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Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite API in Russia — no VPN, no foreign card

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is Google's fast model for high-volume work: agent subtasks, document parsing, translation, data extraction. Connect through RuAPI: pay in USDT from $5, no subscription, your key right after sign-up.

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from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="sk-...",
    base_url="https://www.ruapi.ai/v1",
)

resp = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="gemini-3.5-flash-lite",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
)

print(resp.choices[0].message.content)

Replace sk-... with a key from the RuAPI Console — the model gemini-3.5-flash-lite is already set.

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite API price

Current price in US dollars — the same as on the pricing page. Pay in USDT, pay as you go, no subscription.

modelinput $ / 1Moutput $ / 1M
gemini-3.5-flash-lite
$0.36
cache read $0.0360
$3.00

Input is the regular price of input tokens, “cache read” is the price of input tokens served from the prompt cache, output is the price of output tokens. The price in your account may be lower.

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What is Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Flash-Lite is the lightweight model of the Gemini 3.5 line. Google describes it as low-latency and cost-effective, made for large request volumes where response speed matters more than deep reasoning.

It takes text, images, video, audio and PDF, supports function calling and returns JSON that follows a given schema — enough to plug it into an agent system as the worker for simple steps. Prompt caching is supported too, which helps when long instructions repeat from request to request.

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite specs

DeveloperGoogle
Model ID in the RuAPI APIgemini-3.5-flash-lite
Context window1,048,576 tokens
Max output65,536 tokens
Inputtext, images, video, audio, PDF
Outputtext
Reasoning modeyes
Tool callingyes
Prompt cachingyes
Statusgenerally available
Protocols on RuAPIOpenAI (/v1/chat/completions) · Gemini (/v1beta)

Specs are from Google’s official documentation (ai.google.dev), checked Oct 22, 2026.

What it’s good for

  • Classifying, routing and checking requests inside agents
  • Translating large volumes of text
  • Pulling fields out of PDFs, emails and scans into JSON
  • First-pass document parsing before handing off to a Pro model

When another model is a better fit

  • Gemini 4 Argon — When the task needs deep reasoning: hard code, math, multi-step agents.
  • DeepSeek Flash — Another fast model for text tasks; new accounts usually get a small trial balance for it.

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite: price on RuAPI and elsewhere

RuAPIAITUNNELProxyAPI
Input, $ per 1M tokens$0.36≈ $0.732≈ $1.11
Output, $ per 1M tokens$3.00≈ $6.10≈ $9.247

AITUNNEL and ProxyAPI prices are from their public pages as of Oct 22, 2026 (ProxyAPI prices include VAT, as on their site), converted at the Bank of Russia rate (81.97 ₽ per $1). The RuAPI price is current.

How to connect Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite from Russia

  1. Sign up at ruapi.ai — with email, Google or Yandex. No VPN needed.
  2. Top up with USDT or USDC from 5 USDT. No USDT yet? Buy it with rubles via SBP — step by step in the docs.
  3. In the Console, open API Keys → Create key.
  4. Use the address https://www.ruapi.ai/v1 and the model gemini-3.5-flash-lite. For the Google GenAI SDK, the address is https://www.ruapi.ai, without /v1beta.

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Sign up at RuAPI, top up with USDT and create a key in the Console — it works with Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and every other model. You don’t need a Google account or a VPN.

See also: Gemini API in Russia · Documentation · Gemini 4 Argon · Gemini 3.1 Pro · Nano Banana Pro

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