--- title: "Russia Airport Smoking Areas" canonical: "https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/" language: "en-us" description: "Smoking areas at Russia airports. Indoor rooms restored after the 2019 amendment — Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, Vnukovo, St. Petersburg, and 60+ more." lastmod: "2026-10-24T00:00:00Z" --- # Russia Airport Smoking Areas You can smoke at virtually every Russian airport — outdoors almost everywhere, and indoors in enclosed, ventilated rooms after security at the country’s biggest hubs — the product of one of the more interesting recent histories in airport tobacco policy. The 2013 federal anti-smoking law banned indoor smoking at all enclosed public spaces, including airports — and indoor smoking rooms were closed nationwide. Six years later, in 2019, Russia amended the law to explicitly permit enclosed, ventilated smoking rooms at airports. Most major Russian airports promptly rebuilt their indoor smoking facilities. ## Russia Airports Compared: Before and After Security Before security, you can always smoke outside: at a designated smoking area where there is one, or outside the airport property, beyond the terminal kerb and car parks. After security, Yes means there is a smoking area past security and a dash means none is listed. Each airport’s page has the details. | Airport | Before security | After security | | --- | --- | --- | | [Abakan (ABA)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/aba-smoking-at-abakan-international-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Anadyr Ugolny (DYR)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/dyr-smoking-at-anadyr-ugolny-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Anapa (AAQ)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/aaq-smoking-at-anapa-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Arkhangelsk Talagi (ARH)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/arh-smoking-at-arkhangelsk-talagi-airport/) | Yes | Yes | | [Astrakhan Narimanovo (ASF)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/asf-smoking-at-astrakhan-narimanovo-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Barnaul (BAX)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/bax-smoking-at-barnaul-airport/) | Yes | Yes | | [Belgorod (EGO)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/ego-smoking-at-belgorod-international-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Blagoveshchensk Ignatyevo (BQS)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/bqs-smoking-at-blagoveshchensk-ignatyevo-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Bratsk (BTK)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/btk-smoking-at-bratsk-airport/) | Yes | Yes | | [Bryansk (BZK)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/bzk-smoking-at-bryansk-international-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Cheboksary (CSY)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/csy-smoking-at-cheboksary-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Chelyabinsk (CEK)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/cek-smoking-at-chelyabinsk-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Cherepovets (CEE)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/cee-smoking-at-cherepovets-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Chita Kadala (HTA)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/hta-smoking-at-chita-kadala-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Elista (ESL)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/esl-smoking-at-elista-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Grozny (GRV)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/grv-smoking-at-grozny-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Irkutsk (IKT)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/ikt-smoking-at-irkutsk-airport/) | Yes | Yes | | [Kaliningrad Khrabrovo (KGD)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/kgd-smoking-at-kaliningrad-khrabrovo-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Kazan (KZN)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/kzn-smoking-at-kazan-airport/) | Yes | Yes | | [Khabarovsk Novy (KHV)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/khv-smoking-at-khabarovsk-novy-airport/) | Yes | Yes | | [Komsomolsk-on-Amur (KXK)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/kxk-smoking-at-komsomolsk-on-amur-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Krasnodar (KRR)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/krr-smoking-at-krasnodar-pashkovsky-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Krasnoyarsk Yemelyanovo (KJA)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/kja-smoking-at-krasnoyarsk-yemelyanovo-international-airport/) | Yes | Yes | | [Kursk Vostochny (URS)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/urs-smoking-at-kursk-vostochny-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Magadan Sokol (GDX)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/gdx-smoking-at-magadan-sokol-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Magnitogorsk (MQF)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/mqf-smoking-at-magnitogorsk-international-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Makhachkala Uytash (MCX)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/mcx-smoking-at-makhachkala-uytash-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Moscow Domodedovo (DME)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/dme-smoking-at-moscow-domodedovo-international-airport/) | Yes | Yes | | [Moscow Sheremetyevo (SVO)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/svo-smoking-at-moscow-sheremetyevo-international-airport/) | Yes | Yes | | [Moscow Vnukovo (VKO)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/vko-smoking-at-moscow-vnukovo-airport/) | Yes | Yes | | [Murmansk (MMK)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/mmk-smoking-at-murmansk-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Nalchik (NAL)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/nal-smoking-at-nalchik-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Nizhnekamsk Begishevo (NBC)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/nbc-smoking-at-nizhnekamsk-begishevo-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Nizhnevartovsk (NJC)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/njc-smoking-at-nizhnevartovsk-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Nizhny Novgorod Strigino (GOJ)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/goj-smoking-at-nizhny-novgorod-strigino-airport/) | Yes | Yes | | [Novokuznetsk Spichenkovo (NOZ)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/noz-smoking-at-novokuznetsk-spichenkovo-airport/) | Yes | Yes | | [Novosibirsk (OVB)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/ovb-smoking-at-novosibirsk-tolmachevo-airport/) | Yes | Yes | | [Omsk Tsentralny (OMS)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/oms-smoking-at-omsk-tsentralny-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Orenburg Tsentralny (REN)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/ren-smoking-at-orenburg-tsentralny-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Orsk (OSW)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/osw-smoking-at-orsk-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Perm (PEE)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/pee-smoking-at-perm-international-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Yelizovo (PKC)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/pkc-smoking-at-petropavlovsk-kamchatsky-yelizovo-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Petrozavodsk (PES)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/pes-smoking-at-petrozavodsk-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Provideniya Bay (PVS)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/pvs-smoking-at-provideniya-bay-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Pskov (PKV)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/pkv-smoking-at-pskov-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Rostov-na-Donu (ROV)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/rov-smoking-at-rostov-na-donu-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Saint Petersburg (LED)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/led-smoking-at-saint-petersburg-pulkovo-airport/) | Yes | Yes | | [Samara Kurumoch (KUF)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/kuf-smoking-at-samara-kurumoch-airport/) | Yes | Yes | | [Saratov (GSV)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/gsv-smoking-at-saratov-gagarin-international-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Saratov Tsentralny (RTW)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/rtw-smoking-at-saratov-tsentralny-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Sochi (AER)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/aer-smoking-at-sochi-international-airport/) | Yes | Yes | | [Stavropol Shpakovskoye (STW)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/stw-smoking-at-stavropol-shpakovskoye-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Surgut (SGC)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/sgc-smoking-at-surgut-international-airport/) | Yes | Yes | | [Syktyvkar (SCW)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/scw-smoking-at-syktyvkar-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Tomsk Bogashevo (TOF)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/tof-smoking-at-tomsk-bogashevo-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Tyumen Roshchino (TJM)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/tjm-smoking-at-tyumen-roshchino-international-airport/) | Yes | Yes | | [Ufa (UFA)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/ufa-smoking-at-ufa-international-airport/) | Yes | Yes | | [Ulan-Ude Baikal (UUD)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/uud-smoking-at-ulan-ude-baikal-international-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Ulyanovsk Vostochny (ULY)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/uly-smoking-at-ulyanovsk-vostochny-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Vladikavkaz