Relationship dossier
Macau
Russia
Relationship assessment
Limited practical cooperation, including mutual visa-free travel, within Macau’s special administrative status
Macau toward Russia
+15Macau participates in a mutual visa-exemption arrangement with Russia for eligible travel-document holders, facilitating travel. Macau’s foreign affairs are principally handled by China’s central government.
Russia toward Macau
+15Russia participates in a mutual visa-exemption arrangement with Macau for eligible travel-document holders, facilitating travel. The broader scope of Russian government cooperation with Macau is unclear.
Overall relationship
+15The relationship is shaped by Macau’s status as a Chinese special administrative region, with foreign affairs principally handled by China’s central government. The mutual visa-exemption arrangement provides a concrete but limited basis for practical bilateral cooperation; the wider relationship is unclear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Macau is a special administrative region of China, and foreign affairs are principally handled by the central government. Within Macau’s external relations, a concrete area of cooperation with Russia is a mutual visa-exemption arrangement for eligible travel-document holders. This supports a limited positive assessment, while the scope of wider government cooperation is unclear.
Key developments
A mutual visa-exemption arrangement between Russia and Macau took effect for eligible travel-document holders.
Major uncertainties
- The scope of Macau–Russia cooperation beyond travel facilitation is unclear.
- The extent of Macau’s role in negotiating and implementing the visa-exemption arrangement is unclear.