albaalbina 3mo

What VPN works in Russia nowadays?

tsinmanvlad 3mo

Red shield, ≈900 rub per month

pablos 3mo

Is there any way to get a local sim card nowadays in russia as a tourist? I plan to use an ESIM, but I know to authorize payments on your credit card you need a local number (at least with Sberbank)

kateshar 3mo

Vanya VPN

kateshar 3mo

It is a very complicated prosess I would say… The easiest one is to find a Russian person who can give you a physical local SIM card that is registered on that persons name.

kateshar 3mo

Apply for Tinkoff bank account. They do open bank accounts for tourists and then they can also come to your apartment and give you a SIM card but they will take your biometric data (voice and photo) to open SIM card on your name 🫣

pablos 2mo

Thank you for this information! Very valuable.

jonathanhaslett 2mo

When I registered for tinkoff, I'm pretty sure I needed a local phone number during the in app sign up process.

It was good service though, a day later they delivered my bank card and verifies my passport and tourist visa. Depositing USD or EUR into ATM to top up RUB balance for local spending.

So I ended up using the sim card provided by my friend for the entire 3 months.

kateshar 2mo

You might be right. Maybe it did need the phone number to apply for Tinkoff account and phone number. 🫣 Maybe I gave my number for the application process. It is sooo complicated now in Russia. It is like catch-22 in Russia now with phone numbers.

rhinestone 2mo

It is considered illegal now and that person might get in trouble so be careful doing that

ysteiner 2mo

Привет! Я австралийка, сейчас я в Москве, жила много лет в Тамбове. Хочу друзей в реальной жизни. Пиши мне!)

Hello, I'm an Australian in Moscow, I lived in Tambov for many years. I want to make some local friends. DM me!)

techguybiswa 22d

Hello dear friends
I wanted to ask what’s the best place to visit from moscow or SPB during mid June
1. Lake baikal (am afraid it’s too far)
2. Altai region
3. karelia and the lakes near SPB
4. Kaliningrad
5. Or maybe Sochi?

We have been to Russia 2 years back and absolutely loved SPB and murmansk.

maria4fun 22d

I would choose between 1,2 and 3
Anyway you will use flights so I don’t see the difference between 1 and 2 options

techguybiswa 22d

Makes sense !!
But I am sacred of 8+ hours of domestic flights 😂
Also are 4 days enuf for altai/baikal?

maria4fun 22d

I understand:)
You will get the flavour:)
My first trip to Altay lasted 2 days only. But I remember it still:)

techguybiswa 22d

wow! would you suggest i get in touch with a travel/tour plnner in altai/baikal or just do it on my own?

maria4fun 22d

You need a guide 100%
It saves you lots of time

techguybiswa 22d

right! agree

techguybiswa 22d

by any chanve do y ou know any guide or any company from where you would recommend booking tours?

maria4fun 22d

Unfortunately no :(

7rulnik 20d

defently not a sochi. Too many people at summer.

badbunny2222 17d

hi, does tg work in russia?

badbunny2222 17d

or only sometimes?

7rulnik 16d

mostly no. you will need some vless/xray vpn. And maybe even further — some vpn that can bypass white lists blocks.
I used https://blancvpn.fyi/ru/ It was pretty reliable most of the time

you can also try to use proxies for tg

albaalbina 16d

Yes, it does. But you can't make calls, only text

7rulnik 16d

it's heavily depends on city and provider.

albaalbina 16d

Just update iy to the latest version and it will work perfectly fine

albaalbina 16d

Russian app called Max

simitandchill 13d

Is there any hope to go to Moscow as a us citizen one day with no friends in Russia

simitandchill 13d

I’ve been to Georgia, only so close yet so different!

rhinestone 13d

telegram works alright with vpn

rhinestone 13d

honestly I don't know anyone who uses it among my friends who lives in Russia. Even my parents only use it for work

rhinestone 13d

I believe you still could apply for visa and visit even nowadays although you might get addional check by airport security

simitandchill 13d

Yea I’m sure. It is really frowned upon.

simitandchill 13d

Moscow seems like such a cool place

rhinestone 13d

History and entertainment wise it still is

simitandchill 13d

My one family friend is going soon his wife is Russian and he’s from the US so even he has a lot of paperwork and lawyers involved just to get there

simitandchill 13d

So I can imagine as a solo person going who is American that’s most likely harder? I mean I’d assume Russia wouldn’t have a problem with non political people who just want to travel?

badbunny2222 13d

So most of the market is still tg?

rhinestone 13d

People are forced to use max nowadays but most of the population of big cities using vpn anyway and for daily purposes preferably using tg

albaalbina 13d

I disagree. Lots of people use Max except your friends group. Especially for phone calls. Because you can't call via telegram anymore

rhinestone 13d

Maybe nowadays they do. Haven’t been there for couple years. Although I still call my parents via tg and WhatsApp. They are using vpn for 100₽ monthly

rhinestone 13d

Same for my friends who using vpn all the time to use Discord

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