Beslan (OGZ)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/ogz-smoking-at-vladikavkaz-beslan-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Vladivostok (VVO)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/vvo-smoking-at-vladivostok-international-airport/) | Yes | Yes | | [Vody Mineralnye Vody (MRV)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/mrv-smoking-at-vody-mineralnye-vody-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Volgograd (VOG)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/vog-smoking-at-volgograd-international-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Voronezh (VOZ)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/voz-smoking-at-voronezh-international-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Yakutsk (YKS)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/yks-smoking-at-yakutsk-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Yaroslavl Tunoshna (IAR)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/iar-smoking-at-yaroslavl-tunoshna-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Yekaterinburg (SVX)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/svx-smoking-at-yekaterinburg-koltsovo-international-airport/) | Yes | Yes | | [Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (UUS)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/uus-smoking-at-yuzhno-sakhalinsk-airport/) | Yes | – | For travellers, this matters: a layover at Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, or Vnukovo means you can smoke in a heated, enclosed indoor room without leaving the secure zone. ## How Russian Airport Smoking Works The 2019 amendment (Federal Law No. 512-FZ, amending the 2013 Federal Law No. 15-FZ) permits airports to provide enclosed, ventilated smoking rooms accessible to passengers. The rooms are: - Post-security, available without leaving the transit zone - Heated/cooled with HVAC ventilation - Free to use at most airports (Sheremetyevo’s Terminal B Smoking Lounge is paid; rooms inside business lounges need lounge access) - Distributed across departure and transit areas at major hubs ## The Three Moscow Hubs **[Sheremetyevo (SVO)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/svo-smoking-at-moscow-sheremetyevo-international-airport/).** Moscow’s busiest airport, with terminals B, C, D, E and F. Free indoor smoking rooms sit airside on the 2nd floor of Terminal B (near Gate 122\) and Terminal C (near Gate 145). Terminal B adds a paid Smoking Lounge on the 3rd floor (around 1,000 RUB, no time limit), IQOS lounge zones run 6:00–23:00 in Terminals B, D, E and F, and the Moscow Lounge in Terminal D has its own smoking room for lounge guests. Covered, heated outdoor pavilions stand at every terminal entrance around the clock. **[Domodedovo (DME)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/dme-smoking-at-moscow-domodedovo-international-airport/).** Moscow’s second hub. International rooms reopened in 2024 at Gallery E Gates 5 and 8, and since 7 November 2025 three free rooms serve the domestic departures zone — two in Gallery C and one in Gallery D. All are post-security and free to use. **[Vnukovo (VKO)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/vko-smoking-at-moscow-vnukovo-airport/).** Moscow’s third hub, used heavily for domestic flights and smaller international destinations. Four free indoor smoking rooms, all after security — near Gate 18 and between Gates 28-29 in international departures, near Gates 8 and 17 in domestic — plus a smoking room in the 24-hour Art Lounge in Terminal A. Ask staff whether the IQOS spot near Gate 25 is open; heated-tobacco users can use the four regular rooms either way. ## Major Regional Airports **[St. Petersburg Pulkovo (LED)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/led-smoking-at-saint-petersburg-pulkovo-airport/).** A free indoor smoking room on the third floor of the domestic departures clean zone, next to the business lounges — open around the clock with short technical breaks, holding up to six people. A separate third-floor room (opened 2025\) covers heated-tobacco devices and e-cigarettes, and the Alma Valley restaurant on the second floor has its own smoking area for diners. Marked outdoor areas sit outside the terminal. **[Yekaterinburg Koltsovo (SVX)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/svx-smoking-at-yekaterinburg-koltsovo-international-airport/).** Four indoor rooms: one in the domestic departures waiting area (Terminal A) and one in the international departures level of Terminal B (2nd floor), both open to every passenger after security, plus rooms inside the Emerald (Izumrud) and Topaz business lounges. Hub for Ural region flights. **[Kazan (KZN)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/kzn-smoking-at-kazan-airport/).** Airport renovated for the 2018 FIFA World Cup; it has one indoor smoking cabin post-security. It serves the international departures sterile zone only — domestic passengers use the outdoor areas at ground level before security. **[Sochi (AER)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/aer-smoking-at-sochi-international-airport/).