Europe
Getting around Russia
Between cities
Getting around Russia
Russian Railways trains are comfortable and cover the country; Sapsan links Moscow and St Petersburg in about 4 hours. Drone attacks cause frequent flight delays and closures.
Key facts
- Ride-hailing apps: Yandex Go, Maxim.
- Driving: on the right. Carry a 1968 IDP plus your licence. Fuel shortages and quotas hit some regions; police spot checks are frequent.
- Russian Railways (RZD)
Getting around by place
- MoscowGetting around
- Saint PetersburgGetting around
- KazanGetting around
- SochiGetting around
- KaliningradGetting around
- IrkutskGetting around
- YekaterinburgGetting around
- VladivostokGetting around
- MurmanskGetting around
- NovosibirskGetting around
- Nizhny NovgorodGetting around
- Olkhon IslandGetting around
- Petropavlovsk-KamchatskyGetting around
Sources
- Russian Railways (RZD)
- US State Department travel advisory
- UK FCDO travel advice: Russia
- Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs e-Visa portal
- World Bank open data
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