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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residence_card_of_a_family_member_of_a_Union_citizen

Implementation in the United Kingdom

As of 6th April 2015, the non-EU family members of an EU national who are in possession of a residence card, which is issued to them under article 10 of directive 2004/38, are entitled to enter the UK without the need to apply for an EEA Family Permit, only by providing their residence card at the border. However, the UK border officers would grant entry to non-EU family members if they can prove their relation to the EU national family member who would be accompanying them, by providing documents such as marriage or birth certificate.

Does it mean, if I have a UK marriage certificate and EU spouse traveling with me, I can visit UK without visa ? (I'm Russian with Swedish permanent residency)

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You need to be able to present a marriage certificate together with this article 10 residence card (that's the same thing than the “residence card for a family member of an union citizen“ you asked about with respect to Ireland). Even if it's not very clearly written, that's what the Wikipedia text means and the official gov.uk website is very clear about it.

So you cannot (easily) reach and enter the UK with the marriage certificate only. If you don't have the right type of residence card, you are supposed to get a visa (see also Will a non-EU citizen get stamped with a family permit at the airport?).

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  • My Swedish residency card, I got as reunion with my Swedish wife. But the card doesn't say anything about "family member". So, will it be ok, if I travel with my wife, our UK issued married certificate, her Swedish and my Russian passport, plus my Swedish residency card, which issued for me because I married to swedish, but doesn't state that on the card :)
    – Viacheslav Bakshaev
    Aug 26, 2016 at 13:04
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    Relaxed: I believe you have mischaracterized the quoted text: the article 10 card suffices without the certificate. @ViacheslavBakshaev: in theory you can get in without the visa but in practice it will be difficult because your card is not an article 10 card. The visa, called EEA family permit, is free of charge, so why not just apply for one?
    – phoog
    Aug 26, 2016 at 13:08
  • @phoog because I need to go to another city to apply for it, takes time and money. How to get this article 10 card? :)
    – Viacheslav Bakshaev
    Aug 26, 2016 at 13:13
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    @ViacheslavBakshaev Not sure I fully understand your comment but this is a card you can only get if you and your wife live together in another EU country (i.e. not in Sweden and not outside of the EU but for example in France, Germany, etc.) Conversely the spouse of citizens from other EU country can get it in Sweden (so a Russian citizen living with his German wife in Sweden would have such a residence card). Does it clarify things?
    – Relaxed
    Aug 26, 2016 at 14:10
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    Basically (apart from some very specific cases), your wife isn't considered as an EU citizen in her own country. So everything you read about EU citizens and their family does not apply to you while you are in Sweden.
    – Relaxed
    Aug 26, 2016 at 14:12

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