Kazakhstan has not notified about plans to charge a fee for an electronic permit to enter the country for Russian citizens. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Sputnik Kazakhstan.
This was stated to RIA Novosti by Alexander Sternik, director of the third department for CIS countries at the Russian MFA.
"We have not received any messages from our Kazakh colleagues on this issue, and so far we have not seen any official statements about it either," the diplomat said.
Earlier, Russia's trade representative in Kazakhstan, Anton Loginov, citing the Kazakh MFA, said that the electronic permit system for Russians is still operating in pilot mode. Currently, obtaining it is not mandatory and no fee is charged.
Recall that on June 24, Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a document providing for amendments to migration legislation.
Currently, the QazETA electronic permit system for foreigners entering the country operates in pilot mode. According to the preliminary plan, the system will become mandatory from November 1 for passengers arriving on international air flights, and from November 15 for those arriving through road checkpoints at the border with countries not in the EAEU. From November 30, the requirement will apply to road checkpoints at the border with EAEU countries, and from December 15 – to passengers arriving by train and through seaports.