Russia: embassies, consulates & entry rules
- foreign missions here
- 273
- Consulates
- 116
- missions abroad
- 279
- Visa-free / Visa on arrival
- 66
Live & travel in Russia
Monthly budget
$1,650/mo
Prices vs USA: 37%
Exchange rate
1 USD = 81.93 RUB
Internet access
94%
of people online
Air quality
11.6
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
Official languages
Russian
Emergency
112 · 01 · 101
Plug types
Schuko, Europlug
Calling code
+7
Estimate for a remote worker (rent + living) from World Bank price levels. Capitals can be higher. · US travel advisory: Dec 28, 2025
3.4
/ 5
embassly score
Sources: World Bank · NASA · U.S. State Dept
- Cost4.2
- Safety1.8
- Internet access5.0
- Air quality4.0
- Climate2.2
SOS · Russia112Restaurants, cafés and dishes in RussiaLiteraturnoye Kafe · Café Pushkin · Okroshka · Kulich · Pirog · Zakuski · Ukha
Government consensus
Do not travel· 3 of 3 governmentsSources: official travel advice of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.
Upcoming public holidays
- Jan 1, 2027 · New Year’s Day
- Jan 2, 2027 · New Year Holiday
- Jan 7, 2027 · Christmas Day
- Jan 8, 2027 · New Year Holiday
- Feb 23, 2027 · Defender of the Fatherland Day
- Mar 8, 2027 · International Women’s Day
- May 1, 2027 · Spring and Labour Day
- May 9, 2027 · Victory Day
Cities in Russia
3.4 / 5Russia
Moscow
$1,650/mo · -2°C
3.4 / 5Russia
Saint Petersburg
$1,650/mo · -1°C
3.4 / 5Russia
Yekaterinburg
$1,650/mo · -7°C
3.5 / 5Russia
Vladivostok
$1,650/mo · 1°C
3.4 / 5Russia
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
$1,650/mo · -1°C
3.4 / 5Russia
Kazan
$1,650/mo · -4°C
3.5 / 5Russia
Khabarovsk
$1,650/mo · -8°C
3.4 / 5Russia
Irkutsk
$1,650/mo · -10°C
Traveller essentials · Russia
- Emergency
- 112 · 01 · 101 · 103
- Calling code
- +7
- Currency
- RUB
- Plug types
- Schuko, Europlug
- Drives on the
- right
- Capital
- Moscow
Foreign missions in Russia
AfghanistanMoscow1AlbaniaMoscow1AlgeriaMoscow2AngolaMoscow1ArgentinaMoscow1ArmeniaMoscow, Saint Petersburg3AustraliaMoscow, Vladivostok2AustriaMoscow, Yekaterinburg3AzerbaijanMoscow, Saint Petersburg2BahrainMoscow1BangladeshMoscow1BelarusMoscow, Smolensk, Saint Petersburg9BelgiumMoscow, Saint Petersburg2BeninMoscow1BoliviaMoscow1Bosnia and HerzegovinaMoscow, Saint Petersburg2BrazilMoscow, Saint Petersburg2BruneiMoscow1BulgariaMoscow, Saint Petersburg2Burkina FasoMoscow1BurundiMoscow1CambodiaMoscow1CameroonMoscow1CanadaMoscow1Central African RepublicMoscow1ChadMoscow, Saint Petersburg2ChileMoscow, Saint Petersburg2ChinaMoscow, Vladivostok, Saint Petersburg8ColombiaMoscow1Costa RicaMoscow1Côte d’IvoireMoscow1CroatiaMoscow2CubaMoscow1CyprusMoscow, Saint Petersburg2CzechiaMoscow, Yekaterinburg, Saint Petersburg5DenmarkMoscow1DjiboutiMoscow1Dominican RepublicMoscow, Saint Petersburg2DR CongoMoscow1EcuadorMoscow1EgyptMoscow1El SalvadorMoscow, Saint Petersburg2Equatorial GuineaMoscow1EritreaMoscow1EstoniaMoscow, Saint Petersburg2EthiopiaMoscow1FinlandMoscow, Saint Petersburg4FranceMoscow, Saint