Europe
Healthcare and travel insurance in Russia
$1,003health spend per person
Healthcare in Russia
Private clinics in Moscow and St Petersburg are good but expensive and want cash or a Russian card. Public care varies; free only in life-threatening emergencies.
Key facts
- Travel insurance: Medical insurance valid in Russia for the whole stay is required for all visas, including the e-visa.
- Pharmacies: Pharmacies (apteka) are everywhere. Strong painkillers or sedatives need a notarised Russian prescription; CBD is illegal.
- Doctors: 5.1 per 1,000 people (2022, World Bank).
- Emergency: Police 102 · Ambulance 103 · Fire 101 · All emergencies 112.
Healthcare & insurance by place
- MoscowHealthcare & insurance
- Saint PetersburgHealthcare & insurance
- KazanHealthcare & insurance
- SochiHealthcare & insurance
- KaliningradHealthcare & insurance
- IrkutskHealthcare & insurance
- YekaterinburgHealthcare & insurance
- VladivostokHealthcare & insurance
- MurmanskHealthcare & insurance
- NovosibirskHealthcare & insurance
- Nizhny NovgorodHealthcare & insurance
- Olkhon IslandHealthcare & insurance
- Petropavlovsk-KamchatskyHealthcare & insurance
Sources
- CDC Travelers' Health
- 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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