FAQ

Yes, Russian-language newspapers and magazines are published in the United Arab Emirates. The history of the Russian press in the UAE began in 1995 with the release of newsletters (product catalogs) intended for shuttles from Russia and the CIS countries. The first real Russian-language magazine was released in the United Arab Emirates in 1997.

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Yes, in the United Arab Emirates there are several dozen restaurants offering Russian dishes to guests. In addition to Russian restaurants in the UAE, you can find establishments on the menu of which there are dishes of the peoples inhabiting countries that were formerly part of the Union republics of the USSR. A small list of restaurants in the dishes of the peoples of the CIS countries: Bon appetit!

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Yes, there are liquor stores in the United Arab Emirates that sell alcoholic beverages. A complete ban on the sale of alcohol is valid in only one UAE emirate - in Sharjah. On the territory of the remaining six emirates, there are shops selling alcohol under the alcohol license (they are often called official), or stores where it is not required to present a license.

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Yes, they will. In the past few years, passport control at airports in the United Arab Emirates has stopped checking passports for signs of visiting the state of Israel. Recall that earlier the presence of Israeli stamps in the passport could lead to a refusal to issue a visa to some Muslim countries (including the UAE), as well as a refusal to enter some countries - border guards carefully studied the passport during passport control.

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Yes, there are several ways to get a United Arab Emirates passport. On the one hand, those who say that a foreigner cannot become a citizen of the UAE are wrong. This statement is not true. On the other hand, unlike many other countries, in which, subject to a number of conditions, almost any person can apply for citizenship, in the United Arab Emirates everything is somewhat more complicated.

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Yes, in the United Arab Emirates, more than one hundred Russian-speaking (Russian-speaking) medical specialists work. In almost any hospital, in any clinic and in any emirate of the UAE, there is at least a Russian-speaking doctor. Moreover, these are not only Russians or immigrants from the former Soviet republics, but also representatives of other nationalities - Syrians, Jordanians, Indians, Palestinians and many others who studied at medical universities of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Russia and other CIS countries.

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Yes, in the United Arab Emirates there are Orthodox churches belonging to the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) and the Armenian Apostolic Church. The Church of the Holy Apostle Philip of the Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate was opened in 2011 and is located in the emirate of Sharjah. The laying of the church of St. Apostle Philip on September 9, 2007 was made by the Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, Kirill (now the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia).

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Oddly enough, the main attractions of Dubai can really be visited or seen in just one day. A unique route - "All Dubai in one day" with a visit to all the most interesting and worthy to be in memorable photos - really exists. It starts from Ibn Batuta Mall and ends on the shores of Dubai Creek Natural Bay, which divided old Dubai into two parts - Deira and Bar Dubai.

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Without obtaining a visa in advance, citizens of most European countries, as well as citizens of some other countries who are issued a visa on arrival (On Arrival), as well as citizens of the Russian Federation, can enter the United Arab Emirates. List of countries whose citizens are issued a visa "upon arrival": Andorra; Australia; Brunei; Canada; Hong Kong; Ireland; Japan; Malaysia; Monaco; New Zealand; The Republic of Kazakhstan ; People's Republic of China; San Marino Singapore; South Korea; Great Britain; USA; Vatican; Ukraine Citizens of these countries can go directly to the passport control desk at UAE airports, where border guards will scan the retina (eye scan or retina scan), check the passport and, if the passport holder’s data is not on any blacklist, data in the database of the UAE immigration service, and put a stamp on the border crossing in the passport.

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Apart from the locals and also the young generation of expats who were born in the United Arab Emirates and therefore possessing certain experience in this matter, everyone else had just arrived in this country, and one of the first issues that required an immediate solution was renting a house .

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Yes, in the United Arab Emirates, labor is constantly in demand in a wide range of specialties. Demographic situation The population of the UAE is 8.264 million people, the vast majority of whom (88.5%) are expatriates (labor migrants). The indigenous population with a total number of 948 thousand people (11.5%) is mainly represented by Sunni Muslims.

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No, Russian citizens DO NOT need a visa for a tourist trip to the United Arab Emirates. On September 16, 2018, the government of the United Arab Emirates approved an agreement on the mutual abolition of visa requirements with Russia. It is worth recalling that the Intergovernmental agreement on the abolition of the visa regime for citizens of Russia and the United Arab Emirates was signed in July 2018 during a meeting of the Russian-Emirate intergovernmental commission on trade, economic and technical cooperation.

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Yes you can! Nowadays, with the rapid development of network information technologies, it is not difficult to find a wave of your favorite radio station on a site on the Internet or install a special mobile application on your smartphone. As an example, we cite the whole spectrum of possibilities with which you can listen to the popular Russian-language radio station Komsomolskaya Pravda in the United Arab Emirates.

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The so-called "dry night" (dry night), this is a temporary ban on the sale of alcohol in bars and restaurants, as well as the holding of various entertainment events. Since the ban is directly related to Islamic traditions and holidays, the onset of which is determined according to the Muslim (lunar) calendar, it usually begins to operate with the sunset on the day after the holiday and ends in a day - in the evening of the next day.

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In 2016, President of the United Arab Emirates Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan signed a new amendment to the UAE's legislation in the fight against cybercrime. One of the consequences of the new federal law No. 12/2016, replacing the old law No. 5/2012, there was an almost complete ban on the use of VPN (Virtual Private Network) technology and proxy servers in the UAE, which allow Internet users to hide their network activity from regulatory authorities.

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Yes, all individuals (tourists or residents) arriving in the United Arab Emirates can carry drugs that are not prohibited to be imported into the UAE, as well as drugs whose import is restricted. And now in more detail: Firstly, there are drugs for the import of which into the territory of the UAE does not require special permission.

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For pre-registration of drugs imported into the UAE, you can register on the website of the Ministry of Health of the UAE and obtain permission online. Officially, this procedure is called "Issuing permission to import medicines for personal use."

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Yes, Russian-speaking lawyers and consultants work in the United Arab Emirates. But, at the same time, it is important to understand that, within the framework of existing legislation, only a lawyer who is a citizen of the UAE can represent the interests of a client in court. Among them, unfortunately, there are no Russian speakers. Nevertheless, in the United Arab Emirates it has long been the practice when legal consultants communicate with a client, and in court his interests are represented by an Arabic-speaking lawyer, usually a partner of the same law firm.

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Yes, like in many other countries in the United Arab Emirates, the TAX Refund (TAX Free) system works - VAT refunds for goods purchased by tourists in the country. A tourist who bought goods in UAE stores can claim a VAT refund within 90 days after making a purchase. At the same time, the maximum amount of a one-time cash return cannot exceed 7 thousand UAE dirhams (US $ 1.

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