Buy Backlinks in Russia: Pricing Guide and Stats from 28,382 Publishers
To research the Russian link-building market, we analyzed 990K offers for 312K websites from 25 of the largest guest posting marketplaces and major link sellers worldwide.
From this data, we identified 100,533 offers for 28,382 websites that we classify as Russian backlink inventory.
Then we looked deeper into publisher details and their offers to understand the inventory breakdown, publisher price ranges, real examples of offerings, and the guest posting marketplaces with the strongest selection of Russian backlinks.
Let’s dive in.
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What counts as a Russian backlink?
We categorize Russian backlink inventory into two tiers: Core Russian publishers with strong local signals, and Extended inventory with meaningful Russian traffic.
Core Russian inventory (22,056 publishers)
These are publishers with the strongest Russian relevance signals:
- 17,182 websites with a .ru domain
- 6,297 websites where Russia is their #1 source of organic search traffic
- 7,981 websites where Russia is their #1 source of total traffic
Some examples of .ru inventory publishers and their SEO metrics:
| Publisher | Category | Price | DR | AS | Organic (total) | Organic from Russia | Total traffic | Traffic from Russia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| noelle.ru | Fashion | Check | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 379 | 379 |
| comicspro.ru | Books | Check | 3 | 8 | 44 | 44 | 434 | 207 |
| 1001guru.ru | News and Media | Check | 43 | 17 | 32 | 32 | 126.8K | 29.9K |
Extended inventory (6,326 additional publishers)
Beyond the core inventory, we identified 6,326 additional publishers that receive at least 1,000 visitors per month from Russia, based on Semrush data. These sites may not be Russia-focused, but they deliver meaningful Russian traffic. A few examples:
| Publisher | Category | Price | DR | AS | Total traffic | Traffic from Russia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kino-novosti.org.ua | Movies | Check | 1 | 10 | 6.2K | 5.8K |
| stroimsami.online | Construction and Repairs | Check | 53 | 14 | 80.6K | 29.5K |
| milomarket.com | Beauty | Check | 31 | 13 | 134.9K | 30.7K |
Domain extension (.ru) and primary traffic source matter less than you might think. What actually drives backlink value is:
- Topical relevance to your website
- Absolute Russian traffic (not percentage)
A high-authority tech blog from India with 5,000 Russian visitors/month will often outperform a low-quality .ru site with 500 visitors in backlink value and usually costs less. The link equity flows to Russian users regardless of where the publisher is based.
Total inventory: 28,382 publishers
Many domains qualify under more than one category. For example, a .ru domain may also rank as Russia’s top organic traffic source.
This inventory size ranks Russia #6 in the global guest posting market.
Russian backlinks prices
Core Russian inventory has median guest posting price of $5 and an average of $12.
Here’s a distribution of the inventory size, price ranges and median traffic you can expect from the typical Russian publisher website in each pricing category:
| Price Range | Inventory Size | Median Traffic |
|---|---|---|
| Under $50 | 20,174 | 47 |
| $50-149 | 1,037 | 1.4K |
| $150-349 | 429 | 2.8K |
| $350-749 | 241 | 3.8K |
| $750-1,499 | 93 | 3.7K |
| $1,500+ | 78 | 883 |
Where to buy Russian backlinks
We aggregate data from 25 major backlink marketplaces worldwide, making it easy to identify platforms with the largest inventory for any country.
For Russia, the top three are prnews.io (4,126 domains), bazoom.com (3,308 domains), and adsy.com (3,298 domains).
| Marketplace | Total | .ru TLD | Top Organic | Top Total | 1K+ Visitors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| prnews.io | 4,126 | 0 | 400 | 833 | 3,306 |
| bazoom.com | 3,308 | 0 | 120 | 414 | 3,017 |
| adsy.com | 3,298 | 0 | 330 | 666 | 2,747 |
| Unique Total | 6,770 | ||||
However, many Russian publishers are exclusive to exact marketplaces.
When we deduplicate across all three, the combined unique inventory is 6,770 domains — meaning 37% of publishers are exclusive to a single marketplace.
To maximize your options and get the best prices, you’d need accounts on all three platforms.
Alternatively, FatGrid provides access to inventory from all 25 marketplaces through a single account.
We handle the complexity of managing multiple platforms and offer a full refund guarantee — if a placement fails, you get 100% of your money back to your original payment method, not marketplace credits.
This matters because many platforms only refund to their internal balance or charge refund fees, effectively locking your funds.