Petersburg, Yekaterinburg6GabonMoscow1GambiaMoscow1GeorgiaMoscow1GermanyMoscow, Saint Petersburg, Калининград3GhanaMoscow1GreeceMoscow, Saint Petersburg, Новороссийск4GrenadaMoscow1GuatemalaMoscow1GuineaMoscow1Guinea-BissauMoscow1HondurasMoscow1HungaryMoscow, Saint Petersburg, Yekaterinburg3IcelandMoscow, Saint Petersburg2IndiaMoscow, Saint Petersburg, Vladivostok3IndonesiaMoscow1IranMoscow, Астрахань3IraqMoscow1IrelandMoscow1IsraelMoscow, Saint Petersburg2ItalyMoscow, Saint Petersburg4JapanMoscow, Khabarovsk, Saint Petersburg6JordanMoscow1KazakhstanMoscow, Saint Petersburg4KenyaMoscow1KuwaitMoscow1KyrgyzstanMoscow, Saint Petersburg2LaosMoscow1LatviaMoscow1LebanonMoscow1LibyaMoscow1LithuaniaMoscow, Saint Petersburg, Советск4LuxembourgMoscow1MadagascarMoscow1MalaysiaMoscow1MaliMoscow1MaltaMoscow, Saint Petersburg3MauritaniaMoscow1MauritiusMoscow1MexicoMoscow1MoldovaMoscow1MongoliaMoscow, Irkutsk, Ulan-Ude3MontenegroMoscow1MoroccoMoscow1MozambiqueMoscow1MyanmarMoscow1NamibiaMoscow1NepalMoscow1NetherlandsMoscow, Saint Petersburg, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk6New ZealandMoscow1NicaraguaMoscow1NigeriaMoscow1North KoreaMoscow, Vladivostok3North MacedoniaMoscow1NorwayMoscow1OmanMoscow1PakistanMoscow1PalestineMoscow1PanamaMoscow1ParaguayMoscow1PeruMoscow, Saint Petersburg3PhilippinesMoscow, Vladivostok2PolandMoscow, Калининград, Saint Petersburg4PortugalMoscow1QatarMoscow1Republic of the CongoMoscow1RomaniaMoscow, Saint Petersburg3RwandaMoscow1Saudi ArabiaMoscow1SenegalMoscow1SerbiaMoscow, Saint Petersburg2SeychellesSaint Petersburg1Sierra LeoneMoscow1SingaporeMoscow1SlovakiaMoscow, Saint Petersburg2SloveniaMoscow, Samara, Saint Petersburg3SomaliaMoscow1South AfricaMoscow1South KoreaMoscow, Saint Petersburg, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk6South SudanMoscow1SpainMoscow, Saint Petersburg3Sri LankaMoscow1SudanMoscow1SwedenMoscow, Saint Petersburg2SwitzerlandMoscow, Saint Petersburg2SyriaMoscow1TajikistanMoscow2TanzaniaMoscow1ThailandMoscow, Saint Petersburg2TunisiaMoscow1TürkiyeMoscow, Saint Petersburg, Kazan5TurkmenistanMoscow2UgandaMoscow1UkraineMoscow, Yekaterinburg, Saint Petersburg4United Arab EmiratesMoscow1United KingdomMoscow, Saint Petersburg, Yekaterinburg3United StatesMoscow, Yekaterinburg, Vladivostok4UruguayMoscow1UzbekistanMoscow1Vatican CityMoscow1VenezuelaMoscow1VietnamMoscow, Yekaterinburg2YemenMoscow1ZambiaMoscow1ZimbabweMoscow1
Russia missions abroad
AfghanistanKabul, Mazar-i-Sharif2AlbaniaTirana1AlgeriaAlgiers, Annaba2AngolaLuanda1ArgentinaBuenos Aires1ArmeniaYerevan, Գյումրի2AustraliaCanberra2AustriaVienna, Bludenz2AzerbaijanBaku2BahrainManama1BangladeshDhaka1BelarusMinsk, Brest, Hrodna4BelgiumBrussels, Antwerp2BeninCotonou1BoliviaLa Paz2Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevo, Banja Luka2BotswanaGaborone1BrazilBrasília, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro4BruneiBandar Seri Begawan1BulgariaSofia3BurundiBujumbura1CambodiaPhnom Penh1CameroonYaoundé, Douala2CanadaOttawa, Toronto3Cape VerdePraia1Central African