGRX


Flights to Moscow

Should you be unable to travel directly between your point of departure and St. Petersburg, we advise flying via one of Moscow’s airports. Moscow’s three main airports – Vnukovo, Domodedovo, and Sheremetyevo – handle more than 90 flights daily to St. Petersburg. The flight time is approximately 90 minutes.

Direct flights to Moscow operate from Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, China, Cuba, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Qatar, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, UAE and Uzbekistan.

For the latest information, please visit the websites of Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, and Vnukovo airports and your airlines of interest. Alternatively, you may contact airlines directly.

Sheremetyevo Airport

+7 (495) 578 6565, +7 (925) 100 6565

callcenter@svo.aero

svo.aero

Applying for VIP passenger services

+7 (495) 788 7362

+7 (495) 981 0909

vipint.ru

Domodedovo Airport

+7 (495) 933 6666

dme.ru

Applying for VIP passenger services

+7 (495) 787 8632

AVK_ZAL_VIP@dme.ru  

dme.ru

Vnukovo Airport

+7 (495) 937 5555

vnukovo.ru

Applying for VIP passenger services

+7 (495) 255 2121 

vip@vip-vnukovo.com

vip-vnukovo.com


Aeroexpress to Moscow city centre

Aeroexpress is an excellent way to avoid traffic conjestion and travel to the city centre from any of Moscow’s airports. If you plan to fly to Moscow and take an onward journey to St. Petersburg by train, the convenient Aeroexpress trains allow you to travel via the following routes in comfort:

  • Domodedovo Airport – Paveletsky Rail Terminal, Paveletskaya metro station (journey time – 40 minutes)
  • Sheremetyevo Airport – Belorussky Rail Terminal, Belorusskaya metro station (journey time – 35 minutes)
  • Vnukovo Airport – Kievsky Rail Terminal, Kievskaya metro station (journey time – 35 minutes)

Please visit the Aeroexpress website to view timetables and purchase tickets.

Transit via foreign airports

Should you be unable to travel directly between your point of departure and an airport in Russia, we advise flying via a country offering flights to Russia.

At present, flights are available through transit points in Armenia, Egypt, India, China, Kazakhstan, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, and Uzbekistan. We recommend that you select the appropriate departure and arrival points, then check the website or the airport information service to see which air carriers operate regular and/or non-scheduled flights via the desired route. For more information about flights, we suggest you visit the website of your preferred air carrier.

BY PRIVATE JET

Forum participants may arrive in the Russian Federation by private aircraft.

Arriving by private jet

BY TRAIN

St. Petersburg has five rail terminals: Moskovsky, Ladozhsky, Vitebsky, Finlyandsky, and Baltiysky. Each of St. Petersburg’s rail terminals is conveniently situated and serves suburban and international routes.

Moscow – St. Petersburg

Sapsan high-speed trains depart from Leningradsky and Kursky Rail Terminals in Moscow, and arrive at Moskovsky Rail Terminal in St. Petersburg. Seventeen trains run along the route daily, with the journey time ranging from 3.5 to 4 hours.

Please visit the Russian Railways website for a detailed Sapsan timetable.

Moskovsky Rail Terminal

Ploshchad Vosstaniya metro station, 85, Nevsky Prospekt, St. Petersburg

moskovsky.dzvr.ru

Russian Railways information centre

8 (800) 775 0000

info@rzd.ru

rzd.ru

During the Forum, information and services point will be available at Moskovsky Rail Terminal to provide Forum participants with all the necessary information.

During the Forum, free shuttles will run between Moskovsky Rail Terminal and the Forum venue.


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“We highly value the results of our joint work at the summit. I am sure the achieved results are creating a good foundation for further deepening the Russia-Africa partnership in the interests of our nations’ prosperity and wellbeing.”

President of the Russian Federation
Vladimir Putin

The Russia–Africa Summit, which is taking place in Sochi on 23–24 October 2019, encapsulates the historically friendly relations between the African continent and the Russian Federation. This Summit carries great significance as it is the first of its kind to emerge during a period of major global and international transformations. In response to the aspirations of the people it is representing, the Summit intends to build a comprehensive framework for expanding Russian–African relations into broader horizons of joint cooperation across different fields.

The African nations and Russia share a common understanding of international relations, based on the principles of respect for the rule of international law, equality, non-interference in the internal affairs of states, and the peaceful resolution of disputes. Both sides affirm their commitment to support multilateral actions to oppose new international threats, be they terrorism and extremism in all their forms, or declining growth rates. The two sides share a firm conviction regarding the importance of developing trade flows and supporting mutual investment in such a way as to ensure security, peace and development for the African and Russian people.

African countries have huge potential and opportunities that will allow them, once efforts to streamline their economies have been achieved, to emerge as real global players. In recent years, the nations of this continent have achieved major successes spanning the political, economic, social and administrative spheres. Africa has flourished in terms of growth over the past decade, reaching a continent-wide growth rate of 3.55% in 2018.

The African Union Summit, which was held in Niger in July 2019, continued the efforts of the African countries and saw the African Continental Free Trade Agreement come into force, along with its operational instruments. The agreement is one of the key objectives of Agenda 2063, an African development strategy that has been created to address the African people’s desire for prosperity and decent living standards.

These successes are opening up wide-ranging prospects for cooperation between African countries and the Russian Federation, and confirm the determination of African governments and their people to cooperate with multiple partners in order to establish mutually beneficial relations.

With this in mind, we express our hopes that the Russia–Africa Summit will help in the establishment of constructive strategic relations, based on partnership between two sides across various fields, and in the service of fulfilling the hopes and aspirations of the African people and their friends in Russia.

President of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Abdelfattah ALSISI