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.

Total 209 proxies Updated 11 min ago

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IP : Port	Country	City	Protocol	Anonymity	Org : ASN	Speed	Uptime
31.28.4.192:80	RU	—	HTTP	Anonymous	Filanco LTD : AS29076	4040 ms	66.0%
91.204.57.48:8989	RU	St Petersburg	SOCKS5	Elite	Yunta Ltd : AS47363	4487 ms	52.1%
95.73.123.25:8888	RU	Balashikha	SOCKS4 SOCKS5	Elite	PJSC "Rostelecom". Technical Team : AS12389	4643 ms	98.6%
45.128.204.242:8118	RU	Moscow	HTTP	Elite	AdminVPS OOO : AS211183	5552 ms	75.0%
95.73.123.25:3128	RU	Balashikha	HTTPS	Elite	PJSC "Rostelecom". Technical Team : AS12389	5624 ms	79.4%
31.41.227.175:2080	RU	—	SOCKS5	Elite	Pivovar-as : AS197499	6272 ms	40.3%
159.194.228.40:8888	RU	St Petersburg	HTTP	Elite	Beget LLC : AS198610	6457 ms	71.8%
45.128.204.242:1081	RU	—	SOCKS4 SOCKS5	Elite	AdminVPS : AS211183	8331 ms	81.3%
82.148.13.136:80	RU	Moscow	HTTP	Elite	Selectel : AS50340	8655 ms	58.9%
2.56.88.137:3128	RU	Moscow	HTTP	Anonymous	EUROBYTE : AS210079	9073 ms	60.4%
87.251.78.206:3128	RU	Moscow	HTTP	Transparent	Cloud Hosting Solutions, Limited : AS210546	10533 ms	48.4%
147.78.67.207:1080	RU	Moscow	SOCKS5	Elite	FIRST SERVER, SOCIEDAD LIMITADA : AS204997	11183 ms	76.3%
193.19.190.59:8095	RU	Voronezh	HTTP	Transparent	VORONEZHTELECOM-AS : AS43991	11547 ms	41.3%
45.90.32.134:3128	RU	St Petersburg	HTTP	Transparent	BEGET-AS : AS198610	15380 ms	45.6%
109.225.40.145:58080	RU	—	HTTP	Transparent	PJSC "Rostelecom". Kaluga branch : AS15468	19242 ms	46.7%
176.125.242.58:3128	RU	—	HTTP	Transparent	AlexHost : AS200019	20103 ms	55.6%
155.212.136.138:3128	RU	—	HTTP	Elite	BEGET-AS : AS198610	20820 ms	84.8%
91.233.223.147:3128	RU	—	HTTP	Transparent	Radist-AS : AS57753	23918 ms	79.5%
155.212.223.36:3128	RU	St Petersburg	HTTP	Transparent	BEGET-AS : AS198610	25958 ms	64.4%
147.45.234.29:3128	RU	Almaty	HTTP	Transparent	TWC-EU : AS210976	34756 ms	61.3%
92.60.83.142:8118	RU	—	HTTP	Anonymous	Located in Moscow, Russia. : AS25227	35488 ms	56.4%
46.188.49.186:3128	RU	Moscow	HTTP	Transparent	Moscow : AS8334	39277 ms	59.6%
89.113.5.120:1080	RU	Moscow	SOCKS5	Elite	Pool for static IP-address services : AS16345	209 ms	19.2%
176.114.199.202:1080	RU	Tver	SOCKS5	Elite	MNT-ANNET : AS50060	293 ms	34.1%
89.237.35.145:51549	RU	—	SOCKS4	Elite	Moscow, Russia : AS20485	746 ms	8.8%
5.254.178.160:10801	RU	—	SOCKS4	Elite	Retail : AS15774	816 ms	19.2%
31.163.200.63:4153	RU	Perm	SOCKS4	Elite	PJSC "Rostelecom". Technical Team : AS12389	830 ms	12.9%
217.76.39.4:1080	RU	Chekhov	SOCKS5	Elite	RadioNet-AS : AS16143	1011 ms	15.4%
80.252.137.246:1194	RU	Balashikha	HTTP HTTPS	Elite	FLEX-AS : AS21453	1318 ms	27.3%
5.140.110.96:1080	RU	Perm	SOCKS5	Elite	PJSC "Rostelecom". Technical Team : AS12389	1350 ms	20.9%
95.78.118.172:1080	RU	Nizhnekamsk	SOCKS5	Elite	ERTH-NCHLN-AS : AS42116	1386 ms	22.9%
89.148.196.156:1080	RU	Perm	SOCKS5	Elite	MTU : AS15640	1657 ms	39.6%
95.188.83.253:1080	RU	Krasnoyarsk	SOCKS4	Elite	PJSC "Rostelecom". Technical Team : AS12389	1678 ms	25.2%
93.90.212.2:4153	RU	—	SOCKS4	Elite	KMVTELECOM-AS : AS44963	1727 ms	10.0%
176.118.232.12:5678	RU	Aksay	SOCKS4	Elite	ASTIMER : AS47626	1734 ms	19.4%
195.19.51.20:1080	RU	Moscow	SOCKS5	Elite	JSC GTNT : AS57529	1770 ms	21.3%
188.143.169.22:33333	RU	St Petersburg	SOCKS4	Elite	— : AS44050	1857 ms	36.8%
85.174.84.22:1080	RU	—	SOCKS5	Elite	OJSC "Volgogradelectrosviaz" : AS33934	1893 ms	31.2%
92.39.69.134:11200	RU	Kirov	SOCKS4 SOCKS5	Elite	MTS : AS8359	2040 ms	11.6%
45.10.53.62:81	RU	—	HTTPS	Elite	MTW-AS : AS48347	2078 ms	30.5%
194.9.233.171:1080	RU	Nakhabino	SOCKS5	Elite	FORTEX-AS : AS48166	2088 ms	16.2%
176.100.216.164:8282	RU	—	HTTP HTTPS	Transparent	Telecom-Uslugi-AS : AS57489	2109 ms	38.0%
217.17.112.98:1080	RU	Kovrov	SOCKS4	Elite	OOO_KISS : AS50556	2166 ms	26.7%
213.248.39.166:4153	RU	Moscow	SOCKS4	Elite	Hosting and Colocation Services : AS12695	2194 ms	29.4%
87.229.236.151:1080	RU	Moscow	SOCKS5	Elite	SOVAM-AS : AS3216	2267 ms	27.0%
90.188.92.116:36335	RU	Tomsk	SOCKS4	Elite	PJSC "Rostelecom". Technical Team : AS12389	2322 ms	21.3%
89.189.132.154:1080	RU	—	SOCKS5	Elite	UBN-AS : AS24955	2383 ms	20.9%
94.247.241.70:51006	RU	St Petersburg	SOCKS4	Elite	JSC "ER-Telecom Holding" Saint-Petersburg Branch : AS41733	2429 ms	28.4%
185.9.73.44:1080	RU	Serpukhov	SOCKS5	Elite	IIF-AS : AS47321	2647 ms	20.0%
212.220.113.31:1080	RU	—	SOCKS5	Elite	PJSC "Rostelecom". Technical Team : AS12389	2661 ms	13.0%

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 Novosibirsk, commonly hosted by providers such as PJSC "Rostelecom". Technical Team, JSC Selectel and JSC "TIMEWEB".

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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