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Russia +7

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How to dial

Calling from abroad +7 912 345 67 89

Dial +7, then the local number. Drop the leading trunk prefix 8. Generate the full number →

Calling a mobile locally 8 912 345 67 89

For domestic long distance dial 8 first, then the area code. Local calls: dial directly. Mobiles are dialled with the leading 8 as well.

Mobile length
10 digits
Mobile prefixes
9XX XXX XX XX
International format
+7 9XX XXX XX XX
Domestic trunk
8

Sign-up availability

What to expect when signing up for these services with a physical SIM from this country:

ChatGPT Not supported
Claude Not supported
WhatsApp Works
Telegram Works
LINE Unverified
WeChat Works
X Partly limited
TikTok Partly limited
Gemini Not supported

Applies to every platform: VoIP / virtual numbers and heavily-reused number pools get rejected. Physical SIM only.

Checked 2026-09-12. Platform region policies and number-range allocations change — always confirm against each platform’s official supported-regions list and the carrier’s notices.
3 sources
help.openai.com/articles/7947663www.anthropic.com/supported-countriessupport.google.com/gemini?p=gemini_web_availability

How to read a number

+79123456789

+7Country code
+7 is shared by Russia and Kazakhstan. Tell them apart by the digit that follows: Kazakh numbers start with 6 or 7, Russian mobiles start with 9.
9Start of the mobile number
The national part of a Russian mobile number is always 10 digits and begins with 9. Written nationally as 89…; that leading 8 is the national trunk prefix and is replaced by +7 when dialling from abroad.
123456789Remaining 9 digits
The first three are the numbering-zone (DEF) code, allocated to operators in blocks and recorded in the Ministry of Digital Development’s numbering registry. But Russia allows porting, so the digits do not tell you which operator the SIM is on now.

Written nationally as 8 912 345-67-89. Russians normally read numbers out in 3-3-2-2 groups.

This section checked 2026-09-17.
2 sources
opendata.digital.gov.ru/registry/numericmoskva.beeline.ru/customers/products/mobile/services/details/mnp

Number ranges & quality

RangeTypeNotes
9xx (e.g. 9xx-xxx-xx-xx, 10 digits) Mobile carrier Russian physical carrier ranges (MTS / Beeline / MegaFon / Tele2). Shares +7 with Kazakhstan: Russian numbers start with 9, Kazakh numbers start with 7.
Ranges used for internet telephony VoIP SIP and internet-phone numbers; often rejected when signing up for SMS-based services.
Intl SMSStable
Virtual-number riskMedium
ID requiredForeigners must apply in person with a passport, a Gosuslugi account, EBS biometrics and the phone’s IMEI; max 10 numbers per document (303-FZ, from 1 January 2025).

Russia is not on the service-regions list of OpenAI, Anthropic or Google, so ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini cannot be registered. X is restricted locally (needs a VPN), and since 2022 TikTok has limited new content uploads — sign-up and login work but features are restricted. WhatsApp and Telegram (extremely popular in Russia) work normally.

Carriers & prefixes

Mobile prefixes by carrier.

Number portability applies — a prefix only shows the original carrier.

Porting rules in full

Porting is available. By law it takes a minimum of 8 days from the day you sign with the new operator; you can pick any porting date between 8 days and 6 months, and if you pick none the number moves on day 8. Conditions: the number must be in your own name, your details must match those held by the current operator, the account must have no debt, and at least 60 days must have passed since any previous port. The fee is 100 roubles. Watch out when changing region: Beeline states that from 1 September 2026, porting with a simultaneous region change is only handled in its own stores, and that after a number moves to a different region it may stop receiving calls from landlines. So Russian number ranges likewise only show who originally issued the number. This site does not publish a "which range belongs to which operator" table for Russia: the official numbering registry is raw range-level data rather than a ready-made operator table, and combined with porting, assembling one would mislead more than it helps.

  • MTS Mobile carrierVeteran
    launched 1994 — commercial service began in Moscow

    Owned by Sistema. One of the largest operators in Russia by subscribers.

  • MegaFon Mobile carrierVeteran
    founded 1993 — its predecessor was North-West GSM in St Petersburg

    Owned by USM Holdings.

