OSINT Resources for RuNet

220vk.com

VK analytics and profile research tool

2gis.ru

Detailed Russian mapping and business directory with building-level data, company listings, photos and panoramas — strong for geolocation and corporate footprinting.

2ip.io

Find domains hosted on same IP

2ip.ru

Website analysis tool

2ip.ru

Detailed WHOIS lookup via 2IP

2ip.io

IP geolocation and WHOIS lookup

2ip.ru

Russian IP/domain lookup tool

8sot.su

Russian phone number lookup site

sanctions.acf.international

Navalny FBK sanctions search tool

acompromat.net

Russian compromat site

t.me

Telegram bot aggregating OSINT search tools

alt-linux.ru

Russian Linux distribution

andisearch.com

AI-powered search engine

antislang.ru

Russian internet slang dictionary

apronus.com

Browser-based Russian keyboard

astralinux.ru

Russian military/gov certified Linux distro

auroraos.ru

Russian mobile OS for government devices

bankrot.fedresurs.ru

Official Russian bankruptcy register

github.com

Check phone numbers against Telegram accounts

botsentinel.com

Twitter/X bot and inauthentic account detection

bz.ru

VK group and content monitoring

cbr.ru

Check Russian financial market participants

ceicdata.com

Macroeconomic data for Russia

centralops.net

Network lookup and domain tools

github.com

Open-source OCR tool for document digitisation

chat.openai.com

OpenAI's conversational AI

checko.ru

Russian company verification tool

clearspending.ru

Open spending / government contracts analytics

companies.rbc.ru

RBC's company database with news links

companium.ru

Russian company information aggregator

compromat.group

Compromat aggregator

compromat.ru

Compromising information archive on Russian elites

cse.google.com

Google CSE for Russian court sites

data.gov.ru

Russian government open data

deaddrop.theosintconsultants.com

OSINT tool collection including Telegram tools

debunk.org

Disinformation debunking and analysis tool

declarator.org

Russian officials' asset declarations database

descript.com

AI audio/video transcription and editing

digitalrussiastudies.github.io

Guide to Russian government open data sources

disclosure.1prime.ru

Corporate disclosure via 1Prime agency

disclosure.ru

Corporate disclosure portal

disclosure.skrin.ru

Skrin corporate disclosure portal

dislike24.ru

Russian business review and location directory

dnslytics.com

Reverse analytics to find sites sharing tracking IDs

e-disclosure.azipi.ru

Alternative corporate disclosure search

e-disclosure.ru

Russian corporate disclosure database

e-ecolog.ru

Environmental license and company data

eais.rkn.gov.ru

Automated system of blocked websites

egrul.nalog.ru

The official Russian Federal Tax Service register of legal entities and sole traders. Authoritative source for company registration extracts (EGRUL/EGRIP).

erir.grfc.ru

Register of foreign online advertisers operating in Russia

etp-ets.ru

Electronic trading system for tenders

etpgpb.ru

Gazprombank e-trading platform

expert.ru

Russian business-analytical weekly

internetgovernance.org

Summary of Russia's Sovereign Internet Law

fedresurs.ru

Unified federal information resource (insolvency/liquidation)

fedstat.ru

Federal statistics aggregator

filin.mail.ru

Retrieve profile photo linked to Mail.ru address (replace EMAIL)

findclone.ru

Facial-recognition search engine indexing VKontakte profile photos. Widely used in Russian people-search investigations. Requires a Russian phone number to register.

new.fips.ru

Official Russian IP and patent database (Rospatent)

flb.ru

Russian investigative journalism and compromat

pb.nalog.ru

Beneficial ownership information

bo.nalog.ru

Official financial statements of Russian companies

service.nalog.ru

Look up individual's tax ID (INN) by personal data

service.nalog.ru

Check if a company INN is valid

service.nalog.ru

Check if an individual INN is valid

rmsp.nalog.ru

Register of small and medium enterprises

forumrate.ru

Russian forum traffic rankings

freereceivesms.com

Receive SMS online (useful for account verification)

fssp.gov.ru

Federal Bailiffs Service; enforcement proceedings search

fssp.gov.ru

Search active enforcement proceedings

fsspru.net

Unofficial FSSP search mirror

gazprom-media.com

Gazprom's media holding (NTV, TNT, etc.)

