Article 5 Issuance of multiple-entry visas

a) members of national and regional Governments and Parliaments, Constitutional Courts and Supreme Courts, if they are not exempted from the visa requirements by the present Agreement, in the exercise of their duties, with a term of validity limited to their term of office if this is less than 5 years;

b) spouses and children (including adopted), who are under the age of 21 or are dependant, visiting citizens of the Russian Federation or of the Swiss Confederation legally residing in the territory of the Swiss Confederation or the Russian Federation, with the term of validity limited to the duration of the validity of their authorisation for legal residence.

a) for members of official delegations who, following an official invitation addressed to the Russian Federation or to the Swiss Confederation, shall participate in official meetings, consultations, negotiations or exchange programmes, as well as in events held in the territory of the Swiss Confederation or of the Russian Federation by intergovernmental organisations;

b) business people and representatives of business organisations who regularly travel to the Russian Federation or to the Swiss Confederation;

c) drivers conducting international passenger and cargo transportation services between the territories of the Russian Federation and the Swiss Confederation in vehicles registered in the Russian Federation or in the Swiss Confederation;

d) members of train, refrigerator and locomotive crews in international trains, travelling between the territories of the Russian Federation and of the Swiss Confederation;

e) persons participating in scientific, cultural and artistic activities, including university and other exchange programmes, who regularly travel to the Russian Federation or to the Swiss Confederation;

f) participants in international sports events and persons accompanying them in a professional capacity;

g) journalists;

h) participants in official exchange programmes organised by twin cities.