Europe
SIM cards, eSIM and internet in Russia
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Internet and SIM cards in Russia
Local SIMs need your passport and biometric checks, and can take up to two weeks. Roaming SIMs lose data for hours or days on arrival.
Mobile carriers
Key facts
- Tourist SIM: Local SIMs need your passport and biometric checks, and can take up to two weeks. Roaming SIMs lose data for hours or days on arrival.
- Blocked services: Instagram, Facebook, X and LinkedIn are blocked, YouTube is throttled, and WhatsApp and Telegram calls are restricted. Regional mobile internet shutdowns are common. Many VPNs are blocked.
Internet & coworking by place
- MoscowInternet & coworking
- Saint PetersburgInternet & coworking
- KazanInternet & coworking
- SochiInternet & coworking
- KaliningradInternet & coworking
- IrkutskInternet & coworking
- YekaterinburgInternet & coworking
- VladivostokInternet & coworking
- MurmanskInternet & coworking
- NovosibirskInternet & coworking
- Nizhny NovgorodInternet & coworking
- Olkhon IslandInternet & coworking
- Petropavlovsk-KamchatskyInternet & coworking
Sources
- Speedtest Global Index: Russia
- 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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