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Kostroma · 40 mi / 65 km

Mao is a cat anticafe on the second floor of Ulitsa Sovetskaya 45A in central Kostroma, near the Krestyanskaya stop. It is home to cats that were abandoned or born on the street, and the cafe looks for new families for them; some cats have lived there for several years while waiting. Visits are charged by the time spent per person, with tea, coffee and biscuits included. Guests can play board games or a games console, use the Wi-Fi and stroke the cats, some of which come up to visitors on their own while others prefer to be left alone. Food is also available. The cafe runs a small cat hotel alongside the lounge, where owners can board their own cats while they are away, with daily photo updates. Mao is open every day.

• Adoptable cats

Kovrov, Vladimir Oblast · 103 mi / 166 km

Kotomesto is a volunteer-run cat anticafe on Prospekt Lenina in Kovrov, set up by the founder of the local mutual-aid community Dobry Kovrov to find homes for street cats. About 14 cats live there at a time; they come from local volunteers and are examined, vaccinated, sterilised and treated before joining the room, and cats that settle well are offered for adoption. Visitors pay for their time, with lower prices on weekdays than at weekends and a choice of paying by the hour or by the minute. The cafe depends on visits and donations, and it holds a weekly donation day. It opens in the late afternoon on weekdays, from midday at weekends and is closed on Mondays. The entrance has a ramp.

• Adoptable cats

Vologda · 110 mi / 176 km

KotoFan-Klub is a cat anticafe and mini shelter in the lower-ground floor of a building on Oktyabrskaya Street in central Vologda, near the Kirova stop. Opened in September 2023 as a grant-funded project of the Veles animal welfare society, it is the only cat cafe in the city. Around 15 to 20 formerly homeless cats live here, all vaccinated and neutered, and each one is looking for a home; visitors have adopted cats from the cafe. Entry is a single fee with no time limit, with lower rates for children, and tea, coffee, biscuits and sweets are included. There are board games and books, and visitors can play with, stroke or simply sit beside the cats. The cafe is open every afternoon.

• Adoptable cats

Gus Khrustalny, Vladimir Oblast · 143 mi / 230 km

Kotiki i Kofe ("Cats and Coffee") is a cat cafe on the ground floor of a building in the Mikrorayon district of Gus-Khrustalny. Opened in July 2025 by local volunteers, it is the town's first cat cafe and was set up to tackle the problem of homeless cats. Rescued cats live in the cafe, where visitors can drink coffee, play with them and watch how they behave, and anyone who finds a cat they want to adopt is helped with the paperwork by the volunteers. The cafe shares before-and-after stories of cats it has nursed back to health. Opening hours vary through the week, with shorter afternoon hours on Thursdays and Fridays and at weekends.

• Adoptable cats

Lobnya, Moscow Oblast · 144 mi / 232 km

Koty & Kofe is a coffee shop with a separate cat room on Ulitsa Lenina in Lobnya, a town north of Moscow, near Lobnya railway station. Sixteen cats of different breeds live in their own space apart from the cafe, and visits take the form of hour-long guided sessions that start every hour, in which a guide tells visitors about each breed and the individual cats. Tickets should be booked in advance, as sessions can sell out. Children under three are not admitted, children aged three to six must be accompanied by an adult, and parents of older children wait in the coffee shop, which serves coffee, croissants and desserts. Sessions are free for children with disabilities who come with an adult. The cafe is run by a local family.

Moscow · 152 mi / 244 km

KotoLoft is a small rescue cat room in Zelenograd, run by the Kotospas foundation, which rescues cats from Moscow buildings being demolished or renovated. It is on the second floor of building 445, reached by an outside staircase next to entrance 7 and entered from the courtyard, and is home to a handful of cats, usually between five and eight, that are waiting for adoption. Because the space is small, visits are arranged in advance by phone. Visitors can simply spend time with the cats or join the workshops and talks held there, such as gingerbread painting, and souvenirs are sold to support the cats. The cats can also be watched on an online camera.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking required