What is a free proxy and how does it work?

A proxy server sits between your device and the internet. When you connect through one, the site you visit sees the proxy's IP address instead of yours, and traffic is relayed back and forth through that server. The proxies listed here are aggregated automatically from public sources — free to use, with no account or payment required.

Is it safe to use the free proxies listed here?

The list is compiled automatically from public sources and not independently vetted for who operates each server. It's fine for low-risk tasks like checking geo-specific content or testing, but avoid using any free proxy — from this list or elsewhere — for logging into important accounts or entering payment details, since an unencrypted (HTTP) proxy operator can potentially see that traffic.

How often is the proxy list updated?

The system automatically syncs new proxy data every 15 minutes from multiple public sources, merges and de-duplicates them, and replaces the list — so what you see is always close to current.

What's the difference between HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS4, and SOCKS5 proxies?

HTTP proxies handle plain web traffic; HTTPS proxies add TLS encryption for the connection to the proxy, useful when that leg needs to stay private. SOCKS4/SOCKS5 work at a lower level and can relay almost any TCP connection, not just web traffic — SOCKS5 additionally supports authentication and UDP. Filter by protocol above to match what your task needs.

What do "elite," "anonymous," and "transparent" anonymity levels mean?

Elite proxies hide both your IP and the fact that a proxy is being used at all. Anonymous proxies identify themselves as a proxy but withhold your real IP. Transparent proxies pass your original IP along to the destination, so they don't hide your identity — pick the level that matches what the task actually requires.

Why do free proxies stop working so quickly?

Free proxies are typically run on shared, unmanaged, or misconfigured servers with no guaranteed uptime, so they can go offline, get overloaded, or be reassigned at any time — sometimes within minutes. That's also why this list refreshes automatically every 15 minutes and why it's worth checking uptime and response time before relying on any one entry.

Can I use these proxies for web scraping?

Yes, rotating through multiple free proxies is a common way to distribute scraping requests and avoid a single IP getting rate-limited or blocked. Keep expectations realistic though — free proxies are slower and less reliable than dedicated scraping infrastructure, so build in retries and don't depend on any single proxy staying alive.

Can a proxy help me access content restricted to another country?

Yes — connecting through a proxy located in a specific country makes your traffic appear to originate there, which is commonly used to check how a site, price, or search result looks from that location. Filter the list by country to find one in the location you need.

Do I need to create an account to use TOPFreeProxyList.com?

No. The proxy list, filters, and every tool on this site — including the Proxy Checker — are free to use with no registration, login, or personal information required.

How do I filter the list by country, protocol, or quality?

Use the filter bar above the proxy table: choose a country, protocol (HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS4/SOCKS5), minimum anonymity level, or minimum uptime, then sort by fastest response, highest uptime, or most recently updated. You can also browse dedicated pages for any country or protocol directly.

What do "uptime" and "response time" mean in the list?

Uptime is the percentage of recent checks where a proxy successfully responded — higher means more reliable. Response time is how long it took to connect, in milliseconds — lower means faster. Proxies with low uptime are sorted toward the bottom of the default "fastest response" view, since a fast proxy that's frequently down isn't actually useful.

Does TOPFreeProxyList.com log or monitor traffic sent through these proxies?

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Can I use a free proxy for streaming video?

Technically yes, but it's rarely a good experience — free proxies typically have limited bandwidth and inconsistent speed, and many streaming services actively detect and block known proxy/datacenter IP ranges. They work better for quick checks (like confirming region-locked availability) than for sustained streaming.

What's the difference between a proxy and a VPN?

Both route your traffic through another server, but a VPN typically encrypts all traffic from your device at the operating-system level and is meant for consistent, ongoing use, while a proxy is usually configured per-application (like a browser) and, unless it's an HTTPS/SOCKS5 proxy, doesn't necessarily encrypt the connection to itself. Proxies are generally lighter-weight and better suited to one-off or task-specific use.

How do I check whether a proxy is actually working before I use it?

Use the free Proxy Checker tool — paste in one or more proxies, pick the protocol and format, and it will connect through each one in real time and report back whether it's alive, its exit IP, country, city, and response time.

Free Russia Proxy List (RU Proxies) (Updated in Real-Time)

209 free Russia proxies (HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS4 & SOCKS5), averaging 58.3% uptime, refreshed automatically every 15 minutes.

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IP : Port	Country	City	Protocol	Anonymity	Org : ASN	Speed	Uptime
88.87.69.240:1080	RU	Volgograd	SOCKS5	Elite	JSC "ER-Telecom Holding" Volgograd Branch : AS39435	1667 ms	100.0%
158.160.159.18:1080	RU	Moscow	SOCKS4	Elite	Yandex.Cloud LLC : AS200350	1790 ms	100.0%
195.19.50.135:1080	RU	Moscow	SOCKS5	Elite	JSC GTNT : AS57529	1882 ms	96.8%
185.17.1.218:1080	RU	—	SOCKS5	Elite	ITsap-as : AS208392	1928 ms	72.5%
135.136.188.213:1081	RU	Moscow	SOCKS5	Elite	FIRST SERVER, SOCIEDAD LIMITADA : AS204997	1970 ms	54.2%
89.250.148.158:1080	RU	Tyumen	SOCKS4	Elite	JSC "ER-Telecom Holding" Tyumen' branch : AS41682	1993 ms	41.3%
188.246.226.175:1080	RU	St Petersburg	SOCKS5	Elite	— : AS49505	2003 ms	99.3%
46.8.104.176:1080	RU	St Petersburg	SOCKS4	Elite	Evro Telecom OOO : AS207952	2046 ms	56.6%
194.67.51.210:1080	RU	Moscow	SOCKS5	Elite	— : AS3216	2088 ms	47.3%
83.219.1.130:5678	RU	—	SOCKS4	Elite	PJSC "Rostelecom". Technical Team : AS12389	2114 ms	47.5%
62.109.18.166:50000	RU	Khimki	SOCKS4	Elite	JSC Datacenter : AS29182	2130 ms	96.3%
78.107.239.113:1080	RU	Moscow	SOCKS5	Elite	— : AS8402	2148 ms	97.5%
109.195.215.208:1080	RU	Magnitogorsk	SOCKS5	Elite	CJSC "ER-Telecom Holding" Magnitogorsk Branch : AS56377	2172 ms	52.4%
78.29.56.178:1080	RU	Chelyabinsk	SOCKS5	Elite	Intersvyaz-2 JSC : AS8369	2190 ms	45.8%
194.186.246.22:8888	RU	Moscow	HTTPS	Elite	SOVAMTelePort Static : AS3216	2272 ms	100.0%
78.109.137.53:1080	RU	Barnaul	SOCKS5	Elite	— : AS50512	2274 ms	55.9%
213.171.15.153:1080	RU	Novosibirsk	SOCKS5	Elite	TW VDS : AS57494	2282 ms	99.7%
92.246.138.239:10808	RU	Moscow	SOCKS4	Elite	Aeza Group LLC : AS216246	2292 ms	97.1%
89.188.242.243:80	RU	—	HTTP	Elite	SAKHTEL-AS : AS20533	2303 ms	84.0%
46.148.234.53:8120	RU	St Petersburg	HTTP	Elite	— : AS49505	2326 ms	100.0%
94.19.13.170:1080	RU	St Petersburg	SOCKS5	Elite	SkyNet Networks : AS35807	2401 ms	94.9%
80.64.171.12:1080	RU	Bolotnoye	SOCKS5	Elite	— : AS34757	2404 ms	99.4%
94.233.120.194:1080	RU	Volgograd	SOCKS5	Elite	OJSC Rostelecom Macroregional Branch South : AS12389	2411 ms	43.5%
188.235.21.247:2080	RU	Voronezh	SOCKS5	Elite	JSC "ER-Telecom Holding" Voronezh Branch : AS50542	2456 ms	100.0%
46.47.197.210:3128	RU	St Petersburg	HTTP	Elite	JSC PeterStar : AS20632	2466 ms	63.6%
185.179.189.248:1080	RU	Moscow	SOCKS4	Elite	WEBHOST : AS44094	2470 ms	100.0%
188.190.153.101:7890	RU	Otradnyy	SOCKS4	Elite	Zhigulevsk Cable Network LLC : AS56407	2494 ms	98.2%
185.137.234.101:1080	RU	St Petersburg	SOCKS5	Elite	— : AS49505	2517 ms	81.4%
88.87.70.176:10808	RU	Volgograd	HTTP	Elite	JSC "ER-Telecom Holding" Volgograd Branch : AS39435	2519 ms	98.8%
5.180.19.241:1080	RU	Rostov-on-Don	SOCKS5	Elite	Yug-Telecom-K LLC : AS210135	2528 ms	99.1%
5.129.194.48:1080	RU	Moscow	SOCKS5	Elite	JSC "TIMEWEB" : AS9123	2552 ms	99.8%
77.232.27.5:1080	RU	Moscow	SOCKS5	Elite	JSC AKADO-Stolitsa : AS15582	2552 ms	97.0%
37.46.133.12:3128	RU	Khimki	HTTP	Elite	JSC Datacenter : AS29182	2571 ms	99.5%
93.90.231.101:1080	RU	Yekaterinburg	SOCKS5	Elite	PJSC MTS / former CJSC Comstar-Direct : AS8359	2590 ms	40.9%
188.243.92.35:1080	RU	St Petersburg	SOCKS5	Elite	SkyNet Networks : AS35807	2650 ms	81.6%
176.195.231.44:1080	RU	St Petersburg	SOCKS4	Elite	Net By Net Holding LLC : AS12714	2665 ms	47.1%
81.163.20.187:1080	RU	Moscow	SOCKS5	Elite	— : AS50340	2674 ms	99.5%
5.129.221.28:8080	RU	Moscow	SOCKS5	Elite	JSC "TIMEWEB" : AS9123	2680 ms	100.0%
81.211.116.10:1080	RU	Nizhnekamsk	SOCKS5	Elite	OJSC Vimpelcom B2O et B2B Client static IP pool : AS3216	2686 ms	98.3%
95.84.138.220:1080	RU	Moscow	SOCKS5	Elite	— : AS42610	2694 ms	100.0%
94.243.16.112:1080	RU	Vladivostok	SOCKS5	Elite	— : AS8359	2703 ms	100.0%
109.201.65.165:1080	RU	Vladimir	SOCKS5	Elite	CJSC COMSTAR-Regions : AS42322	2726 ms	100.0%
176.123.169.44:1090	RU	Moscow	SOCKS4	Elite	JSC IOT : AS29182	2761 ms	95.8%
89.223.64.143:1080	RU	St Petersburg	SOCKS5	Elite	JSC "TIMEWEB" : AS9123	2781 ms	91.4%
87.103.210.120:1080	RU	Novokuznetsk	SOCKS5	Elite	OJSC Rostelecom : AS12389	2786 ms	100.0%
95.83.154.186:1080	RU	Ryazan	SOCKS5	Elite	ZAO "Electro-Com" : AS15774	2824 ms	52.7%
81.195.131.20:1080	RU	Moscow	SOCKS5	Elite	Starov Konstantin Vladimirovich : AS197023	2842 ms	42.9%
213.139.209.34:8080	RU	St Petersburg	HTTP HTTPS	Elite	BEGET-AS : AS198610	2914 ms	90.5%
188.17.153.86:11080	RU	Perm	SOCKS5	Elite	Dynamic distribution IPs for broadband services : AS12389	2937 ms	46.4%
194.87.197.21:8080	RU	St Petersburg	HTTP HTTPS	Elite	Baxet Group Inc : AS51659	3997 ms	94.9%

