Is Wildberries Expanding Into Kazakhstan?

The company is ready to occupy all available warehouses in the country.

Wildberries is looking for an alternative to its Russian warehouses in Kazakhstan following a series of drone attacks on its logistics facilities, reported Kommersant reported, citing sources.

The company is looking at facilities totaling 100,000 square meters, the publication’s sources specified. One of them believes that the company is ready to occupy all available warehouses in the country, given the limited supply.
RWB’s press office confirmed that it is proceeding as planned with the construction of logistics facilities in the countries where it operates, including Kazakhstan: a facility of more than 100,000 square meters is under construction in Almaty, and one of 160,000 square meters in Astana, scheduled to open next year.

Attacks by Ukrainian drones on Wildberries warehouses, which began on July 18, have forced the company to seek new ways to protect its infrastructure. According to media reports, at least four logistics complexes totaling 444,000 square meters have already been lost—that’s about 8% of the total space (5.6 million square meters).

As a result, according to sources cited by Kommersant, owners of available warehouses in Russia are unwilling to sign new lease agreements with Wildberries. The reason is a refusal to accept the risks: facilities leased by a tenant of this profile become targets for attacks, and standard insurance policies do not cover damage from drone attacks or military operations.

Finding 100,000 square meters in Kazakhstan, however, is no easy task. According to IBC Global, as of the end of June 2026, the total available space in the country stands at 130,000 square meters, but it is scattered across various cities, and there is no single contiguous block. At the same time, rental rates in Kazakhstan have practically caught up with those in Moscow: the average cost is about 10,300 rubles per square meter per year, compared to 10,500 in Moscow and the Moscow Region.

Experts doubt the economic feasibility of redirecting Russian sellers’ goods to Kazakhstan. Mikhail Burmistrov, CEO of “Infoline-Analytics” Mikhail Burmistrov notes that this may not be worthwhile in terms of delivery times and costs. Nevertheless, logistics companies are already seeing a rise in the popularity of routes through Kazakhstan due to better fuel availability and stable prices.

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