github.com

OSINT tool for Telegram geolocation research

giga.chat

Russia's Sberbank AI chatbot

go-transcribe.com

Transcription service with Russian support

google.com

Google in Russian

google.com

Google's advanced search interface

gemini.google.com

Google's AI assistant

bit.ly

Google's multilingual input method extension

notebooklm.google.com

AI research assistant; can process audio

translate.google.com

General-purpose machine translation

gosuslugi.ru

Russian e-government portal

gramota.ru

Official Russian language reference (grammar rules)

happyscribe.com

Automated transcription supporting Russian

hottg.com

Telegram channel search and trending

hubofdata.ru

Russian open data aggregator

hunter.io

Email address finder and verifier

i2ocr.com

Free online OCR supporting Russian

imagewhisperer.org

AI-generated image detection tool

immersivetranslate.com

Browser extension for bilingual page translation

intelx.io

OSINT search platform including Telegram

interfax.ru

Leading Russian private news agency

archive.org

Archive of historical web content

invid-project.eu

Browser plugin for video verification and provenance

iprofiles.ru

VK profile search database

journalismresearch.org

Academic research on journalism and disinformation

kad.arbitr.ru

Official Russian arbitration court database

kartoteka.ru

Russian company dossier service

focus.kontur.ru

Commercial company-intelligence platform aggregating registry, arbitration, financial and connection data on Russian entities. Paid, with limited free lookups.

kribrum.io

Social media monitoring platform (VK focus)

