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An eSIM for Russia is a digital data plan for the phone you already own. There is no physical SIM card, no airport lines, and no passport needed. Your plan is ready on your SIMAREA account before you even leave home.
It works safely alongside your normal SIM. You keep your own number for calls and important text messages. Your data goes through the SIMAREA plan. Just turn off data roaming on your home SIM to avoid high bills.
Every plan here uses more than one partner network. Your phone joins one when you arrive and can switch to another if the signal weakens.
If you stay longer, top up your current plan with more data. You do not need to buy a new one.
What it is not: a local phone number. If you need a number for verification codes, see virtual numbers.
Russia eSIM on Beeline and Tele2
Mobile data for Moscow, St. Petersburg or a long train journey, on two networks. One small plan starts its days at installation; the rest wait for the first connection in Russia.
The unlimited plan is the day pass we feature for Russia: after its daily full-speed allowance it keeps you connected at a lower speed, and it is billed per day for the days you choose. Fixed plans are one price for the term shown. Nothing on this page is an estimate.
How to get mobile data in Russia
Install it at home before you go. Some plans here start counting at installation, so check the line under the price for the plan you pick.
Pick eSIM plan
Choose how long you are there. The day pass is billed per day, so the term is yours to set.
Pay, then scan
Charged from your balance, which you top up with crypto. Your QR code is in your dashboard once the order is paid.
Turn it on when you arrive
Turn on data roaming for your SIMAREA plan when you arrive, and it joins a partner network.
What to know about an eSIM for Russia
The specifics that decide whether a travel eSIM is useful once you're actually there.
More than one network
Every plan here lists more than one partner network. If one gets weak, your phone can switch to another.
Set up before you go
No SIM card store, no passport check. Install it at home, then turn on data roaming for it when you arrive.
Hotspot sharing
Share your internet with a laptop or a friend, if your plan and phone allow it.
Keep your own number
The eSIM is just for internet. Your normal SIM still receives calls and important bank codes. You can use both at once.
Keep using the same eSIM
Staying longer? Top up the same plan with more data from your dashboard. No need for a new QR code.
If it does not work
Not installed or connected yet? Ask for a refund within 30 days of buying it. Installed but not working on any of its networks? Support helps, and refunds you if it cannot be fixed.
eSIM Russia: two networks on every plan
Each Russia plan here, the day pass and all nine fixed plans, lists both Beeline and Tele2. Your phone attaches to whichever it finds. Should one fade, on a platform deep underground or in a hotel courtyard, you can switch by hand: network selection sits in the settings for the eSIM line, where you can turn off the automatic choice and pick the other operator.
All Russia plans send traffic out through the United Kingdom, so websites see a UK IP address.
Russia eSIM sizes: 100 MB to 50 GB
Nine fixed plans over three terms:
- 7 days: 100 MB, 500 MB or 1 GB, for a short visit that is mostly maps, tickets and messages.
- 15 days: 3 GB.
- 30 days: 3, 5, 10, 20 or 50 GB. The 50 GB plan is the one for heavy use, such as video calls or a laptop on the phone's hotspot, if your plan and phone allow it.
The day pass gives 1 GB a day at full speed and slows to 512 Kbps afterward until the day resets. On a rail journey of a week or more, a fixed plan can suit you better: data you leave unused while the train rolls on stays for the next city.
When the days start: the 100 MB exception
The 7-day plan with 100 MB counts its days from installation, not from arrival. Install that one only when you're about to leave, or part of the week is gone before you land.
Every other Russia plan, the day pass included, starts at its first connection to Beeline or Tele2 in Russia, so you can install it days ahead. An unused plan stays valid for 180 days. Only an eSIM that hasn't been installed or connected can be refunded on request, within 30 days of purchase.
Russia eSIM questions
Is the Russia day pass unlimited?
It runs every day you buy, but each day only the first 1 GB is at full speed. After that the eSIM continues at 512 Kbps until the day resets.
Does the eSIM come with a Russian phone number?
No. It carries mobile data only: no number, no calls and no SMS. Your own SIM stays in the phone for your number. For numbers that receive SMS, the virtual numbers page lists the countries on offer.
Will a Russia plan work in the next country?
No. It connects in Russia only, and Russia isn't part of any multi-country plan on SIMAREA, so the next leg needs a separate plan: a Mongolia plan for the Trans-Mongolian train, for example, or a Kazakhstan plan.
Can I add data during the trip?
Yes. Every Russia plan, the 100 MB one and the day pass included, can be topped up on the same eSIM, paid from your SIMAREA balance. A top-up adds data; the plan's end date stays the same.
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Check your data, top up and manage every eSIM from your phone.
Choose your Russia eSIM
Pick the day pass or one of the nine fixed plans on Beeline and Tele2. Look at the start line before you install the 100 MB plan.