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Source: Moscow Government – Moscow Government –
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The end of the year is a time when many people plan their vacations. In the capital Department of Information Technology talked about Moscow's digital ecosystem projects that will help city residents prepare for their holidays. For example, the capital's consumer portal will tell you how to protect your rights when purchasing travel services. Russpass will help you plan your trip across Russian cities. Additionally, Muscovites may find a special design project useful. foreign passports and instructions in the section "Help" on the mos.ru portal.
"To ensure next year's vacation goes as planned, it's important to prepare properly: learn what to look for when purchasing travel products, choose a place to stay, decide on travel options, and select excursions. The capital's digital ecosystem will help Muscovites with this," the press service noted.
Department of Information Technology of the City of Moscow.
Make a travel plan
Digital service for tourists Russpass will help you develop a personalized and comprehensive travel plan. Currently, it offers over 50,000 travel offers across the country, with approximately a third of them located in the capital. Using the service, travelers can find excursions and routes, cafes and restaurants, hotels and attractions, and even book events. Users also have access to a travel planner, which allows them to create a pre-designed itinerary for a multi-day trip, taking into account purchased tickets and booked accommodations.
The service has a mobile app where you can book hotel rooms, choose ready-made tours, explore interesting places, excursion programs, and tourist routes in various Russian cities, as well as buy tickets and much more. Additionally, the app also offers game Augmented reality game. The goal is to find and catch cartoon characters near Moscow landmarks. For this, users will receive discounts of up to 99% on museum tickets and other bonuses.
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Choose dates and sort out the paperwork
To plan your vacation, it's important to know which days are non-working and shortened next year, how many weekends and holidays there will be, and how to combine vacation and holidays. This article, along with the approved production calendar for 2026, will explain this. special memo on the mos.ru portal.
Residents planning to travel abroad should obtain a passport in advance. Furthermore, starting January 20, 2026, children under 14 will also need a passport to travel to Abkhazia, Belarus, South Ossetia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. Currently, international agreements with these countries still allow Russian children under 14 to cross the border with a birth certificate.
A special project on document processing will help you understand all the intricacies of the process foreign passports On mos.ru. Here, you can take a short survey, answer a few questions, and learn more in your personalized instructions about how to apply for a passport and how to obtain one. The special project pages also include a section with instructions and answers to frequently asked questions.
Additionally, as part of a special project, Muscovites can complete an online application for a document for subsequent submission to government service centers. Users can access an interactive map showing the location and workload of My Documents offices and police stations where passports are issued.
For those who are planning to travel abroad and use a personal or rented car there, another one will be useful instructions on the mos.ru portal. It provides information on which countries require an international driver's license, how to obtain one, how long it's valid, and what documents are required. Other materials that may be useful to tourists are available in the "Instructions for a Comfortable Life in Moscow" section under "Tourism".
Learn all the intricacies of preparing for vacation
Metropolitan consumer portal will help city residents during the vacation planning stage and during their stay. Expert advice, collected in thematic articles, will help avoid unpleasant situations during travel and make it as comfortable as possible. For example, they will help you navigate the selection of travel products, hotel reservations, and ticket purchases to ensure you receive high-quality service.
The materials will also provide advice on how to protect consumer rights in the event of disputes with sellers and service providers. The portal's intuitive interface makes finding the article you need very easy. Simply navigate to the relevant section or enter a keyword in the search bar.
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The creation, development and operation of e-government infrastructure, including the provision of mass socially significant services, as well as other services in electronic form, corresponds to the objectives of the national project "Data Economy and Digital Transformation of the State" and the Moscow regional project "Digital Public Administration." More information about Russia's national projects and the capital's contribution can be found atspecial page.
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