levada.ru

Independent Russian sociological research center

linguee.com

Translation with real-world usage examples

lingvolive.com

Professional Russian-English dictionary

list-org.com

Russian company lookup including by domain

list-vk.com

VK list/directory tool

liveinternet.ru

Russian site traffic ratings

livejournal.com

Blogging platform popular in Russia

livejournal.com

Most popular LJ communities

livejournal.com

Most popular LiveJournal bloggers

loc.gov

Library of Congress archive of Russian independent media

lyzem.com

Full-text search across Telegram channels

switchingtomac.com

How to use macOS on-screen keyboard for Russian input

wearemaffick.com

RT-linked Western-facing media operation

account.mail.ru

Verify whether a Mail.ru account exists

github.com

Find email accounts by username across providers

masterrussian.com

Russian grammar and vocabulary reference

medialandscapes.org

Country-level media landscape profiles

mediascope.net

Russian internet audience measurement agency

mediascope.net

Downloadable datasets on Russian internet audience

mfd.ru

Russian investor community forum with company data

minjust.gov.ru

Russian Ministry of Justice list of foreign agents

unro.minjust.ru

Official Ministry of Justice NGO registry

mlg.ru

Russian media audience ratings

mlg.ru

Russian Telegram channel audience rankings

economy.com

Russia economic indicators

moscowmedia.net

Moscow city-funded media holding

multistat.ru

Multi-source Russian statistics portal

multitran.com

Comprehensive Russian multilingual dictionary

my.mail.ru

Mail.ru's social network platform

my.mail.ru

People search within Mail.ru social network

mysmsbox.ru

Russian SMS/phone lookup tool

nashstore.ru

Alternative Russian app store

nebaz.ru

VK group statistics and analytics

nic.ru

Info on Russian and Cyrillic domain extensions

nic.ru

Russian domain registrar WHOIS lookup

niir.ru

Official Russian phone number allocation database

nmg.ru

State-linked media conglomerate

data.notariat.ru

Notary registry and information

notariat.ru

Search open probate/inheritance cases

notariat.ru

Verify notarised documents via QR

app.notta.ai

AI-powered meeting transcription tool

novayagazeta.ru

Prominent independent Russian newspaper

novyefoto.ru

Russian photo site searchable by face

ntechlab.com

Russian facial recognition technology company

occrp.org

OCCRP project tracking Russian oligarch assets

aleph.occrp.org

OCCRP investigative data platform

ocr.space

Free OCR API and web tool

ok.ru

Built-in Odnoklassniki search

okigo.ru

Analytics and search for Odnoklassniki profiles

online-translator.com

Russian-focused machine translator

onlineocr.net

Online OCR with Russian language support

github.com

Open-source speech recognition model supporting Russian

opencorporates.com

Global corporate registry aggregator

openngo.ru

Russian NGO database and search

opensanctions.org

Open-source sanctions and PEP database

opensanctions.org

Download sanctions datasets

org-info.com

Business information and domain research

osintcombine.com

Map of inauthentic content and influence operations

data-scripts.ovd.info

Structured data on foreign agent designations

aistudio.baidu.com

Multilingual OCR including Cyrillic

perplexity.ai

AI search with source citations

photo-map.ru

Geotagged photo map from Russian social networks

platforms.su

Info on Russian digital platforms and their regulation

publicwww.com

Source code search; find sites sharing tracking IDs/scripts

quora.com

Q&A platform; useful for finding Russian-language discussions

rambler-co.ru

Media holding owning Rambler, Afisha, and others

top100.rambler.ru

Rambler's site traffic rankings including media

rbc.ru

Major Russian business news outlet

redfish.media

RT-linked social media outlet

reestr.digital.gov.ru

Registry of accredited Russian IT companies

reestr-dover.ru

Register of powers of attorney

reestr-dover.ru

Register of revoked powers of attorney

reestr-zalogov.ru

Russian pledge/collateral registry

regnum.ru

Russian news agency with regional focus

regvk.com

Find VK profile by registration number/ID

reputation.su

Russian company reputation scoring

reverso.net

Translation with context examples

ria.ru

State-run Russian news agency

rima.media

Directory of Russian independent media sources

nap.rkn.gov.ru

Register of copyright-infringing content

blocklist.rkn.gov.ru

Searchable list of blocked URLs/IPs

rkn.gov.ru

Register of licensed internet service providers

reestr-svyaz.rkn.gov.ru

Register of licensed telecom operators

rkn.gov.ru

Register of registered mass media outlets

97-fz.rkn.gov.ru

Register of communication service providers under 97-FZ

rkn.gov.ru

Licensed TV and radio outlets

rosa.ru

Russian Linux distribution

rosbalt.ru

Russian news agency (St. Petersburg-based)

roseltorg.ru

State e-procurement platform

roskazna.gov.ru

Federal Treasury financial data

rkn.gov.ru

Russian internet regulator

rosotkat.ru

Russian exposé and investigative material

rossiyasegodnya.com

State information agency (umbrella for RIA Novosti, Sputnik)

rosstat.gov.ru

Russian Federal Statistics Service

docs.rsshub.app

Generate RSS from Telegram channels

rts-tender.ru

Electronic trading platform for state tenders

rucompromat.eu

Russian compromat aggregator (EU-hosted)

rufinder.pro

VK profile search and OSINT tool

runet-id.com

Russian internet company directory

rupep.org

Database of Russian politically exposed persons

ruplay.market

Another Russian app marketplace

ruptly.tv

RT's video news agency

rusprofile.ru

Free aggregator of Russian company data drawn from official registries — directors, owners, financials, affiliations. A first stop for corporate due diligence.

ru.wikipedia.org

Wikipedia list of Russia's federal subjects with maps

russianlessons.net

Russian language learning resource

bit.ly

Course resource on Russian name conventions

rus.postcodebase.com

Russian postal code lookup

d-russia.ru

Government list of recommended Russian software alternatives

russian.typeit.org

Virtual Russian keyboard for typing in browser

apps.rustore.ru

VK's Russian app store (Google Play alternative)

