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Phone & computer access
Telephones
Local calls are free in Russia.
To have a long-distance call (to another region or abroad) dial 8, wait for a new tone and then dial the rest of the number.
For an international call that would be 10 - the country code and the number.
For a call inside Russia - the region code - the number. There are different kinds of card-accepting phones in the streets. Not all of them are available for long-distance calls. Telephone cards are also different and do not work for every phone. You can buy a card at any metro station.
It's possible to call abroad from a trunk-call office. You can find the code of any Russian city here: http://www.ifar.com/Resources/codes.shtml and any country code here: http://www.worldtravelgate.net/telcodes.htm.
Recently Zebra telecom system was established here, which gives an opportunity to call cheaper from any telephone without dialing special codes. See http://www.zebratelecom.ru/phonecard.php. There are few coin-operated pay phones and these are being phased out completely.
ZEBRA telecom
Spartakovskaya sq., 16,
Moscow, 105082
Tel. 788-6010
Fax: 788-6011
E-mail: info@zebratelecom.ru
Internet: www.zebratelecom.ru
Direct Dialing Access Numbers
AT&T 755-50-42, 325-50-42
MCI
- To call using Rostelcom: 747-3322
For a Russian speaking operator: 747-3320
To call using Sovintel from Moscow: 960-2222
To call using Sovintel from St. Petersburg: 346-8022
To call from Sakhalin Islands: 1616-1
- BT Direct 8-10-80-01-10-10-44
- Canada Direct 755-50-45 or 747-33-25
- Telephone directories online:
Moscow Yellow Pages www.infoservices.com/moscow/Moscow
Moscow Business Telephone Guide www.mbtg.net
Interweb Telephone Directory http://interweb.spb.ru/phone/go.asp?2
There is also directory assistance in Moscow, which is a bit difficult to dial (always engaged): 09.
Mail
The Post system doesn't work very well in Russia. It's OK between Moscow and St. Petersburg, and abroad and the connections with the capitals are also satisfactory, but a letter from the far cities or towns can travel for several months or can be lost. It's better to send a letter through a post office than put it in a mailbox in the street. The biggest Moscow post offices are:
- Main Post Office (Glavpochtamt) - Myasnitskaya str., 26/2, m. Chistye Prudy (red)
- International Post Office - Varshavskoe Shosse, 37, m. Nagatinskaya (gray)
- Central Telegraph - Tverskaya str., 7, m. Okhotnyy Ryad (red)
For incoming mail services you can use these companies:
- PXPost - Zorge str., 10. Tel: 956-22-30, Fax 956-2231. www.pxpost.com
- IPS, Independent Postal Service Brestskaya 2nd str., 43. Fax / Tel. 250-42-72, 251-74-87
Using Express Mail Services must be the most reliable.
- Courier-Service - Bolshaya Sadovaya str., 10, m. Mayakovskaya (green).
Tel. 209-17-35. Fax / Tel: 209-91-08
- Inservice Courier - Sivtsev Vrazhek Perulok, 7, m. Kropotinkskaya (red).
Tel: 203-02-81. Fax: 935-88-19. www.inservicecourier.ru
- UPS - Bolshoi Tishinsky Pereulok, 8a, m. Barrikadnaya/Krasnopresneskaya (violet/brown)
Tel. 961-22-11, Fax. 254-40-15. www.ups.com
- Desk to Desk - Leningradskiy Prospekt, 8, m. Belorusskaya (green/brown).
Tel. 937-72-72, Fax: 937-72-78. E-mail: alena@consulate.co.ru
- DHL Worldwide Express - 3rd Samotechnyy Pereulok, 11, m. Novoslobodskaya (gray).
Tel: 956-10-01, Fax 974-21-05. www.dhl.ru
- EMS Garantpost - Varshavskoe Shosse, 13, m. Tulskaya (gray).
Tel. 728-41-51, Fax 728-41-59. www.ems-garantpost.cnt.ru
- Federal Express - Aviatsionny Pereulok, 8, m. Aeroport.
Tel. 234-34-00, Fax 234-99-43 www.fedex.com
- TNT - Svobody str., 31.
Tel. 797-27-77, Fax 797-27-78. www.tnt.com
Internet
Computer access is available in Internet cafes, which are quite numerous in Moscow. You can use these, for example:
- Internet-cafe - 9, Tverskaya str., m. Tverskaya (green).
- Image.ru -16 Novoslobodskaya str., m. Mendeleyevskaya (gray).
Tel. 737-37-00. e-mail: cafe@image.ru Internet: http://cafe.image.ru/
- Timeonline (open 24 hours) - Okhotny Ryad Trade Complex - lower level, 1 Manezhnaya Ploshchad, m. Okhotny Ryad (red).
Internet: www.timeonline.ru
- Internet Cafe - 15 Tshayanova str., m. Novoslobodskaya (gray).
Tel. 250-61-69, 973-44-56. e-mail: cafe@rsuh.ru Internet: http://cafe.rsuh.ru
- Internet Club - 12 Kuznetsky Most, m. Kuznetsky Most.
Tel. 924-21-40, 292-56-70 Internet: http://www.iclub.ru
- Newmail.ru - Novaya Potshta, 3/1 Zabelina str., m. Kitai-Gorod.
Tel. 923-08-63 e-mail: cafe@newmail.ru Internet: http://cafe.newmail.ru
- Cafemax - Pyatnitskaya str., 5, build. 1, m. Novokuznetskaya.
Tel. 950-60-50 Internet: http://www.emax.ru
These are some Moscow I-net providers:
Searching the Russian Web:
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