Claude API from Russia — no VPN, no bank card
Access Anthropic Claude through one OpenAI-compatible key. Pay in USDT, no subscription, no VPN — you change only one line, base_url.
no VPN pay in USDT / USDC Claude Opus 5 live in 5 minutes
$ curl https://www.ruapi.ai/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer sk-..." \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "claude-sonnet-5",
"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
}'Only BASE_URL and KEY — zero business code changes.
Why using Claude directly from Russia is hard
Russian cards are declined by Anthropic.
We top up in USDT — no card needed at all. Visa / Mastercard also works.
Anthropic geo-restricts Russia — you usually need a VPN.
Access to www.ruapi.ai needs no VPN and is not affected by the main blocks.
Opening a separate Anthropic account just for Claude is a chore.
One key gives you Claude, GPT, Gemini, DeepSeek and GLM on a shared USDT balance.
Key parameters
base_url
OpenAI-compatible: https://www.ruapi.ai/v1
Native Anthropic: https://www.ruapi.ai (no /v1)
Claude models
claude-opus-4-8
claude-sonnet-5
and more — full list on the pricing page
Payment
USDT — TRC20 / BEP20 / Polygon
5 USDT minimum, no bank card
# faq
FAQ
No. RuAPI runs on multi-region edge nodes: from Russia you can reach www.ruapi.ai directly, without a VPN and without blocks.