Two of the seven AI answer engines Cituna tracks are on their makers’ own lists of supported countries for Russia, checked September 23, 2026: Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode. ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude are not on the list for Russia. Perplexity and Grok publish no country list. Yandex handles 70.3% of searches in Russia, Google 27.8% (StatCounter, August 2026). Those are the answers a brand can win or lose in Russia, so they are the ones to track.
Which AI engines are available in Russia
| Engine | Status in Russia | Source |
|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | Not on the maker’s list | OpenAI, ChatGPT supported countries |
| Perplexity | No country list published | Perplexity Terms of Service (no country list) |
| Gemini | Not on the maker’s list | Google, where you can use the Gemini web app |
| Claude | Not on the maker’s list | Anthropic, supported countries and regions |
| Grok | No country list published | xAI Terms of Service (no country list) |
| Google AI Overviews | Available: on the maker’s list | Google, AI Overviews availability |
| Google AI Mode | Available: on the maker’s list | Google, AI Mode availability |
Each row is what the maker’s own page said on September 23, 2026. Lists change, so follow the source before you rely on one.
OpenAI says that using ChatGPT from outside its listed countries and territories may get an account blocked or suspended.
Search engines in Russia
Yandex handles 70.3% of searches in Russia and Google 27.8%, and Google AI Overviews and AI Mode appear inside Google Search.
| Search engine | Share of searches |
|---|---|
| Yandex | 70.3% |
| 27.8% | |
| Bing | 0.77% |
| Mail.ru | 0.76% |
StatCounter Global Stats, all devices, August 2026.
Languages in Russia
Buyers in Russia search in Russian. Google’s AI Overviews list covers Russian, and AI Mode’s list matches it.
AI models and assistants built in Russia include YandexGPT (Alice) and Sber GigaChat; Cituna does not track them.
How Russia differs from most markets
84 of the 89 countries we check share one picture: ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode are on their makers’ lists, and Perplexity and Grok have no published country list. What sets Russia apart:
- Its engine picture, from each maker’s own list as checked on September 23, 2026: ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude are not on their makers’ lists for Russia.
- Home-grown AI: YandexGPT (Alice) and Sber GigaChat, built in Russia. Cituna does not track them.
- Its leading search engine is Yandex, not Google, with 70.3% of searches (StatCounter, August 2026).
Our table of AI engines by country sets all 89 countries side by side, and our pages for Germany and France cover two more markets with a picture of their own.
How to track AI visibility in Russia
Track the engines available in Russia on a schedule, not once; our trackers for Perplexity, Grok, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode show what each answer contains.
Cituna tracks all seven engines, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Grok, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode, from the $39 Starter, and joins the result to Google Search Console so a movement in Russia can be checked against real clicks. Then it does the work: it generates the fix for each gap, its AutoSEO writes and publishes the articles that answer the questions you are missing, and Claude or any other AI agent can work through the results over MCP. The most useful output is usually not the score but the competitor list, because it tells you which brands are being named in your place in this market.
Drafted with AI assistance from our own research and Search Console data, and reviewed by Rahul A before publishing. Rules and prices change; check the linked official source before you act.