How do I dial a Russian mobile phone number from the UK?
Sep 25, 2010, 1:21 pm
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How do I dial a Russian mobile phone number from the UK?
Does anyone have any advice on how to call a Russian mobile phone number from the UK using a phonecard?
My ex-GF who lives in Moscow gave me her mobile phone number recently and I want to call her but I don't know how to dial the number properly as a lot of the info I've googled up doesn't seem to work at all.
My ex-GF who lives in Moscow gave me her mobile phone number recently and I want to call her but I don't know how to dial the number properly as a lot of the info I've googled up doesn't seem to work at all.
Sep 25, 2010, 1:55 pm
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Have you tried to call the phone company you are using? They should know which prefix you should
Have you tried to call the phone company you are using? They should know which prefix you should
Sep 25, 2010, 4:12 pm
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Does anyone have any advice on how to call a Russian mobile phone number from the UK using a phonecard?
My ex-GF who lives in Moscow gave me her mobile phone number recently and I want to call her but I don't know how to dial the number properly as a lot of the info I've googled up doesn't seem to work at all.
My ex-GF who lives in Moscow gave me her mobile phone number recently and I want to call her but I don't know how to dial the number properly as a lot of the info I've googled up doesn't seem to work at all.
Sep 28, 2010, 8:38 am
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Sep 28, 2010, 10:21 am
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+7 then city code then local number. the city code for Moscow is 495 (instead of 095) for many years already.
for a moscow seven digit number like 123-4567 you would dial +7 495 123-4567.
Many mobile numbers use a city code like 916 or 903 or 915 or 985 or 499 etc. These are special city codes mostly reserved for mobile phones. They are often written with an 8 at the front, which is what you would dial inside russia to reach a different city code. So if somebody had a mobile number 123-4567 with city code 915, it will often be written as 8-915-123-4567. To call that number from outside russia you would strip off the 8 and replace it with +7 and the result is +7 915 123-4567. (In this case 8 is very similar to the leading 0 used in many UK numbers for inter-city calls.)
for a moscow seven digit number like 123-4567 you would dial +7 495 123-4567.
Many mobile numbers use a city code like 916 or 903 or 915 or 985 or 499 etc. These are special city codes mostly reserved for mobile phones. They are often written with an 8 at the front, which is what you would dial inside russia to reach a different city code. So if somebody had a mobile number 123-4567 with city code 915, it will often be written as 8-915-123-4567. To call that number from outside russia you would strip off the 8 and replace it with +7 and the result is +7 915 123-4567. (In this case 8 is very similar to the leading 0 used in many UK numbers for inter-city calls.)