As of January 1, 2026, there were 138 thousand ATMs in Russia, RBC reports with reference to Data Central Bank of the Russian Federation.
Thus, the number of ATMs in Russia is equal to the figure of 2010 – there were 139 thousand machines in the country.
The maximum number of ATMs – 222.8 thousand – was recorded in 2014. Starting next year, this number begins to decline.
At the end of 2025, the number of ATMs in Russia decreased by 5,900; In 2024, the Russian ATM network lost almost seven thousand machines, and in 2023 – 29 thousand machines at once.
The reduction of the ATM network is associated with the development of digital services and cashless payments, optimization of banking expenses and anti-fraud measures, RBC writes.
but, Attracts attention CNews version, due to regular restrictions on mobile communications, more and more problems arise with non-cash payments – without mobile Internet, it is impossible to pay for a purchase by phone or bank card (terminals often work via cellular communications).
In the fall of 2025, Russia began introducing a system of “whitelists” of sites that can be accessed during internet outages. As practice has shown, “white lists” do not always work, and initially the largest banking services were not included in them, notes CNews.