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Originally Posted by baddog
According to RT and Al Jazeera, he has not even come up to the gates to come in to Russia yet. He is hanging in the halls.
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You don't hang out in the halls at the Moscow airport. Either you have an entry visa or a transit visa, and proceed to the proper area, immigration or the transit area. I think what you meant to say is that he is in the transit area.
Now, he didn't catch the flight to Havana, so that means he's still there. In order to get a transit visa, you have to have a destination and show either an onward visa or ticket. To get into Cuba you also need a visa (tourist card), so he may have had that and got it in Hong Kong. However, he missed that flight, so now there is a good chance he is in some violation of his transit visa.
Russian transit visas are valid for 72 hours, so keep an eye on that. I believe he's been there for two days already, no? If he is there longer than 72 hours then they are no doubt making an exception for him, for whatever reason.