Check yourself
Official registers and public databases where you can check whether you are listed, wanted or under restrictions. For each resource we note what it shows, whether you need to log in and whether it opens from abroad.
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Not appearing in a database guarantees nothing: a case may have been opened recently, and databases are updated with a delay. Looking at official registers is safe. Searching for or opening banned materials themselves can lead to a fine (art. 13.53 CAO). Logging in to Gosuslugi leaves a record with your IP address and time on the state's side. Requesting a criminal record certificate or a summons register extract is a request the state can see. Do not install the Ministry of Digital Development's certificate on your main phone. Use a separate device or browser for government sites. There is no official service to 'check a travel ban'. Websites with that name are unofficial.
Registers and lists
Whether you are on the list of 'terrorists and extremists'. Being listed means frozen accounts and limits on transactions.
Usually does not open from abroad. Updates are posted by a third-party channel, t.me/bad_list_updates (not a government one).
Login: Not needed From abroad: often unavailable, needs a Russian IP
Entries for listed people and organisations, with an XLS download.
inoteka.io (see below) is easier to search, but it is an OVD-Info project.
Login: Not needed From abroad: opens
link checked September 25
The list of organisations banned as extremist.
Login: Not needed From abroad: opens
link checked September 25
The list of foreign and international organisations designated 'undesirable'.
The page address on the Ministry's site has changed before; this one was checked on 25 Sept 2026.
Login: Not needed From abroad: opens
link checked September 25
Banned materials and the court rulings on them.
Viewing the list itself is safe. Searching for or opening the listed materials falls under art. 13.53 CAO.
Login: Not needed From abroad: opens
link checked September 25
Easy search across the foreign agent and undesirable organisation registers, with short profiles.
Unofficial. Created by OVD-Info, which is designated extremist in Russia: open it through a VPN and do not share it.
Login: Not needed From abroad: opens
link checked September 25
Whether you are on the 284-FZ register: no consular services, notaries, Gosuslugi, property deals or powers of attorney.
The 284-FZ register is on the Ministry of Justice registers portal, in test mode since August 2026. The portal often does not open from abroad.
Login: Not needed From abroad: often unavailable, needs a Russian IP
Which organisations, chats and media are designated 'extremist formations'; a separate list of persons 'involved in extremist activity'.
Donating to or subscribing to a 'formation' can lead to criminal charges. Don't download the list files onto your everyday device.
Login: Not needed From abroad: often unavailable, needs a Russian IP
Updates to the list of persons 'involved in terrorist activity': inclusion means frozen accounts and bans on transactions.
Official KGB channel; kgb.by usually doesn't open from abroad. Don't subscribe from your main account — the web preview is enough.
Login: Not needed From abroad: opens
Wanted lists
Search by full name and date of birth in the 'Wanted' database.
Usually does not open from abroad. Not being on the wanted list does not mean there is no case.
Login: Not needed From abroad: often unavailable, needs a Russian IP
A searchable copy of the Interior Ministry wanted database, including anti-war charges.
Unofficial. Mediazona is designated a foreign agent in Russia.
Login: Not needed From abroad: opens
link checked September 25
Public wanted notices.
Most notices are not public. A full request about yourself goes to Interpol's Commission for the Control of Files (CCF).
Login: Not needed From abroad: opens
link checked September 25
How to ask whether Interpol holds data on you (including non-public notices) and how to challenge a Red Notice or diffusion.
Political cases are barred by Article 3 of Interpol's Constitution. Best prepared with a lawyer who knows CCF practice.
Login: Not needed; application form From abroad: opens
Whether a person is wanted in Belarus: photo, name, criminal charges.
The database is incomplete: not being listed does not mean there is no case. A request to the Investigative Committee through a lawyer is more reliable.
Login: Not needed From abroad: opens
Over 4,700 Belarusian citizens on the Russian Interior Ministry wanted database — they can be detained in Russia and handed over to Belarus.
Data as of April 2025; check current status against the Russian Interior Ministry database.
Login: Not needed From abroad: opens
Debts, summonses, restrictions
Debts and enforcement proceedings; indirectly, a possible travel ban.
Data appears with a 3–7 day delay.
Login: Not needed (captcha) From abroad: opens
link checked September 25
Whether a summons has been issued and which restrictions apply.
Usually does not open from abroad. Logging in leaves a record with the state.
Login: Gosuslugi (verified account) From abroad: often unavailable, needs a Russian IP
Whether you owe tax.
Login: Taxpayer number (INN) From abroad: opens
link checked September 25
Courts
Cases in general courts by surname, including military courts.
Login: Not needed From abroad: opens
link checked September 25
Cases and materials of Moscow courts, including arrests in absentia and search warrants.
Opens intermittently from abroad.
Login: Not needed From abroad: often unavailable, needs a Russian IP
Who is subject to 'special proceedings' — an in-absentia criminal case that can end with confiscation of property.
Official channel. If you are listed, talk to a lawyer right away; returning to Belarus or to countries that extradite to Belarus is dangerous.
Login: Not needed From abroad: opens
Documents
Criminal convictions and ongoing criminal proceedings.
From abroad: via a consulate, up to a month. The request is visible to the state.
Login: Gosuslugi or a consulate visit From abroad: often unavailable, needs a Russian IP
Whether a passport is valid.
Useful for emigrants. The service sometimes gives wrong answers.
Login: Not verified From abroad: often unavailable, needs a Russian IP
All ways to check in one place: wanted lists, exit bans, in-absentia trials, 'extremist' lists, a request through a lawyer.
Free Belarus Center guide, April 2026. No method gives a full guarantee.
Login: Not needed From abroad: opens
Blocked websites
Whether a website is blocked in Russia.
Usually does not open from abroad.
Login: Not needed (captcha) From abroad: often unavailable, needs a Russian IP
Whether a website is in the register of banned sites.
Unofficial third-party service run by a commercial SEO company.
Login: Not needed From abroad: opens
link checked September 25