Looking for a proxy server in Russia? This page tracks 209 of them, kept current with an automatic refresh every 15 minutes. It currently ranks #5 of 132 tracked countries by proxy count. Filter by protocol or anonymity level to find the right one.

Of the proxies currently listed: 183 elite, 6 anonymous, and 20 transparent — averaging 58.3% uptime and 4370ms response time overall.

Servers on this list are concentrated in Moscow, St Petersburg and Volgograd, commonly hosted by providers such as PJSC "Rostelecom". Technical Team, JSC Selectel and JSC "ER-Telecom Holding".

Elite proxies hide the fact that a proxy is being used at all, anonymous proxies identify themselves as a proxy but withhold the original IP, and transparent proxies pass the original IP along — pick the anonymity level that matches what the task actually requires. Since this list is sourced from public, free servers, response times and reliability vary; always test a proxy before relying on it for anything important, and avoid using free proxies for sensitive logins or financial transactions.

This list refreshes on its own every 15 minutes, so what's shown above is the most recent available data — come back anytime for an updated batch, no manual refresh required.

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How to Use Russia Proxy Free

1

Choose a proxy

Browse the Russia proxies listed above and pick one based on protocol, uptime, and anonymity level (elite, anonymous, or transparent) that fits what you need it for.
2

Add it to your device

Copy the IP address and port, then enter them into your device's or browser's proxy settings (Windows/macOS network settings, a browser extension, or an app's connection settings both work — the exact steps depend on what you're using it in).
3

Connect and check the status

Save the settings and try loading a page. If it doesn't connect, the proxy may already be offline — free proxies come and go, so pick another from the list and try again.
4

Use it to protect your original IP

Once connected, sites you visit see the proxy's IP address instead of your own — useful for basic anonymity, checking how a site looks from another location, or keeping your real IP address private.

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