Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova were the defending champions, but King decided not to participate. Shvedova played alongside Katarina Srebotnik, but they lost in the semifinals to Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina.
Makarova and Vesnina won the final 6–3, 1–6, [10–8] against Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova.
| Women's doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2012 Kremlin Cup | |
| Champions |  Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina |
| Runners-up | Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova |
| Score | 6–3, 1–6, [10–8] |
| Seeds | 4 |
Seeds edit
Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina (champions)- Maria Kirilenko / Nadia Petrova (final)
Nuria Llagostera Vives / 
Sania Mirza (quarterfinals)
Yaroslava Shvedova / 
Katarina Srebotnik (semifinals)
Draw edit
Key edit
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Draw edit
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | E Makarova E Vesnina
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 N Grandin V Uhlířová
| 0 | 4 | 1 | E Makarova E Vesnina
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | A Frolova M Gasparyan
| 1 | 0 |  A Rodionova G Voskoboeva
| 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A Rodionova G Voskoboeva
| 6 | 6 | 1 | E Makarova E Vesnina
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Y Shvedova K Srebotnik
| 7 | 2 | [10] | 4 | Y Shvedova K Srebotnik
| 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| A Pavlyuchenkova L Šafářová
| 5 | 6 | [5] | 4 | Y Shvedova K Srebotnik
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 J Craybas E Hrdinová
| 3 | 4 |  D Jurak K Marosi
| 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| D Jurak K Marosi
| 6 | 6 | 1 | E Makarova E Vesnina
| 6 | 1 | [10] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| R Kops-Jones A Spears
| 6 | 1 | [11] | 2 | M Kirilenko N Petrova
| 3 | 6 | [8] | |||||||||||||||||||
 A-L Grönefeld K Peschke
| 3 | 6 | [9] | R Kops-Jones A Spears
| 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 D Kustova O Savchuk
| 3 | 7 | [6] | 3 |  N Llagostera Vives S Mirza
| 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | N Llagostera Vives S Mirza
| 6 | 5 | [10] | R Kops-Jones A Spears
| 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| L Lee-Waters M Moulton-Levy
| 79 | 65 | [10] | 2 | M Kirilenko N Petrova
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 A Cornet A Rosolska
| 67 | 77 | [5] | L Lee-Waters M Moulton-Levy
| 1 | 6 | [7] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ka Plíšková Kr Plíšková
| 4 | 6 | [9] | 2 | M Kirilenko N Petrova
| 6 | 3 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | M Kirilenko N Petrova
| 6 | 4 | [11] | |||||||||||||||||||||||