RU Russia: how to get around
Ride apps, airports, driving side and the latest UK travel advice for Russia, with a ticket finder to plan your journey.
Travel advice right now
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Quick facts
- Capital
- Moscow
- Currency
- Russian ruble (RUB)
- Languages
- Russian
- Driving side
- They drive on the right
- Phone code
- +7
- Region
- Eastern Europe
Ride apps
We have not been able to confirm a ride-hailing app for Russia from the companies' own websites, so we are not guessing. Local taxis and local apps usually exist; ask your hotel or the airport information desk for the trusted option.
Main airports
- DME Domodedovo Airport · Moscow
- SVO Sheremetyevo Airport · Moscow
- VKO Vnukovo Airport · Moscow
- ZIA Zhukovsky Airport · Moscow
- ABA Abakan Airport · Abakan
- GRV Akhmat Kadyrov Grozny Airport · Grozny
- KEJ Alexei Leonov Kemerovo Airport · Kemerovo
- NSK Alykel Airport · Norilsk
- ASF Astrakhan Narimanovo Boris M. Kustodiev Airport · Astrakhan
- UUD Baikal Airport · Ulan Ude
- BAX Barnaul Gherman Titov Airport · Barnaul
- HTA Chita-Kadala Airport · Chita
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- MMK Emperor Nicholas II Murmansk Airport · Murmansk
- GSV Gagarin Airport · Saratov
- IAR Golden Ring Yaroslavl Airport · Tunoshna
- IKT Irkutsk Airport · Irkutsk
- KZN Kazan Airport · Kazan
- KGD Khrabrovo Airport · Kaliningrad
- SVX Koltsovo Airport · Yekaterinburg
- KRR Krasnodar Pashkovsky Airport · Krasnodar
- KJA Krasnoyarsk Airport · Krasnoyarsk
- CEK Kurchatov Chelyabinsk Airport · Chelyabinsk
- KUF Kurumoch Airport · Samara
- MQF Magnitogorsk Airport · Magnitogorsk
- MCX Makhachkala Uytash Airport · Makhachkala
- MRV Mineralnye Vody Airport · Mineralnyye Vody
- NJC Nizhnevartovsk Airport · Nizhnevartovsk
- GOJ Nizhny Novgorod / Strigino Airport · Nizhny Novgorod
- OVB Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport · Novosibirsk
- OMS Omsk Central Airport · Omsk
- PEE Perm Airport · Perm
- YKS Platon Oyunsky Yakutsk Airport · Yakutsk
- LED Pulkovo Airport · St. Petersburg
- TJM Roshchino Airport · Tyumen
- SKX Saransk Airport · Saransk
- AER Sochi Airport · Sochi
- SGC Surgut Airport · Surgut
- TOF Tomsk Kamov Airport · Tomsk
- UFA Ufa Airport · Ufa
- VVO Vladivostok Airport · Artyom
- VOG Volgograd Airport · Volgograd
- PKC Yelizovo Airport · Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
- UUS Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport · Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
All 43 main passenger airports we hold for Russia (OurAirports), capital-city airports first, then A to Z. Use the ticket finder above to search a flight.
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Getting around Russia
We have not added a full getting-around guide for Russia yet. See the confirmed ride apps, airports and travel advice above, and use Rome2Rio in the ticket finder to see routes.
Frequently asked questions about getting around Russia
Which side of the road do they drive on in Russia?
In Russia, vehicles drive on the right side of the road.
What is the currency in Russia?
The currency is the Russian ruble (RUB).
Which ride-hailing apps work in Russia?
We have not been able to confirm a ride-hailing app for Russia from the companies' own websites, so we do not list one.
What are the main airports in Russia?
Main airports with scheduled passenger flights include Abakan Airport (ABA), Akhmat Kadyrov Grozny Airport (GRV), Alexei Leonov Kemerovo Airport (KEJ), Alykel Airport (NSK), Astrakhan Narimanovo Boris M. Kustodiev Airport (ASF).
What is the phone code for Russia?
The international dialling code for Russia is +7.
Is it safe to travel to Russia?
We do not rate safety ourselves. The UK government's travel advice for Russia is shown at the top of this page with its current warning level and the date it was last updated. Read the full advice before you book, because other governments may advise differently.
Sources: ride-app company websites, UK FCDO travel advice (Open Government Licence v3.0), OurAirports, Wikidata, Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data last built 13 October 2026. Found a mistake? Tell us and we will fix it.