ryanestrada.com

Visual comic guide to learning Russian alphabet

search4faces.com

Facial recognition search across Russian social networks

searchcode.com

Source code search engine

semrush.com

Trending/popular websites in Russia

showid.ru

Show VK numeric ID from profile URL

similarweb.com

Rankings of most visited websites in Russia

slang.su

Russian slang and colloquial expressions

smsc.ru

Check if a Russian mobile number is active (HLR)

smspilot.ru

Alternative HLR lookup for Russian numbers

sokr.ru

Database of Russian abbreviations and acronyms

sonix.ai

Automated transcription platform

spark-interfax.ru

Business intelligence and credit scoring platform

spravkaru.net

Russian reverse phone directory

statdom.ru

Domain statistics and registration data for .ru/.рф

statista.com

Global statistics platform; useful for Russia internet/media data

sudact.ru

Aggregated Russian court decisions database

tadviser.ru

Russian IT industry company database

tass.ru

Official Russian state news agency

tdirectory.me

Telegram channel and group directory

cse.google.com

Google Custom Search Engine for Telegram content

telegram.org

Messaging app widely used in Russia/CIS

github.com

Curated list of Telegram channels

github.com

Analyse exported Telegram chat data

github.com

Track and collect Telegram channel data

github.com

Scrape Telegram channel messages

telemetr.io

Telegram channel analytics platform

telemetryapp.io

Telegram channel analytics

github.com

Open-source Telegram investigation toolkit

github.com

Telegram OSINT reconnaissance tool

teleteg.com

Telegram channel catalog

codeberg.org

Python library for Telegram API

github.com

Open-source OCR engine with Russian support

testfirm.ru

Russian company search tool

chromewebstore.google.com

Bulk Telegram messaging Chrome extension

tgdev.io

Telegram channel directory and search

tgstat.com

Telegram channel statistics and rankings

translit.net

Online Russian transliteration tool

translit.ru

Russian transliteration and translation tool

turboscribe.ai

AI transcription tool

tvzvezda.ru

Russian Ministry of Defence TV channel

t.me

Telegram bot for searching Russian databases

vc.ru

Russian startup and business news platform

vestnik-gosreg.ru

Bulletin of state registration; liquidation notices

vgtrk.ru

Russia's state broadcasting holding (RT, Russia-1, etc.)

vincos.it

Visual map of dominant social networks by country

vk.barkov.net

VK audience analysis and targeting tool

vk.city4me.com

Extract geolocation from VK user activity

vk.com

VK's built-in people/group/content search

vk.targethunter.ru

VK audience analytics and targeting platform

github.com

Open-source tool to scrape VK URLs and media

vk-baza.ru

VK profile database search

vk.ru

Alternative VK domain

vk.watch

VK post monitoring and analytics

t.me

Telegram bot retrieving VK profile change history

github.com

Generate RSS feeds from VK groups/pages

vposter.ru

Alternative VK ID lookup tool

w3techs.com

Web technology usage statistics; shows share of Russian-language content online

web.archive.org

Internet Archive collection of Russian independent media

web.archive.org

Internet Archive collection of Telegram channels

waybien.com

Telegram channel and message search

wciom.com

WCIOM English-language version

wciom.ru

Russia's main state polling agency

wikimapia.org

Crowdsourced geographic annotations

wiktionary.org

Multilingual open dictionary

winrus.com

Online Russian keyboard layout

ya.ru

Yandex's simplified portal

docs.yandex.ru

View cached/archived documents via Yandex (replace URL)

yandex.ru

Yandex reverse image search

yandex.ru

Yandex patent search tool

yandex.com

Russia's dominant search engine. Indexes RuNet content far more thoroughly than Google, with powerful operators, image/reverse-image search and locally relevant results.

yandex.ru

Russia's dominant search engine

wordstat.yandex.com

Keyword frequency/popularity tool for Russian queries

ya.ru

Yandex's AI assistant

github.com

Research Yandex email accounts

you.com

AI-powered search engine

zachestnyibiznes.ru

Company legitimacy and risk assessment

zags.nalog.gov.ru

Russian civil registry name frequency data

zakupki.gov.ru

Official Russian public procurement portal

zvukibukvy.ru

Russian youth/internet slang resource