15 to 29 March 2027
The Friendship Train: Moscow to Yekaterinburg
Two weeks by train across Russia: a friendship train built on diplomacy and dialogue between Russia, the Nordic countries, Europe and the United States.
We will meet politicians in Moscow, mayors and local politicians, universities, upper secondary schools, peace organisations and Rotary clubs. In each city we give a talk, listen more than we speak, and bring the conversation home.
Bike for Peace cycled from Moscow to Washington in 1983, in the middle of the Cold War. In March 2026 we visited Moscow and met the Federation Council, the State Duma, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and students at MGIMO. The lesson from fifty years on the road is simple: you do not make peace or disarmament by refusing to talk to the other side.
The route
- 15–18 MarchMoscowRussia
- 19 MarchVladimirRussia
- 20–22 MarchNizhny NovgorodRussia
- 23–25 MarchKazanRussia
- 26 MarchPermRussia
- 27–29 MarchYekaterinburgRussia
What taking part means
- Participants pay their own flights to Moscow and home from Yekaterinburg. We are working with the Russian Peace Foundation on accommodation and train travel inside Russia, and costs will be confirmed as soon as possible.
- Russia requires a visa with an invitation. We arrange the invitation for everyone who registers.
- The programme is in English, with interpretation where needed. We travel by train, partly overnight, with a little cycling in the cities where possible.