A few facts about Moscow
- Moscow is the capital and the largest city of Russia, home to about 1 million people.
- Moscow is also the centre of the region that shares its name.
- Towns nearby: Reutov (15 km), Mytishchi (19 km) and Lyubertsy (19 km).
Dating by city / Russia / Moscow region / Moscow
Members from Moscow and towns within 50 km who make their profile public will appear here.
Skip the dinner reservation for a first date in Moscow. A coffee, a gallery or a walk through a market gives you something to talk about and an easy way to end it after an hour.
Within 50 km of Moscow there are 86 towns and cities — Khimki, Zelenograd and Podolsk among them — with more than 13 million residents in all. You set the distance yourself in the filters, from 10 km up to 500 km — or choose “Any distance”.
Yes. YADate is a free online dating site, in Moscow and everywhere else: profiles, search filters, likes, messages, voice messages and gifts cost nothing, and there is no premium plan. The only limits are daily caps against spam, such as 40 new conversations a day.
YADate never creates fake profiles or writes on behalf of people who don't exist. A moderator checks every photo before it appears, every member confirms an email address, and any profile can be reported. Anyone who asks for money or pushes you to move to another app straight away is worth reporting.
Yes. In the filters you can search around any other city, in Russia or abroad.
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