COUNTRY & REGION NOTES · RU
Russia
Russia
AT A GLANCE
Travel essentials
Currency
RUB Russian Ruble
1 RUB ≈ 1.93 JPYReference rate · 2026-11-07
Actual exchange and card rates may differ.
Checked 2026-11-07
Capital & languages
- Capital
- Moscow
- Languages
- Russian
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Country codes
RU / RUS
ロシア連邦
Russian Federation
LOCAL TIME
Local time & time zones
The time difference from Japan follows local daylight-saving changes.
Europe/Kaliningrad
06:17:3511/14
UTC+02:00 · Japan −7h
Europe/Moscow
07:17:3511/14
UTC+03:00 · Japan −6h
Europe/Kirov
07:17:3511/14
UTC+03:00 · Japan −6h
Europe/Volgograd
07:17:3511/14
UTC+03:00 · Japan −6h
Europe/Astrakhan
08:17:3511/14
UTC+04:00 · Japan −5h
Europe/Saratov
08:17:3511/14
UTC+04:00 · Japan −5h
Europe/Ulyanovsk
08:17:3511/14
UTC+04:00 · Japan −5h
Europe/Samara
08:17:3511/14
UTC+04:00 · Japan −5h
Asia/Yekaterinburg
09:17:3511/14
UTC+05:00 · Japan −4h
Asia/Omsk
10:17:3511/14
UTC+06:00 · Japan −3h
Asia/Novosibirsk
11:17:3511/14
UTC+07:00 · Japan −2h
Asia/Barnaul
11:17:3511/14
UTC+07:00 · Japan −2h
Asia/Tomsk
11:17:3511/14
UTC+07:00 · Japan −2h
Asia/Novokuznetsk
11:17:3511/14
UTC+07:00 · Japan −2h
Asia/Krasnoyarsk
11:17:3511/14
UTC+07:00 · Japan −2h
Asia/Irkutsk
12:17:3511/14
UTC+08:00 · Japan −1h
Asia/Chita
13:17:3511/14
UTC+09:00 · Japan same time
Asia/Yakutsk
13:17:3511/14
UTC+09:00 · Japan same time
Asia/Khandyga
13:17:3511/14
UTC+09:00 · Japan same time
Asia/Vladivostok
14:17:3511/14
UTC+10:00 · Japan +1h
Asia/Ust-Nera
14:17:3511/14
UTC+10:00 · Japan +1h
Asia/Magadan
15:17:3511/14
UTC+11:00 · Japan +2h
Asia/Sakhalin
15:17:3511/14
UTC+11:00 · Japan +2h
Asia/Srednekolymsk
15:17:3511/14
UTC+11:00 · Japan +2h
Asia/Kamchatka
16:17:3511/14
UTC+12:00 · Japan +3h
Asia/Anadyr
16:17:3511/14
UTC+12:00 · Japan +3h
Checked 2026-11-07
BEFORE YOU GO
Entry & travel preparation
Entry guidance
Current guidance is under review. Check the local authority or embassy before travel.
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Power outlets
Type C
Type F
Plug shapes are from existing records. Check your accommodation.
