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Legalization of a Russian diploma is necessary if you are going to continue your studies or get a job in another country.
Legalization procedure is carried out only in the country where the document was issued and/or prepared.
There are two types of legalization: apostille and consular legalization.
- Apostille is required in the member countries of the 1961 Hague Conference.
- Consular legalization is used for all other countries.
- Documents issued in countries that are party to multilateral or bilateral treaties abolishing the legalization requirement are accepted without legalization.
To check whether your diploma must be legalized for use in another country, consult the information in the tables below or ask the embassy or consulate of the country where you plan to work or study.
Consular Legalization
Apply at Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia in Moscow
Afghanistan | Angola | Bangladesh | Benin |
Bhutan | Burkina Faso | Cambodia | Cameroon |
Canada | Central African Republic | Chad |
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Comoros | Congo, Democratic Republic of | Republic of Congo | Cote d'Ivoire |
Djibouti | East Timor | Equatorial Guinea | Eritrea |
Ethiopia | Gabon | Ghana | Guinea |
Guinea-Bissau | Haiti | Indonesia | Iraq |
Jamaica | Jordan | Kenya | Kiribati |
Kuwait | Laos | Lebanon | Libya |
Madagascar | Malaysia | Maldives | Mali |
Mauritania | Micronesia, Federated States of | Mozambique | Myanmar |
Nauru | Nepal | Niger | Nigeria |
Pakistan | Palau | Palestine | Papua New Guinea |
Puerto Rico | Qatar | Rwanda | Saudi Arabia |
Senegal | Sierra Leone | Singapore | Solomon Islands |
Somalia | South Sudan | Sri Lanka | Sudan |
Syria | Tanzania | Thailand | The Gambia |
Togo | Tuvalu | Uganda | United Arab Emirates |
Vatican City | Zambia | Zimbabwe |
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Apostil
Apply at Science and Higher school committee of St. Petersburg.
Andorra | Antigua and Barbuda | Australia | Austria |
Bahamas | Bahrain | Barbados | Belgium |
Belize | Bolivia | Botswana | Brazil |
Brunei Darussalam | Burundi | Cape Verde | Chile |
China, Hong Kong | China, Macau | Colombia | Costa Rica |
Denmark | Dominica | Dominican Republic | Ecuador |
El Salvador | Fiji | France | Germany |
Grenada | Guatemala | Guyana | Honduras |
Iceland | Ireland | Israel | Japan |
Korea Southern | Kosovo | Lesotho | Liberia |
Liechtenstein | Luxembourg | Malawi | Malta |
Marshall Islands | Mauritius | Mexico | Monaco |
Morocco | Namibia | Netherlands | New Zealand |
Nicaragua | Norway | Oman | Panama |
Paraguay | Peru | Philippines | Portugal |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Saint Lucia | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Samoa |
San Marino | Sao Tome and Principe | Seychelles | South Africa |
Suriname | Swaziland | Sweden | Switzerland |
Tonga | Trinidad and Tobago | Turkey | United Kingdom |
United States | Uruguay | Vanuatu | Venezuela |
Legalization not required
Abkhazia | Albania | Algeria | Argentina |
Armenia | Azerbaijan | Belarus | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Bulgaria | Croatia | Cuba | Cyprus |
Czech Republic | Egypt | Estonia | Finland |
Georgia | Greece | Hungary | India |
Iran | Italy | Kazakhstan | Korea North |
Kyrgyzstan | Latvia | Lithuania | Macedonia |
Moldova | Mongolia | Montenegro | Poland |
Romania | Serbia | Slovakia | Slovenia |
South Ossetia | Spain | Tajikistan | Transnistria |
Tunisia | Turkmenistan | Ukraine | Uzbekistan |
Vietnam | Yemen | China |
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