To visit the Netherlands, Russian citizens need to have a Schengen visa issued by any of the 26 countries of the Schengen agreement. To date, these are: Austria, Belgium, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Italy, Spain, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, France, Finland, Czech Republic, Sweden , Switzerland, Estonia, Liechtenstein.

Also on the Schengen visa it is possible to visit the states that are just about to sign the Schengen agreement: Cyprus, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Macedonia, Croatia.

So you can visit Amsterdam for its Italian Schengen visa. At the same time, you can enter Amsterdam in any convenient way - directly or with docking through any other city.