On: 2023 Global Passport Ranking

[Trias11]

Russian passport in the top 50?

Please.

[dijit → Trias11]

There are a lot of countries that we in the west don't really care about that are aligned with Russia.

Kazakhstan being one example of a country that is so unknown to the west it was used for comedy.

There's also a lot of "ties" in that top 50 too, 49 is not an enviable position.

There are actually 90 countries that are stronger.

[thefounder → dijit]

>> Kazakhstan For what's worth Russia said at some point last year that Kazakhstan is not a real country...it's actually part of Russia. If the Ukraine invasion works out for Russia(highly unlikely) I'm pretty sure these countries will be next.

[082349872349872 → Trias11]

Maybe they meant RF base passport + the Cypriot paid DLC?

[Edit: no, it's actually very reasonable, on a par with Moldova and Georgia. Cyprus —which advertises in Cyrillic— is in the top 20]

[smcl → 082349872349872]

Cypriot passport described as "DLC" gave me a chuckle :)

[mym1990 → 082349872349872]

Ooo downloadable content for passports?

[rippercushions → Trias11]

If you look carefully, it's not: it's "rank" 49, but most ranks have more than one country, so it's actually down around 100+.

[eloisant → rippercushions]

That's not how ranks are supposed to work, this list is dumb. If two countries are #2 there should be no #3 and skip directly to #4.

[durnygbur → Trias11]

Phew... those most impacted by any downgrade already have UAE, Israeli, Portuguese, and Cypriot passports.

[snehk → Trias11]

Why not?

[Trias11 → snehk]

Russia is under sanctions for ongoing war crimes.

Try to travel with russian passport in any civilized country.