Currency and bank card transactions

CURRENCY EXCHANGE

Please note the following currency exchange restrictions:

only USD and EUR cash can be freely exchanged for RUB cash.
you must present your ID (passport) for transactions over RUB 40,000.
there is NO exchanging non-cash currency for RUB cash using MasterCard or Visa bank cards issued outside of Russia. It is also not possible to withdraw RUB cash from these cards.

Follow currency exchange updates on the official website of the Bank of Russia at cbr.ru.

Currency exchange offices

Bank	Address	Opening hours
Sberbank	18, Chernyshevskogo Prospekt	Mon.–Fri.: 10:00–20:00 Sat.: 11:00–17:30
Sberbank	1–3, Dumskaya Ulitsa	Mon.–Fri.: 09:30–21:00 Sat.: 10:00–20:00 Sun.: 10:00–18:00
Sberbank	1/25, Kazanskaya Ulitsa	Mon.–Fri.: 10:00–19:00 Sat.: 10:00–17:30
Sberbank	82, Nevsky Prospekt	Mon.–Fri.: 10:00–19:00
Sberbank	Nevsky Centre, 114–116, Nevsky Prospekt	Daily, 10:00–22:00
Sberbank	Galereya TRC, 26–38, Ligovsky Prospekt	Daily, 10:00–21:00
Sberbank	35, Liteiny Prospekt	Mon.–Fri.: 10:00–20:00
Sberbank	37A, Ligovsky Prospekt	Mon.–Fri.: 10:00–19:00 Sat.: 10:00–17:30
Sberbank	193, Moskovsky Prospekt	Mon.–Fri.: 10:00–20:00 Sat.: 10:00–19:00
Sberbank	27B, Dunaysky Prospekt, building 1Б	Mon.–Fri.: 10:00–20:00 Sat.: 10:00–19:00
Sberbank	88A, Ulitsa Lensoveta	Mon.–Fri.: 10:00–19:00
Sberbank	189A, Moskovsky Prospekt	Mon.–Fri.: 10:00–19:30 Sat.: 10:00–18:00
Sberbank	220A, Moskovsky Prospekt	Mon.–Fri.: 10:00–20:00 Sat.: 10:00–19:00
Sberbank	160A, Leninsky Prospekt	Mon.–Fri.: 10:00–19:30 Sat.: 10:00–18:30
Sberbank	Pushkin, 13/1A, Peterburgskoye Shosse	Mon.–Fri.: 10:00–21:00
Sberbank	Pushkin, 20A, Ulitsa Generala Khazova	Mon.–Fri.: 10:00–19:00
VTB Bank	11, Bolshaya Morskaya	Mon.–Fri.: 10:00–19:00
VTB Bank	2, Glinki Ulitsa	Mon.–Fri.: 10:00–19:00
VTB Bank	32, Chaikovskogo Ulitsa	Mon.–Fri.: 10:00–19:00
VTB Bank	6, Moskovsky Prospect	Mon.–Fri.: 10:00–19:00
VTB Bank	220, Moskovsky Prospekt	Mon.–Fri.: 10:00–20:00 Sat.: 10:00–17:00
Sovcombank	11, Liteiny Prospekt, 2nd floor	Mon.–Fri.: 09:00–18:00 Fri.: 09:00–17:00
Bank Saint Petersburg	20, 3-ya Liniya Vasilievskogo Ostrova	Mon.–Fri.: 09:30–20:00
Bank Saint Petersburg	7, Ostrovskogo Ploschad	Mon.–Fri.: 09:30–20:00 Sat.: 10:00–18:00
Bank Saint Petersburg	47, Rimskogo-Korsakova Prospekt	Mon.–Fri.: 09:30–20:00
Bank Saint Petersburg	7A, Moskovsky Prospekt	Mon.–Fri.: 10:00–20:00 Sat.: 10:00–18:00
Alfa Bank	41/ZA Pulkovskoye Shosse, 1st floor	24 hours
Global Exchange	41/ZA Pulkovskoye Shosse, 1st floor	24 hours

BANK CARDS

We do recommend having cash with you for the entire duration of SPILF due to restricted use of foreign bank cards in Russia.

The use of MIR and UnionPay cards in Russia is not restricted in any currency. We do recommend SPILF participants to get a new card/bring an existing card of these systems, if possible.

Please note that UnionPay has started its operations in Russia relatively recently. Therefore, cards of this payment system may occasionally malfunction.