RepublicBangui1ChadN'Djamena1ChileSantiago1ChinaBeijing, Shanghai, Harbin7ColombiaBogotá1Costa RicaSan José1Côte d’IvoireAbidjan1CroatiaZagreb, Split, Dubrovnik4CubaHavana2CyprusNicosia1CzechiaPrague, Brno2DenmarkCopenhagen1DjiboutiDjibouti1DR CongoKinshasa1EcuadorQuito1EgyptCairo, Alexandria3EritreaAsmara1EstoniaTallinn, Narva City3EthiopiaAddis Ababa1FinlandHelsinki, Mariehamn2FranceParis, Strasbourg, Marseille6GabonLibreville1GeorgiaGeorgia, Tskhinval, Sokhumi3GermanyBerlin1GhanaAccra1GreeceAthens, Thessaloniki2GuatemalaGuatemala City1GuineaConakry1Guinea-BissauBissau1GuyanaGeorgetown1Hong Kong1HungaryBudapest, Debrecen2IcelandReykjavík1IndiaNew Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai5IndonesiaJakarta1IranTehran, Isfahan, Tabriz5IraqBaghdad, Basra, Erbil3IrelandDublin1IsraelTel Aviv2ItalyRome, Palermo, Milan7JamaicaKingston1JapanTokyo, Osaka, Sapporo4JordanAmman1KazakhstanAstana, Almaty4KenyaNairobi1KosovoPristina1KuwaitKuwait City1KyrgyzstanBishkek, Osh3LaosVientiane1LatviaRiga2LebanonBeirut1LibyaTripoli1LithuaniaVilnius, Klaipėda2LuxembourgLuxembourg1MadagascarAntananarivo1MalaysiaKuala Lumpur1MaliBamako1MaltaValletta1MauritaniaNouakchott1MauritiusVacoas-Phoenix1MexicoMexico City1MoldovaChișinău, Тирасполь3MongoliaUlaanbaatar, Darkhan3MontenegroPodgorica1MoroccoRabat, Casablanca2MozambiqueMaputo1MyanmarYangon1NamibiaWindhoek1NepalKathmandu1Netherlands's-Gravenhage2New ZealandWellington1NicaraguaManagua1NigeriaAbuja, Lagos2North KoreaPyongyang, Chongjin2North MacedoniaSkopje1NorwayOslo3OmanMuscat1PakistanIslamabad, Karachi2PanamaPanama City1ParaguayAsunción1PeruLima2Philippinesماكاتي, Manila2PolandWarsaw, Kraków, Gdańsk5PortugalLisbon, Porto2Puerto Rico1QatarDoha1Republic of the CongoBrazzaville1RomaniaBucharest, Constanța3RwandaKigali1Saudi ArabiaRiyadh, Jeddah2SenegalDakar1SerbiaBelgrade3SeychellesVictoria1SingaporeSingapore1SlovakiaBratislava2SloveniaLjubljana2South AfricaPretoria1South KoreaSeoul, Busan2SpainMadrid, Barcelona2Sri LankaColombo1SudanKhartoum1Suriname1SwedenStockholm1SwitzerlandBern, Geneva, Zurich6SyriaDamascus, Aleppo2TaiwanTaipei1TajikistanDushanbe3TanzaniaDar es Salaam1ThailandBangkok2TunisiaTunis1TürkiyeAnkara, Istanbul, Trabzon6TurkmenistanAshgabat, Turkmenbashy3UgandaKampala1UkraineKyiv1United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi, Dubai3United KingdomLondon, City of Edinburgh3United StatesWashington, D.C., New York City, New York7UruguayMontevideo1UzbekistanTashkent4VenezuelaCaracas1VietnamHanoi, Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh City3YemenSanaa1ZambiaLusaka1ZimbabweHarare1
Who can enter Russia without a visa?
Visa rules change often. Always confirm with the official embassy or government site before you travel.
Frequently asked questions
Embassies & consulates in Russia?
273 missions, 152 countries.
Emergency: Russia?
112, 01 (fire department), 101 (fire department), 103 (emergency medical services), 03 (emergency medical services), 102 (police)
Who can enter Russia without a visa?
66: Andorra, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, and Brunei…