** Black Sea resort airport, 2014 Olympics renovation. Indoor rooms in both terminals after security — the international cabin sits near Gates 25-26, the domestic one in the sterile-zone atrium — plus outdoor areas for those who prefer fresh sea air. Travellers describe heated-tobacco devices such as IQOS as not permitted inside the terminal, the smoking rooms included. **[Novosibirsk (OVB)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/ovb-smoking-at-novosibirsk-tolmachevo-airport/).** Siberia’s largest city. Indoor rooms — essential given -30°C winters that make outdoor smoking impossible. **[Krasnodar (KRR)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/krr-smoking-at-krasnodar-pashkovsky-airport/).** Southern Russia, milder climate. Reopened to civilian flights on 11 September 2025; designated outdoor areas sit at ground level outside the terminal, and travellers have described a departures smoking room airside that the airport’s own service list does not include. **[Irkutsk (IKT)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/russia/ikt-smoking-at-irkutsk-airport/).** Lake Baikal gateway, Trans-Siberian railway terminal. Indoor rooms. ## Tips for Smokers at Russian Airports - All three Moscow airports have indoor smoking facilities post-security — easy transit - Sheremetyevo’s free rooms are in Terminal B (Gate 122\) and Terminal C (Gate 145); the T-B paid Smoking Lounge and the T-D Moscow Lounge room are the comfortable upgrades - Vnukovo has four free indoor rooms covering both international and domestic departures; ask staff whether the IQOS spot near Gate 25 is open - Russian winters at northern airports (Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk) make indoor rooms essential - Heat-not-burn devices and vapes are welcome at most smoking rooms; at Sochi, travellers describe IQOS as not permitted inside the terminal ## Frequently Asked Questions ### Can you smoke at Russian airports? Yes — Russian airports restored indoor smoking rooms after a 2019 amendment to the federal anti-smoking law explicitly permitted them. Moscow’s three main airports (Sheremetyevo SVO, Domodedovo DME, Vnukovo VKO), St. Petersburg Pulkovo (LED), Yekaterinburg Koltsovo (SVX), and many of the country’s largest regional hubs — including Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Samara, Ufa and Vladivostok — now maintain enclosed indoor smoking rooms post-security; smaller regional airports are typically outdoor-only. ### Where are the smoking rooms at Moscow airports? Moscow Sheremetyevo (SVO) has free indoor rooms airside on the 2nd floor of Terminal B (by Gate 122\) and Terminal C (by Gate 145), a paid Smoking Lounge on the 3rd floor of Terminal B (about 1,000 RUB), a smoking room inside the Terminal D Moscow Lounge, IQOS lounge zones in Terminals B, D, E and F (6:00–23:00), and covered outdoor pavilions at every terminal entrance. Moscow Domodedovo (DME) has international rooms in Gallery E by Gates 5 and 8 (opened July 2024\) plus three free domestic rooms in Galleries C and D since 7 November 2025\. Moscow Vnukovo (VKO) has four free rooms — near Gate 18 and between Gates 28-29 in international departures, near Gates 8 and 17 in domestic — plus a smoking room in the Terminal A Art Lounge; ask staff whether the IQOS spot near Gate 25 is open. Everything except the paid Sheremetyevo lounge and the lounge rooms is free. ### Which Russian airports have indoor smoking facilities? Most major Russian airports do. The three Moscow airports (SVO, DME, VKO), St. Petersburg Pulkovo (LED), Yekaterinburg Koltsovo (SVX, four rooms), Kazan (KZN, international departures only), Sochi (AER, 2014 Olympics renovation), Novosibirsk (OVB), and Irkutsk (IKT, Lake Baikal gateway) all have indoor smoking rooms. Krasnodar (KRR) reopened in September 2025; travellers have described a departures smoking room airside, which the airport’s own service list does not include. Specific room locations are listed on each airport’s page. ### Can I smoke during a Russian airport layover? Yes — and easily. Indoor smoking rooms at major Russian airports are post-security, so you can step out of your gate, walk to the nearest room, smoke, and return without re-clearing security. Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, and Vnukovo are well-equipped for transit smokers; Pulkovo (St. Petersburg) likewise. Walking time from gate to room is typically 5-10 minutes. ### Are e-cigarettes and vapes legal in Russia? Yes — vaping is legal in Russia and treated similarly to smoking at airports. Most airport smoking rooms permit both cigarettes and vapes. Heat-not-burn devices like IQOS are widely available and welcome in the regular smoking rooms, and Sheremetyevo runs dedicated IQOS lounge zones in Terminals B, D, E and F (6:00–23:00). Ask staff at Vnukovo whether the IQOS-branded spot near Gate 25 is open; travellers describe heated-tobacco devices as not permitted inside Sochi’s terminal, the smoking rooms included.