Russia bans individuals from taking more than 1 million rubles in cash to EAEU countries

Russian Presidential Decree No. 709 of September 29, 2026, bans the export of Russian currency in cash from the Russian Federation, Armenia’s State Revenue Committee (SRC) reported, citing information provided by the Federal Customs Service of Russia’s representative office in Armenia.

Specifically, the ban applies to taking Russian currency out of Russia to the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan), as well as to Azerbaijan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan:

🔹for individuals, if the amount exceeds 1 million rubles;
🔹for legal entities and individual entrepreneurs, regardless of the amount, except in cases specified in the decree.

“The Committee urges those planning to take cash out of the Russian Federation to familiarize themselves in advance with the current rules and the exceptions provided for, and to comply with them,” the statement said.