  • Beeline Mobile carrierVeteran
    launched 1992 — its first base station went up in Moscow in June that year

    Operated by PJSC VimpelCom.

  • T2 Mobile carrierVeteran
    launched 2003 — formerly Tele2 Russia

    Owned by Rostelecom (100%). Note the name change: on 4 September 2024 Tele2 became T2 — the company says it chose not to renew the Tele2 brand licence, which expired at the end of 2024. Plenty of older travel guides still say "Tele2"; this is the same operator.

This section checked 2026-09-17.
10 sources
moskva.beeline.ru/customers/products/mobile/services/details/mnpmsk.t2.ru/journal/article/rebrandingwww.company.rt.ru/en/ir/news_calendar/d454414opendata.digital.gov.ru/registry/numericmoskva.mts.ruwww.megafon.rumoskva.mts.ru/about/informaciya-o-mts/mts-v-rossii-i-v-mire/istoriya-mts/istoriya-mts-2015-god-i-raneecorp.megafon.ru/download/~federal/corp/investoram/report/year_reports/godovoj_otchet_2025.pdfmoskva.beeline.ru/about/about-beeline/beeline-historymsk.t2.ru/about/company/about-company

SIM cards & keeping a number

Since 1 January 2025, Federal Law 303-FZ (amending the Communications Act) has tightened SIM rules for foreigners: • contracts only in person at an operator store, with a passport, a verified Gosuslugi (public services) account and biometrics (face photo and voice sample) registered at a Russian bank in the Unified Biometric System (EBS); the phone’s IMEI goes into the contract and the SIM works only in that phone; • at most 10 numbers per foreign document across all operators — exceed it and all are blocked (MTS); • older SIMs whose owners didn’t confirm their identity under the new rules lost service from 1 July 2025 (RIA Novosti). Setting up Gosuslugi and biometrics means visits to a bank or public services centre, so short-term visitors can hardly get one, and it isn’t suited to keeping a number.

Russian local SIM (MTS as an example)

Local prepaid
Network
MTS / MegaFon / Beeline / t2 own networks
Price
Plan-based
Keeping the number
MTS: after 30 days without a paid action, a number-retention fee of 1.5 ₽/day starts; any paid action such as a call or SMS, or a top-up of 5 ₽ or more, stops it (incoming calls don’t count). On most plans with a monthly fee the number is blocked and the contract ends after 6 months with no charges
ID check
MTS: passport + Gosuslugi account + biometrics registered at a bank + the phone’s IMEI, in person at a store; max 10 numbers per foreign document
SMS & calls
A normal Russian number. MTS: international roaming must be enabled on the number before travel; the per-SMS price for receiving in China isn’t listed — only SMS bundles from 500 ₽

Pros

  • A normal local number once set up
  • MTS publishes step-by-step guides in several languages, including Chinese

Watch out

  • Barely feasible for tourists
  • A daily retention fee starts after 30 days unused
  • The SIM is tied to one phone’s IMEI
  • Resold or proxy-registered SIMs aren’t in your name and will be cut off under the rules

Where to buy: support.mts.ru

7 sources
support.mts.ru/mts_mobilnaya_svyaz/oformlenie-i-podtverzhdenie-sim-karti-inostrannim-grazhdaninom/kak-inostrannomu-grazhdaninu-oformit-sim-kartusupport.mts.ru/mts_mobilnaya_svyaz/oformlenie-i-podtverzhdenie-sim-karti-inostrannim-grazhdaninom/chto-delat-esli-bolshe-10-sim-kart-oformleni-na-dokument-drugogo-gosudarstvasupport.mts.ru/mts_mobilnaya_svyaz/blokirovka-nomera-problemi-so-svyazyu/blokirovka-iz-za-dolgogo-neispolzovaniya-nomerasupport.mts.ru/mts_rouming_i_mezhgorod/svyaz-i-internet-v-populyarnih-stranah/kak-podgotovitsya-k-poezdke-v-kitairia.ru/20250701/svyaz-2026408477.htmlebs.ru/ino_simbase.garant.ru/409494213

From user and blogger reports; platform risk rules change often — treat as a guide only. This section checked 2026-09-15.

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