Russian Federation

IXP Tracker

There are 32 active Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) in Russian Federation, with a combined total of 573 members as of December 2025.

IXPs are present in 11 of the 66 population centers over 300,000. In general, when networks use an IXP rather than direct transit, it reduces the reliance on international traffic. This can help keep parts of the Internet available, even during disruptions or outages.

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Region
Europe
Sub-region
Eastern Europe
Population
143,533,851
32

Total number of IXPs, as listed in PeeringDB. Last updated December 2025.

IXP membership and capacity

One way to measure the strength of IXPs in the Internet landscape is to look at membership and capacity. Larger networks tend to bring more capacity, which can benefit all members.

Measures changes in membership and capacity across all IXPs in Russia, as shown in PeeringDB as of December 2025.

Domestic network coverage at IXPs in Russia

The proportion of 5,006 active networks in Russia that can exchange traffic through IXPs.

74%

of networks are either members of IXPs themselves, or they are customers of IXP members. A higher percentage can indicate that IXPs play an especially significant role in a country’s Internet landscape.

Region

  • Europe average79%
  • Eastern Europe average78%

Locally cached content

67%

of the 1000 most-visited websites in Russia can be accessed through an in-country server or cache. A higher percentage suggests more efficient traffic and faster speeds for Internet users.

Country profile

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Internet Resilience Score
60 / 100
Market competition
Excellent
International connections
Good

Internet Exchange Points in Russia

This list uses the data available in PeeringDB, which is based on self-reported data from IXPs and their members. We include all active IXPs that list 3 or more members. Last updated in Pulse December 2025.

IXP Name Location Physical locations Number of members
BAIKAL-IX Irkutsk 0 8
BGP.Exchange - Moscow Moscow 0 10
CLOUD-IX EKT Ekaterinburg 3 6
CLOUD-IX MSK Moscow 19 53
CLOUD-IX SPB St. Petersburg 8 25
Crimea-IX Simferopol 0 8
DataLine-IX Moscow 2 5
Eurasia Peering LLC - Eurasia Peering IX Moscow 2 135
inet2 Mowsow, St.Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Ekaterinburg 0 6
Krasnoyarsk Internet Exchange - KRS-IX Krasnoyarsk 0 4
Krasnoyarsk Internet Exchange - RED-IX Krasnoyarsk 0 13
Krasnoyarsk Internet Exchange - Sibir-IX Krasnoyarsk 0 13
Linxdatacenter Internet Exchange - Linxdatacenter-IX Moscow 1 5
Media-IX - M-IX Simferopol 0 6
MegaFon-IX Moscow 0 11
Milecom LLC, project SFO-IX Barnaul, Novosibirsk 5 28
MSK-IX Ekaterinburg (former EKT-IX) Ekaterinburg 2 31
MSK-IX Kazan (former KZN-IX) Kazan 0 5
MSK-IX Moscow Moscow 13 303
MSK-IX Novosibirsk (former NSK-IX) Novosibirsk 1 39
MSK-IX Rostov-on-Don (former RND-IX) Rostov-on-Don 0 18
MSK-IX Saint-Petersburg (former SPB-IX) St.Petersburg 7 57
MSK-IX Samara (former SMR-IX) Samara 0 12
MSK-IX Vladivostok (former VLV-IX) Vladivostok 0 9
Omsk Internet Exchange - OMSK-IX Omsk 0 3