Google Antigravity in Russia: why it does not work and what to use instead, with no VPN or subscription
Google Antigravity is Google’s platform for building software with AI agents: a desktop app, a CLI, an IDE and editor extensions. It is officially unavailable in Russia: the country is not on the supported list, and your Google account must be tied to a country on that list (antigravity.google/docs/faq, 11 Nov 2026). You cannot put your own key into the app or the IDE. But the same jobs are done by agents that let you set your own API address — Gemini CLI, Cline, Kilo Code, OpenCode. With RuAPI they work with Gemini, Claude, GPT and DeepSeek on one key: no VPN, paying in USDT.
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API Provider: Anthropic
Anthropic API Key: sk-...
Use custom base URL: https://www.ruapi.ai
Model: claude-sonnet-5-5
These are the fields in the settings of Cline — an open-source agent for VS Code that replaces the Antigravity agent in the editor. Connect Gemini, GPT and DeepSeek models through OpenAI Compatible and Claude through the Anthropic provider; replace sk-… with your RuAPI key. If you prefer the terminal, see Gemini CLI in step 3.
Why Antigravity will not start from Russia
Russia is not on the list of supported countries.
The Antigravity FAQ lists the countries where the service is available and says it cannot currently be used anywhere else; Russia and Belarus are not on the list (antigravity.google/docs/faq, 11 Nov 2026). Your Google account must be tied to a supported country, and you have to confirm you are 18 or older. Users report that both the account’s country and your location are checked, so a VPN alone is not enough (discuss.ai.google.dev, 27 Apr 2026) — Google has not commented on this officially.
The free plan is modest, and you cannot pay for a subscription.
The free plan has a weekly quota, and from 18 Nov 2026 the only model available on it is Gemini 3.8 Flash; Gemini 4 Argon and the Claude models unlock with a paid Google AI Pro subscription (Claude: not during the trial period), Gemini 4 Carbon with Ultra (antigravity.google/docs/models, 11 Nov 2026). Google subscriptions are paid by card, and Russian bank cards do not work abroad.
You cannot plug your own key into the app.
The plans documentation says it plainly: there is currently no support for your own key (BYOK) or your own API address (antigravity.google/docs/plans, 11 Nov 2026). The exception is Antigravity CLI: in Gemini API key mode it accepts a Gemini-compatible address (antigravity.google/docs/install). In the app, the IDE and the extensions, the model can only be picked from Google’s list.
What to use instead of Antigravity: 4 steps
First a RuAPI key, then the agent of your choice: for the terminal or for the editor.
Sign up for RuAPI and top up
An account at www.ruapi.ai is created with email, Google, Yandex or Telegram. A new account usually gets $0.05 right away for deepseek-flash, claude-haiku-5-5 and gpt-6-luna — you can try the agent before paying.
Gemini models unlock after your first top-up — from 5 USDT (TRC20, BEP20, TON, Polygon) or USDC. To buy USDT with rubles via SBP, see docs.ruapi.ai/en/buy-usdt. Foreign bank cards are accepted too.
Create a key with a spending limit
Console → “API keys” → “Create key”. Instead of a weekly quota, you set the limit: turn off “Unlimited” in the “Budget” block and enter an amount — the agent will never spend more than that.
Terminal: Gemini CLI with Gemini models
- Gemini CLI is Google’s open-source agent, the predecessor of Antigravity CLI. Install it with npm install -g @google/gemini-cli.
- Set the environment variables: GEMINI_API_KEY — your RuAPI key, GOOGLE_GEMINI_BASE_URL=https://www.ruapi.ai (no /v1). Requests go in the native Gemini format.
- Specify the model explicitly, e.g. gemini-3.8-flash. All settings and caveats are at www.ruapi.ai/gemini-cli-v-rossii.
- Other terminal agents: OpenCode, Claude Code and Codex — they also work with Claude, GPT and DeepSeek.
Editor: Cline or Kilo Code
- Antigravity IDE is built as an editor with an agent; the closest thing to it is VS Code with the Cline or Kilo Code extension (Kilo Code is also available for JetBrains).
- Gemini, GPT, DeepSeek: API Provider — OpenAI Compatible, Base URL https://www.ruapi.ai/v1, your RuAPI key, Model ID — e.g. gemini-4-argon or deepseek-flash.
- Claude: API Provider — Anthropic, turn on Use custom base URL and enter https://www.ruapi.ai (no /v1), model — claude-sonnet-5-5.
- Check the connection with a simple question about your project: the cost of each answer is shown in the RuAPI Console request log.
Gemini CLI: docs.ruapi.ai/en/gemini-api-russia · Cline: docs.ruapi.ai/en/integrations/cline · addresses and keys: docs.ruapi.ai/en/quickstart
What to replace each part of Antigravity with
Antigravity CLI → an agent in the terminal
Gemini CLI — Gemini models
OpenCode, Codex — any models
Claude Code — Claude models
Antigravity IDE → an agent in the editor
Cline — VS Code
Kilo Code — VS Code and JetBrains
Zed — an editor with a built-in agent
Subscription quota → RuAPI balance
no weekly or five-hour quotas
pay only for tokens
USDT / USDC from 5 USDT
a budget for each key
Model prices instead of a Google AI subscription
The models that Antigravity unlocks by subscription, plus an inexpensive substitute for routine work. Prices are in US dollars per 1M tokens, from the RuAPI pricing page. There are no weekly quotas: only the tokens you use are deducted from your balance.
| model | input $/M | output $/M |
|---|---|---|
| gemini-3.8-flash | $0.90 cache read $0.0900 | $4.50 |
| gemini-4-argon | $2.40 cache read $0.12 | $12.00 |
| claude-sonnet-5-5 | $2.40 cache read $0.12 | $12.00 |
| claude-opus-5-5 | $4.80 cache read $0.24 | $24.00 |
| gpt-6.1-sol | $2.40 cache read $0.12 >272K: $4.80 | $12.00 >272K: $18.00 |
| deepseek-flash | $0.17 cache read $0.0120 | $1.44 |
Google does not publish how many tokens the Antigravity quotas include, so a one-to-one comparison is not possible. As a guide: an agent step with 30,000 input tokens, of which 24,000 come from the cache and 6,000 new ones are written to the cache, and 1,000 output tokens costs, by our estimate, about $0.033 on claude-sonnet-5-5 and about $0.0027 on deepseek-flash. The longer the session, the more input tokens there are on every step.
The grey “>272K” row is the vendor’s long-prompt rate: if the prompt is over the threshold, the whole request is billed at that rate.