Is Asbest safe? Russia travel risk
Is Asbest safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Asbest scores 75/100 on our travel risk index (Extreme). The US State Department rates Russia Level 4 (Do Not Travel, updated 29 Dec 2025); the UK FCDO advises against all travel to the whole country (updated 18 Sep 2026); Canada says: avoid all travel. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Asbest scores 75/100 (Extreme). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Russia (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Asbest: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: The US State Department and Government of Canada and UK FCDO advise against all travel here, so the score is held at 75 or higher.
A score of 75 is higher than the scores of 91% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Russia travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Found at 57.0000° N, 61.4667° E within Sverdlovskaya Oblast’, Asbest is situated 1,467.4 km W of Moscow at an altitude of 230 m.
Sverdlovskaya Oblast’
57.0000° N, 61.4667° E
230 m
Asia/Yekaterinburg
56,533
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Russia
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Asbest happened in May (16 of 16 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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