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Tap water
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GETTING THERE
Air travel
Airports · 166
- Abakan Airport
- Amderma Airport
- Astrakhan Airport
- Avachinskiy Heliport
- Balakovo Airport
- Barnaul Airport
- Batagay Airport
- Begishevo Airport
- Beloyarskiy Airport
- Beslan Airport
- Bodaybo Airport
- Bogashevo Airport
- Bogorodskoye Airport
- Bolshoye Savino Airport
- Bovanenkovo Airport
- Bratsk Airport
- Bugulma Airport
- Bykovo Airport
- Cheboksary Airport
- Chelyabinsk Balandino Airport
- Cherepovets Airport
- Cherskiy Airport
- Chita-Kadala Airport
- Chokurdakh Airport
- Chulman Airport
- Dalnerechensk Airport
- Deputatskiy Airport
- Domodedovo International Airport
- Elista Airport
- Gagarin International Airport
- Gelendzhik Airport
- Grozny North Airport
- Igarka Airport
- Ignatyevo Airport
- Irkutsk Airport
- Iturup Airport
- Ivanovo South Airport
- Izhevsk Airport
- Kazan International Airport
- Kemerovo Airport
- Keperveem Airport
- Khabarovsk-Novy Airport
- Khanty Mansiysk Airport
- Khatanga Airport
- Khrabrovo Airport
- Khuzhir Airport
- Kirovsk-Apatity Airport
- Kizhi helipad
- Kogalym International Airport
- Koltsovo Airport
- Komsomolsk-on-Amur Airport
- Kostroma Sokerkino Airport
- Kotlas Airport
- Krasnodar Pashkovsky International Airport
- Krasnoyarsk Cheremshanka Airport
- Kurgan Airport
- Kurumoch International Airport
- Kyzyl Airport
- Lensk Airport
- Leshukonskoye Airport
- Lugovoy Airport
- Magas Airport
- Magdagachi Airport
- Magnitogorsk International Airport
- Markovo Airport
- Mendeleyevo Airport
- Mineralnyye Vody Airport
- Mirny Airport
- Moma Airport
- Murmansk Airport
- Nadym Airport
- Nalchik Airport
- Naryan Mar Airport
- Neftekamsk Airport
- Nikolayevsk-na-Amure Airport
- Nizhneangarsk International Airport
- Nizhnevartovsk Airport
- Nizhny Novgorod Strigino International Airport
- Nogliki Airport
- Norilsk-Alykel Airport
- Novgorod Airport
- Novy Urengoy Airport
- Noyabrsk Airport
- Nyagan Airport
- Okhotsk Airport
- Olyokminsk Airport
- Omolon Airport
- Omsk Central Airport
- Omsukchan Airport
- Orenburg Central Airport
- Orsk Airport
- Oryol Yuzhny Airport
- Pechora Airport
- Penza Airport
- Petrozavodsk Airport
- Pevek Airport
- Plastun Airport
- Pobedilovo Airport
- Polyarny Airport
- Pskov Airport
- Pulkovo Airport
- Raduzhny Airport
- Roshchino International Airport
- Rostov-on-Don Airport
- Rzhevka Airport
- Sabetta International Airport
- Sakkyryr Airport
- Salekhard Airport
- Saransk Airport
- Saratov Central Airport
- Saskylakh Airport
- Severo-Yeniseysk Airport
- Shakhtyorsk Airport
- Sheremetyevo International Airport
- Sochi International Airport
- Sokol Airport
- Solovki Airport
- Sovetskiy Airport
- Spichenkovo Airport
- Srednekolymsk Airport
- Stavropol Shpakovskoye Airport
- Suntar Airport
- Surgut Airport
- Susuman Airport
- Syktyvkar Airport
- Talagi Airport
- Tiksi Airport
- Tobolsk Remezov Airport
- Tolka Airport
- Tolmachevo Airport
- Tunoshna Airport
- Tura Mountain Airport
- Turlatovo Airport
- Turukhansk Airport
- Ufa International Airport
- Ugolny Airport
- Ukhta Airport
- Ulan-Ude Airport (Mukhino)
- Ulyanovsk Baratayevka Airport
- Ulyanovsk East Airport
- Uray Airport
- Usinsk Airport
- Ust'-Kamchatsk Airport
- Ust-Kut Airport
- Ust-Kuyga Airport
- Ust-Maya Airport
- Ust-Nera Airport
- Uytash Airport
- Vanavara Airport
- Velikiy Ustyug Airport
- Verkhnevilyuisk Airport
- Vilyuisk Airport
- Vladivostok International Airport
- Vnukovo International Airport
- Volgodonsk Airport
- Volgograd International Airport
- Vorkuta Airport
- Voronezh International Airport
- Yakutsk Airport
- Yelizovo Airport
- Yemelyanovo Airport
- Yeniseysk Airport
- Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport
- Zhigansk Airport
- Zhukovsky International Airport
- Zyryanka Airport
Airlines · 162
- 213th Flight Unit
- 223rd Flight Unit
- 224th Flight Unit
- A247
- Abakan Air
- Aero-Kamov
- AeroBratsk
- Aerocredo
- Aeroflot
- Aeroflot-Cargo
- Aeroflot-Plus
- Aerofreight Airlines
- Aerokuzbass
- Aerolimousine
- Aerologic
- Aerotrans
- Air and Sea Transport
- AirBridge Cargo
- Aircompany Barcol
- Aircompany Yakutia
- Airline Skol
- Airlines 400
- Airtrans Ltd
- Alrosa Air Company
- Alrosa-Avia
- AMS Group
- Angara Airlines
- Arkhangelsk 2 Aviation Division
- ATRAN Cargo Airlines
- Auo Airclub AIST-M
- Aurora Airlines
- AVCOM
- Avia Business Group
- Aviacon Zitotrans Air Company
- Aviainvest
- Avial NV Aviation Company
- Avialesookhrana
- Avialift Vladivostok
- Aviapartner Limited Company
- Aviaprom Enterprises
- Aviastar-Tu
- Aviation Company Meridian
- Aviation Ministry of the Interior of the Russian Federation
- BAL Bashkirian Airlines
- Baltic Airlines
- Bel Limited
- Best Aero Handling Ltd
- Briansk State Air Enterprise
- Bugulma Air Enterprise
- Buryat Airlines Aircompany
- Bylina Joint-Stock Company
- Center-South
- Centre of Applied Geodynamica
- Centre-Avia
- Cheboksary Airenterprise JSC
- Cherline
- Chernomor-Avia
- Chitaavia
- Dalavia
- Donavia
- Elbrus-Avia Air Enterprise
- Flight Inspections and Systems
- Flying-Research Aerogeophysical Center
- Gazpromavia
- Gelix Airlines
- Global Avia Handling
- Globus Airlines
- Grizodubova Air Company
- Ikar
- Il-Avia
- IVV Femida
- Izhavia
- Jet Air Group
- Jet-2000
- Katekavia
- Kavminvodyavia
- Kazan Aviation Production Association
- Kazan Helicopters
- Kirov Air Enterprise
- Kogalymavia Air Company
- Komiaviatrans State Air Enterprise
- Komiinteravia
- Kosmos
- Kurzemes Avio
- LUKoil-Avia
- Malaya Aviatsia Dona
- Mavial Magadan Airlines
- MBK-S
- Mimino
- Moskovia Airlines
- Murmansk Aircompany
- Nefteyugansk Aviation Division
- Nizhnevartovskavia
- Nordavia
- NordStar
- Nordwind Airlines
- North-West Air Transport Company - Vyborg
- Novgorod Air Enterprise
- Novosibirsk Aircraft Repairing Plant
- Novosibirsk Aviaenterprise
- Novosibirsk Aviation Production Association
- Orel State Air Enterprise
- Orenburg Airlines
- Orion-x
- Panh
- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsk Air Enterprise
- Pobeda
- Polet Airlines
- Pskovavia
- Pulkovo Aircraft Services
- Rosneft-Baltika
- Rossiya
- Rusaero
- Rusaero
- Rusair JSAC
- Rusich-T
- Rusline
- Russian Aircraft Corporation-MiG
- Russian Sky Airlines
- Rusuertol
- Ryazan State Air Enterprise
- S-Air
- S7 Airlines
- Saratov Airlines Joint Stock Company
- Second Sverdlovsk Air Enterprise
- Severstal Air Company
- Shans Air
- Shar Ink
- Sheremetyevo-Cargo
- SIBIA Aircompany Ltd
- Sirair
- Sirena
- Sirius-Aero
- Sokol
- Southern Cargo Air Lines
- Sparc Avia
- Specavia Air Company
- State Unitary Air Enterprise
- Streamline Ops
- Sukhoi Design Bureau Company
- Tesis
- Transair-Gyraintiee
- TSSKB-Progress
- Tulpar Air
- Ulyanovsk Higher Civil Aviation School
- Uraiavia
- Ural Airlines
- UTair Aviation
- UVT Aero
- Vertical-T Air Company
- VIM Airlines
- VIM-Aviaservice
- Vipport Joint Stock Company
- Volga-Dnepr Airlines
- Vologda State Air Enterprise
- Voronezh Aircraft Manufacturing Society
- Vostok Airlines
- Vzlyet
- Yak-Service
- Yakolev
- Yamal Airlines
- Zapolyarye Airline Company
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