Buying Crypto Currencies in Russia

Ever since the sanctions in 2014, the value of Russia’s ruble against the US dollar has been declining and remains quite low. Bitcoin’s ability to store value better than the ruble, even with the “new tech” volatility capturing the headlines has been quite remarkable.

With Russian operatives “allegedly” using bitcoin to fund the US election tampering, people everywhere are seeing the value in a censorship resistant currency.

Crypto Currency Exchanges in Russia

With Putin and his oligarchs cracking down on crypto currencies (since they can’t hide them in offshore bank accounts), buying bitcoin in Russia may be difficult but everyone is doing it. Most users familiar with the TOR network have seen the increasing amount of Russian traffic from those not wanting to be spied on by the Kremlin, while they gain financial independence from Ruble or any other national currency.

With the increased theft and extortion against Russian bitcoin holders in and outside of Russia, there cannot be enough privacy for Russian bitcoin holders.

While EXMO is a popular exchange in Russia, users have to enter their personal information in order to use the service, this creates an excellent place for hackers to attack as there is a large amount of personal data held by the company. This is why anonymous exchanges are continually becoming popular in countries like Russia and around the world.

The best crypto currency exchanges in Russia currently are:

Top Exchanges	Known For	Popular in	KYC	Currencies
	Exchange / Trading Platform	Russia, Europe, UK, Asia	Yes	RUB, USD, EUR	Continue
	Large Global Exchange	Latin America, Europe, UK, China, Russia	Yes	BTC, ETH, Alts	Continue
	P2P Trading	Global	No	BTC, ETH, Alts	Continue
	Trading Platform	Global	Under 2 BTC No	BTC, ETH, Alts	Continue
	Exchange, Trading Platform	Russia, Ukraine, Europe	Fiat Yes, Crypto No	RUB, USD, EUR	Continue
	Credit Card / Exchange	America's, Europe, Asia	Yes	GBP, USD, EUR, BTC, ETH, Alts	Continue
	Credit Card / Exchange	Everywhere except USA	Yes	EUR, USD, GBP	Continue
	Anonymous Purchases	Global	No	BTC, ETH, Alts	Continue
	Exchange / P2P Marketplace	Africa, UK, Europe, Asia	Yes	ZAR, GBP, EUR, CAD	Continue
	Decentralized Anonymous Exchange	Global	No	BTC, ETH, Alts	Continue
	Large Global Exchange	Asia	Yes	USD, IDR, SGD, MYR, BTC, ETH	Continue
	Large Global Exchange	Asia	Yes	All National Currencies, BTC, Alts	Continue

Anonymous Bitcoin Purchases in Russia

The best place to start, for the most up to date and accurate places to buy bitcoin in Russia would be the bitcoin talk forums. Most small transactions for Rubles and person to person transfers take place on the forum and our complete list of anonymous exchanges may also be of interest.

The top 3 exchanges are:

Alt-coin Trading from Russia

Binance is the most popular anonymous alt-coin trading platforms, Russians have been going wild buying the newest cryptos hoping one will have the same gains as bitcoin. However, most people fail to realize that the network of bitcoin is considered valuable because it is immutable. While newly launched altcoins have a blueprint from bitcoin to draw from for success, the actual altcoins available that are anything similar to bitcoin are close, if not exactly zero.

Online Gambling in Russia

For people in Russia looking to bet on sports, casino and poker using bitcoin, be sure to check out our Russia online gambling guide.