In theory, it's complicated, but should not be overly so. Anybody who wants to go to Russia on a tourist visa needs to get a tourist company (that is approved by the Russian government) to submit a supporting letter. Basically, the letter says that "yes, we are arranging a tour for these people to go to these places on such dates". The problem has been that the consulate in KL will not accept photocopies of this letter and insist on an orignal. The original was in Russia when they asked for it. It took two weeks for that to get couriered to us.

There's also the usual requests for passport photographs and photocopies for passports. The processing fee is RM100 per person.

At the end of it all, at the moment, I am waiting for the passports (with visas) by Friday. Fingers crossed!

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