Foreigners from visa-required states should address to Ukraine's diplomatic missions abroad to visit Crimea – Ukraine's foreign ministry
The Foreign Ministry of Ukraine has explained the rules for visiting Crimea for foreign citizens, in response to a Russian Foreign Ministry statement.
Foreigners and persons without citizenship enter the territory of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol according to the law and international agreements of Ukraine, the Ukraine's Foreign Ministry's spokesman reported on Tuesday.
Foreigners coming from the states with visa rules should address to diplomatic representative office or consular establishment of Ukraine abroad.
Foreigners who arrive as visa-exempt nationals can stay in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol just if they cross a state border at the currently working checkpoints via the Ukraine's state border, obtaining the relevant stamps in passports or migration cards.
"Foreigners and persons without citizenship failing to abide by Ukrainian law when entering and staying on the territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol will be brought to account according to the Ukrainian law, and also could find international sanctions being brought against them as people who support the temporary occupation of part of Ukraine's territory," the ministry said.
As reported, on March 31 Russia's Foreign Ministry reported that foreigners now need a Russian visa to visit Crimea "due to the reunification of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol with the Russian Federation."
Formalities for the departure from Crimea of foreigners who arrived as visa-exempt nationals before the region's incorporation into Russia are to be dealt with by a Russian Foreign Ministry mission in Simferopol, Crimea's administrative center, the ministry said in a statement.