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Russia

HighScore 6Compound crisesOpen the map

Level, last 60 days

  • Deaths 30 d

    54

    UCDP up to 2026-08-31

  • Per million 90 d

    0.4

    last 90 days

  • Civilians

    9%

    last 90 days

  • Incidents 30 d

    20

  • Population

    143.5 M

    World Bank

  • Plants near violence

    2 / 64

    near violence / total; 10 nuclear

Why this level4

  • +3UK FCDO advises against all travel to the whole countryUK FCDO travel advice
  • +17 deaths in organised violence in the last 30 daysUCDP GED Candidate
  • +110 critical internet-connectivity alerts in 24 hoursIODA, Georgia Tech
  • +1Compound crisis: organised violence, official travel advice, internet outages at the same timeARMSMA situation watch

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Every monitored signal

The last 60 days, each on its own scale.

  • Violence deaths, 30 days

    7

  • Travel advice level (FCDO)

    4

  • Violence incidents, 30 days

    4

  • Internet outage alerts, 24 h

    10

  • Natural hazards, 7 days

    1

  • Power plants near violence

    2

  • Severe weather warnings in force

    3

  • Refugees who fled

    187 670

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Deaths in organised violence, per week

Russia, UCDP best estimates. The red bar is the latest week.

The latest week may be incomplete.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Who the violence is between

Deaths by kind of violence, last 90 days of data.

  • State-based conflict · 100%
  • Non-state conflict · 0%
  • Against civilians · 0%

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Food, displacement, sanctions

People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
—
2026-08
Share in food crisis
—
2026-08
Undernourishment
2.5%
2023
Refugees who fled
187,670
Refugees hosted
12,787
Internally displaced
—
Sanctions designations
22,249
2026-09-29
GDP per person
$17,547
2025

FEWS NET · World Bank / FAO · UNHCR · OpenSanctions

People in crisis-level food insecurity

FEWS NET does not cover this country.

Latest incidents of organised violence20

DatePlaceSidesDeathsCiviliansReported by
2026-08-31Saint PetersburgGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union) — Government of Ukraine20Russo-Ukrainian Warspotting
2026-08-31Chaltyr, Myasnikov raionGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union) — Government of Ukraine20Russo-Ukrainian Warspotting
2026-08-30Kursk oblastGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union) — Government of Ukraine10Russo-Ukrainian Warspotting
2026-08-30Yeysk airbaseGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union) — Government of Ukraine20Russo-Ukrainian Warspotting
2026-08-25Shebekino raionGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union) — Government of Ukraine10Russo-Ukrainian Warspotting
2026-08-24Kursk oblastGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union) — Government of Ukraine10Russo-Ukrainian Warspotting
2026-08-24 – 2026-08-25several municipalities in the Belgorod RegionGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union) — Government of Ukraine11Единая новостная лента, Единая новостная лента
2026-08-23 – 2026-08-24In KrasnodarGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union) — Government of Ukraine33Единая новостная лента, Единая новостная лента, Единая новостная лента
2026-08-23 – 2026-08-24In the Belgorod district in the village of OtradnyGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union) — Government of Ukraine11Единая новостная лента, Единая новостная лента, Единая новостная лента
2026-08-22Belgorod oblastGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union) — Government of Ukraine20Russo-Ukrainian Warspotting
2026-08-21Nizhnemakhovo, Sudzha raionGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union) — Government of Ukraine30Russo-Ukrainian Warspotting
2026-08-19Goncharovka, Sudzha raionGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union) — Government of Ukraine30Russo-Ukrainian Warspotting
2026-08-16Cherkasskaya Konopelka, Sudzha raionGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union) — Government of Ukraine10Russo-Ukrainian Warspotting
2026-08-14Stroitel, Yakovlevo raionGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union) — Government of Ukraine10Russo-Ukrainian Warspotting
2026-08-08Grafovka, Shebekino raionGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union) — Government of Ukraine60Russo-Ukrainian Warspotting
2026-08-08Gelendzhik, Gelendzhik okrugGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union) — Government of Ukraine40Russo-Ukrainian Warspotting
2026-08-08Kursk oblastGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union) — Government of Ukraine80Russo-Ukrainian Warspotting
2026-08-08Vnezapnoe, Korenevo raionGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union) — Government of Ukraine60Russo-Ukrainian Warspotting
2026-08-07Kursk oblastGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union) — Government of Ukraine30Russo-Ukrainian Warspotting
2026-08-03Mirnyi, Sudzha raionGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union) — Government of Ukraine30Russo-Ukrainian Warspotting

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Conflicts, 90 days1

  • Russia - Ukraine54

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Natural hazards, 30 days5

  • VolcanoChikurachki · Sep 21, 2026
  • WildfireForest fires in Russian Federation · Sep 18, 2026
  • WildfireForest fires in Russian Federation · Sep 3, 2026
  • WildfireForest fires in Russian Federation · Sep 2, 2026
  • WildfireForest fires in Russian Federation · Sep 2, 2026

GDACS · USGS · NASA EONET

Warnings and notices

UK FCDO: Russia: Avoid all travel

Russia: 9 severe weather warnings

• Forestfire — Severe ×4 • Rain — Severe ×2 • Other dangers — Severe • Wind — Severe • Flood — Severe

UK FCDO · WMO · WHO · Copernicus EMS

Power plants near danger2

  • Krasnodar TPP · Gas · 1,120 MW

    1 incidents within 50 km in 90 days, nearest 6 km

  • Yuzhnaya Tets · Gas · 1,207 MW

    1 incidents within 50 km in 90 days, nearest 13 km

Distance only: this does not mean a plant was affected.

WRI Global Power Plant Database; UCDP; GDACS · USGS

Next 7 days in Moscow

Day°CRainGustsWatch
Tue, Sep 295…140.0 mm22 km/h
Wed, Sep 305…160.0 mm21 km/h
Thu, Oct 16…120.0 mm30 km/h
Fri, Oct 25…120.0 mm26 km/h
Sat, Oct 35…100.0 mm27 km/h
Sun, Oct 45…120.0 mm12 km/h
Mon, Oct 57…131.3 mm23 km/h

Forecast for the capital only; marks: heat ≥38 °C, frost ≤−20 °C, rain ≥50 mm, gusts ≥75 km/h, thunderstorms. Official warnings are above.

Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)

Disasters since 20004

022000: 020002001: 02002: 02003: 02004: 02005: 020052006: 02007: 02008: 02009: 02010: 020102011: 02012: 02013: 02014: 02015: 020152016: 02017: 02018: 02019: 02020: 020202021: Droughts 12022: 02023: 02024: Earthquakes 12025: Earthquakes 220252026: 02026

EarthquakesDroughts

  • Earthquake in Russia · Sep 18, 2025 · Magnitude 7.8M, Depth:19.5km
  • Earthquake in Russia · Jul 29, 2025 · Magnitude 8.8M, Depth:35km
  • Earthquake in Russia · Aug 17, 2024 · Magnitude 7M, Depth:29km
  • Drought in Kazakhstan, Russia, Uzbekistan · Apr 21, 2021 · Medium impact for agricultural drought in 979473 km2

GDACS (orange and red alerts since 2000)