Russia extends Snowden residency by three years

Re:Russia extends Snowden residency by three years by grecy on Thursday August 07, 2014 @12:25PM (#8148564)

..and if your passport doesn't let you into country X, the airline won't let you board.

i.e. Russians need a visa to enter country X, you don't have one.

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Re:Russia extends Snowden residency by three years by guard-of-terra on Thursday August 07, 2014 @02:34PM (#8149322)

I don't recall airlines checking passenger visas. Either they don't or I'm not observant enough.

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Re:Russia extends Snowden residency by three years by grecy on Thursday August 07, 2014 @07:16PM (#8150636)

They check your passport, and they know if holders of passport from country X need a visa for country Y.

I've traveled quite a lot, and I'm always asked if I have authorization to enter the country I'm flying to.

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Re:Russia extends Snowden residency by three years by guard-of-terra on Friday August 08, 2014 @01:54PM (#8154137)

I've travelled quite a bit (including Russia -> EU), and I've never been asked that.

Maybe they do a fast peek at your passport when letting you to board in the very end, but they can only check if some visa is physically there, since it takes them around 5 sec.

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