No, it is impossible unless you are visiting a seriously ill close relative or attending the funeral of a family member. However, if your passport’s validity can be extended by the authorities of your country, such a passport is acceptable for application.

If you are staying in more than one city in Russia, you should provide a tourist voucher and a confirmation of acceptance of a foreign tourist for each of the cities or towns you are going to stay in. If these documents are received directly from the hotels, they should cover the whole period of your stay in Russia without any time gaps. If these documents are issued by a travel company all the hotels and cities should be stated in them.

The passengers of a cruise ship, which stops over for not more than 72 hours in any Russian port do not have to have a visa if they live on board the ship. They are allowed to leave the ship without a visa if:

1. they have a valid identification documents acknowledged by Russian authorities (valid passport) and
2. they are included into the official list of the participants of a cruise provided by the captain of the ship to the authorities of the port 72 hours prior the arrival of the ship to that port and
3. they leave the ship only as an organized tourist group and go only to the places, stated in their program.

If you wish to leave the ship on your own and not as a member of an organized tourist group, you should apply for a tourist visa.