OBS_VALUE: Multiple entry visas are granted only when the applicant has obtained at least one visa to the Russian Federation in the previous year and used it lawfully. As from 2020, a multiple-entry business visa is issued to a foreign citizen entering the Russian Federation in order to negotiate or implement an investment agreement with a resident of the priority socio-economic development territory located in the Far Eastern Federal District, or with a resident of the free port of Vladivostok, on the implementation of a project in the Far Eastern Federal District and is a representative or employee of a foreign company planning to conclude or that have concluded such an investment agreement. Due to COVID pandemic, the RF suspended issuance of visas to foreign citizens and put restrictions on entry into its territory (with some limited exceptions) from 18 March 2020 to 14 June 2022 (http://government.ru/news/45630/).