🇷🇺 Russia (+7)

Russia Phone Number Validator & Carrier Lookup

Russia's most distinctive numbering trait is its trunk prefix: dialled domestically, numbers start with 8 before the 10-digit national number — not the 0 used across most of Europe — while international callers use the +7 country code. Every mobile number begins with 9. The market is served by four operators: MTS, MegaFon, Beeline and t2 (the former Tele2 Russia).

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+7
Dial code
10
Digits after +7
4
Mobile operators
< 20ms
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Russia phone number format

Russia numbers carry the +7 country code with a national trunk prefix of 8, dropped in E.164 format. Mobile and fixed-line ranges are distinguished by their leading digits and returned as a line_type you can filter on.

Mobile — E.164 format
+7 912 345-67-89
Domestic form: 8 (912) 345-67-89 — the trunk prefix 8 is dropped for international format. 10 digits after +7.
Fixed line — E.164 format
+7 301 123-45-67
Domestic form: 8 (301) 123-45-67 — the trunk prefix 8 is dropped for international format. 10 digits after +7.

Russia mobile operators & prefixes

Each mobile prefix is allocated to a specific operator. Veriphone returns that operator from the Roskomnadzor numbering plan, along with line type.

Each prefix belongs to one operator — but a number can be ported. The prefix tells you the operator a number was originally allocated to. Because Russia allows number portability, a number can keep its prefix after switching networks, so the prefix alone doesn't guarantee the operator serving it today. A Standard lookup returns the allocated operator; add mode=current to resolve the operator serving a ported number now.
MTS
0982, 0987, 09780, 09787–09788, 09807, 09831–09833, 09835, 09867 +32 more
Russia's largest operator by subscribers, part of the Sistema group, with nationwide coverage.
MegaFon
092, 0931, 0937, 0999, 09300–09304, 09307–09308, 09320–09326, 09328 +60 more
Major nationwide operator, historically the second-largest by subscriber base.
Beeline
096, 0903, 0905–0906, 0909, 090205–090207, 090252, 090255, 090462 +19 more
Consumer brand of VimpelCom (VEON group), a nationwide operator.
t2
0908, 0950, 0952–0953, 09000–09002, 09005–09006, 09009, 09013, 09015 +158 more
Formerly Tele2 Russia; rebranded to 't2' in 2024, wholly owned by Rostelecom.

Plus 22 smaller networks (MVNOs), including Motiv, TMT, Multiregional Transit Telecom (MTT), Sberbank-Telecom, Lyca Mobile. Veriphone resolves each to its host network.

Fixed-line area codes

For landline numbers, Veriphone returns the city or region where the numbering plan resolves one. Mobile numbers are non-geographic and carry no city.

Moscow
495
Moscow
499
Saint Petersburg
812
Novosibirsk
383
Yekaterinburg
343
Nizhny Novgorod
831
Kazan
843
Rostov-on-Don
863
Ported numbers. Number portability was introduced in Russia in 2013 and became fully operational across all four operators by 2014, letting subscribers keep their number when they switch. A Standard lookup returns the operator that originally held the number's block, so it can be stale once a number has been ported; mode=current resolves the operator actually serving it today.

Questions about Russia number validation

Do I dial 8 or +7 in front of a Russian number?

Domestically Russia uses the trunk prefix 8 before the 10-digit national number; from abroad, drop the 8 and dial the +7 country code instead. Never use both together.

Is +7 unique to Russia?

No. Kazakhstan shares country code +7, so a +7 number can be Russian or Kazakh. The digits after the code distinguish them — Russian mobiles begin with 9, while Kazakh ranges use 6 and 7.

Why does the returned operator not match the current provider?

Because the number may have been ported. A Standard lookup returns the operator that originally held the number's block; use mode=current to get the operator now serving it.

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