Russia: RUB, VAT & payment methods

Money

Currency and formatting

Tax

tax · RU

22.00% standard VAT Prices tax-inclusive

Payments

Roughly ordered by real-world use — not by what a card processor would prefer you offer.

Card schemes that work domestically: mir. 3-D Secure is standard practice; strong customer authentication is not legally mandated.

Locale

Primary: ru-RU
Official languages: Russian
Regional: Tatar, Bashkir, Chechen, Avaric, Udmurt, Yakut, Kabardian, Erzya, Moksha, Kumyk, Komi, Lezghian, Karachay-Balkar, Ingush, Tuvinian, Azerbaijani (Cyrillic), Adyghe, Lak, Komi-Permyak
Direction: left-to-right
Date format: DD.MM.YYYY
Measurement: metric
GDPR applies: no

Phone

FAQs

What currency does Russia use?

Russia uses the Russian Ruble (RUB), symbol ₽. It uses 2 decimal places, formatted as 123 456,78 ₽.

How many decimal places does RUB have?

RUB has 2 decimal places. Charging with the wrong number of minor units is a 100× error, so this is worth getting right.

What is the VAT rate in Russia?

The standard VAT rate in Russia is 22.00%. Prices are displayed tax-inclusive.

What payment methods are used in Russia?

The methods that matter in Russia, in rough order of use: card, sbp, yoomoney, cash on delivery.

What is the dialling code for Russia?

Russia's country calling code is +7. Mobile numbers are formatted +7 9XX XXX-XX-XX (10 digits after the country code).

API_

Everything on this page is one call away — plus live FX, fraud signals and the visitor's own detected country.

russia.sh

curl "https://api.localesense.com/v1/countries/RU" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer ls_live_..."