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Russia
International Phone Cards, Russia City Dialing Telephone Codes,
"Follow Me" Divert Numbers:
This section
provides information on prepaid telephone cards for Russia
and city telephone codes, as well as "follow me" divert numbers
which may allow you to have a US or UK phone number that is
diverted
to Russia at no cost to you.
New:
Web / SMS Phone
You can now connect any two phones through the web or
by sending an SMS message instantly. Your office to your home,
your friend to his mother, Mr Bush to Mr Putin... See more information
on the Web Phone page.
Prepaid Telephone Cards
Prepaid IP phone cards are available at any telecom
shop or a bank branch (called "telefonnaya karta" in
Russia). The most popular ones are Zebra Telecom, MTU-Net, Matrix-Telecom.
We recommend Zebra Telecom phone cards, because they
can also be simultaneously used for dial-up internet access,
and
you can top up your card through the internet, provided you
have a registered account with them.
Usually, phone cards have nominal value of 5, 10 and 20 US
dollars. A minute with Europe or USA will cost about $0.15-$0.20,
the
calls within Russia vary depending on distance, but usually
it’s
cheaper than using a normal phone line.
It is also possible to purchase a card PIN through
the internet. Recently, we set up the new Russia
phone card shop, where you can see listings of the
cheapest prepaid calling cards available. They have access numbers
in the USA, Europe, Asia, and Russia (access numbers in Moscow,
St. Petersburg, Omsk, Krasnoyarsk (Trans-Siberian), Vladimir (Golden
Ring)), and Ukraine (Kharkov). The calling rates are very low:
for example, 1 minute from USA to Russia costs 2 cents, a phone
call from Russia to USA costs 10 cents. If you call between USA
and Russia there's no delay, no echo, and the connection quality
is good.
Follow-Me Numbers - Diverts to Russia
Generally, this is your personal number in the USA or UK. When
somebody dials this number, the call is diverted to any local
or international location at little or no cost to you.
To illustrate this better, imagine the following situation:
David lives in the UK and is going on a vacation. He wants
his friends and business partners from both UK and USA to always
be able to reach him on the phone, whether he is in a restaurant
in France or trekking somewhere in Russia. The easy solution
is to get so-called "follow-me" number, which allows diverts
to be set online through the internet to any local or international
landline or mobile.
If John travels to Russia, he can set up a
07005 8XX XXX number in UK (call cost: about 10p / minute)
and 888 XXX XX XX toll-free number in USA. Then he can set
a divert through his online panel, so that all the calls to
these numbers are diverted to his hotel room in Moscow and
then, if unanswered, to his Russian mobile, and if not answered
- to his mailbox later to be delivered via e-mail. John wouldn't
pay anything for the phonecalls diverted from his UK number
(because those who dial it have to pay about 10 p / minute,
which is a standard national rate for UK), and there would
be a very little fee for the USA number (about 8.5 cents /
minute for a divert to Moscow, toll-free for those who dial
it from the US!).
If you are interested in this option, you can use the
same company as we use.
Russian City Dialing Codes
Here's a list of dialing codes for major cities in Russia. If you're
calling from abroad, you should dial your international access
code first ("011" for USA, "00" for UK and France), then the code
for Russia - "7", then the city code (usually 3 or 4 digits - see
below) and a 5 or 7 digit number of the person or company you're
calling
to.
Central Russia:
Moscow: 495
St. Petersburg: 812
Novgorod: 8162
Vladimir: 0922
Suzdal: 09231
Yaroslavl: 0852
Siberia:
Ekaterinburg: 3432
Novosibirsk: 3832
Barnaul: 3852
Krasnoyarsk: 3912
Irkutsk: 3952
Ulan-Ude: 3012
Far East:
Vladivostok: 4232
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky: 4152
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