Russian Federation

IXP Tracker

There are 33 active Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) in Russian Federation, with a combined total of 572 members as of noviembre 2025.

IXPs are present in 12 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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Región
Europe
Subregión
Eastern Europe
Población
143 533 851
33

Total number of IXPs, as listed in PeeringDB. Last updated noviembre 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 Rusia, as shown in PeeringDB as of noviembre 2025.

201920202021202220232024202520k 25k 30k 35k 40k 45k 50k 333 377 422 467 512 557 602
CapacityMembersCapacity (Gbps)Members

Domestic network coverage at IXPs in Rusia

The proportion of 5 000 active networks in Rusia 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.

Región

  • Europe average79%
  • Eastern Europe average77%

Contenido almacenado en caché local

75%

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

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Índice de resiliencia de Internet
52 / 100
Competencia de mercado
Bueno
Conexiones internacionales
Bueno

Internet Exchange Points in Rusia

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 noviembre 2025.

IXP Name Ubicación Physical locations Number of members
BAIKAL-IX Irkutsk 0 8
BGP.Exchange - Moscow Moscow 0 11
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 13 302
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