International calling is very easy now in part because The Moscow Telephone Company rapidly upgraded its facilities and now many private phone companies offer both intercity and international calling services. When you are calling to Moscow or other regions of Russia where the area code starts with a "0", you do not omit this first zero when dialing from outside Russia. For example, to call the Moscow number (095)-123-4567 from U.S. you would dial 011-7-095-123-4567.

CALLING WITH MOSCOW INTERCITY AND INTERTATIONAL TELEPHONE COMPANY

Direct dialing: You can direct dial to the United States, Western and Eastern Europe from many homes and offices. Dial "8", wait for a second dial tone and then dial "10", the country code and telephone number. Here are some international codes from Moscow. Foreign city codes are given in International and Intecity Telephone directory. Direct dialing is particularly good between midnight and 8 am and on weekends.
Other Ways of Calling the Rest of the World:
   1. Use a pay phone to place direct international calls. Major big hotels, restaurants and other establishments have credit card phones, which use satellite lines for international connections. See PAY PHONES.
   2. For immediate calls via satellite go to a BUSINESS SERVICES CENTERS or HOTELS that lists "satellite phones". It is expensive, but quick and clear.
   3. Subscribe to your own international access service: Firms listed under TELECOMMUNICATIONS FIRMS can provide instant access to international lines from your office or home phone. These are ideal for businesses that want their own instant clear access to international lines. Prices are reasonable and competitive, especially to the USA.
   4. For inexpensive long distance phone calls over the Web, use Web Telephony services. For more details and a list of companies offering this service, see TELECOMMUNICATIONS FIRMS.
   5. Another way to save money on international calls is with a Callback service. Long distance calls originating from the US are much cheaper than long distance calls originating from other countries. So if you are calling from Russia to Japan for example, fist call access number in the United States, hear one "ring" signal and hang up. Within seconds an electronic switch in the US will call you back to give a dial tone which you can use to call anywhere in the world. This way the call originates from the US and you can take advantage of the lower rates. Look under TELECOMMUNICATIONS FIRMS for companies providing this service.
Here are some international codes from Moscow

Argentina 54    Boenos Aires 11 Australia 61 Austria 43    Vienna 1 Belgium 32    Antwerp 3    Brussels 2 Bosnia/Herzegovina 387    Sarajevo 33 Bulgaria 359 Canada 1    Montreal 514    Vancouver 604    Ottava 613 China 86    Peking 10 Croatia 385    Zagreb 1 Cyprus 357 Czech Republic 420    Prague 2 Denmark 45    Copenhagen *** Estonia 372 Finland 358    Helsinki 9 France 33    Paris ***    Lyon ***    Marseilles *** Germany 49    Berlin 30    Bonn 228    Bremen 421    Dresden 351    Munich 89 Great Britain 44    Bristol 117    Edinburgh 131    Glasgow 141    Liverpool 151    London 207, 208    Manchester 161    Oxford 1865 Greece 30    Athens 1 Hungary 36    Budapest 1 India 91    Delhi 11 Iceland 354

Ireland 353    Dublin 1 Israel 972    Jerusalem 2    Tel Aviv 3 Italy 39    Florence 055    Milan 02    Rome 06    Venice 041 Japan 81    Tokyo 3 Latvia 371 Lithuania 370 Norway 47 Netherlands 31    Amsterdam 20 Northern Korea 850    Pkhenyan 2 Poland 48    Warsaw 22    Krakow 12 Portugal 351    Lisbon 21 Romania 40    Bucharest 1 Slovakia 421    Bratislava 7 Slovenia 386 South Korea 82    Seoul 2 Spain 34 Sweden 46 Switzerland 41    Bern 31    Geneva 22    Zurich 1 Turkey 90    Ankara 312    Istanbul 212, 216 USA 1    Chicago 312, 773    Detroit 313    Los Angeles 323    Miami 305    New York 212, 646, 917    Philadelphia 215, 267    San Francisco 415< 628    Washington 202 Yugoslavia 381    Belgrade 11

*** When calling these cities, you dont need to dial a city code.