The 5-ruble Bank of Russia note

The 5-ruble banknote is printed on high-quality cotton paper of a light-green hue. The protective fibres of violet, red and light-green colours are chaotically embedded in the paper. The vertical security thread seen in the transmitted light is embedded in the paper. The banknote has local watermarks on the left and right coupon fields.

The front of the banknote depicts the monument "Millennium of Russia" and Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod.

On the back of the banknote there is the fortress wall of the Novgorod Kremlin.

The predominant colour of the banknote is green.

The banknote possesses several machine-readable security features.