As importing country health requirements may change without advice to the Department you should check the import permit and/or the country’s website carefully at the time of preparation for export.
It is the responsibility of the exporter to use the appropriate bilingual health certificate and ensure that this and any accompanying declarations are in English and Russian.
Australian Departmental officers will not endorse health certification for dogs and cats destined to the Russian Federation if only presented in a language other than English.
Refer to the instructions on how to bring a pet to Russia. The bilingual Veterinary certificate for fur animals, rabbits, dogs and cats, imported to the territory of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) from third countries (Form No. 15 (PDF 93 KB)) should be used (certificate current at November 2021).
The vaccination requirements that follow were sourced from the FSVPS website in November 2021:
According to the legislation of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) animals must be given the following vaccinations:
Dogs – against distemper, hepatitis, parvovirus infections and adenovirus infections, leptospirosis (if not treated for preventive purposes with dehydrostreptomycin or with an equivalent substance registered in the exporting country);
All carnivores must be vaccinated against rabies. It is allowed to import animals vaccinated with a drug that gives protection against rabies for 3 years, upon confirmation by a veterinarian that the immunity maintenance period has not expired, or with laboratory confirmation that the intensity of immunity against rabies is at least 0.5 IU / ml. In other cases, laboratory confirmation of the strength of immunity against rabies is not required.
Transport requirements
The importing country may have specific transport requirements and you should check this.
Pre and post arrival quarantine requirements
The importing country may have specific pre and post arrival quarantine requirements and you should check this.
