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Originally Posted by TheSquid
It looks like there's a Связной just the other side of Вернадского пр. from МГИМО on Лобачевского ул, about 1.5km away. Do they sell SIM cards there, or will I need to go to a Мегафон place?
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I'm sure they sell SIMs there, so you can buy a SIM from MegaFon, MTS or BeeLine there, you can top up your SIM there and so on. There's no need to go at an operator's office, dealers sell SIMs too. It's possible they won't find a SIM with the Единый tariff, so you will have to make one tariff change yourself a bit later, but I'm sure you'll be able to buy any MegaFon SIM there. Also, there's the data registration problem. Any Russian SIM should be registered, even a prepaid. It doesn't put any responsibility, it's just a rule and I'm sure they won't cancel it (all these antiterrorist stuff etc. keeps it working). So, they will probably refuse your foreign data, thus you'll need some personal data from your Russian friend or from your American friend with a Russian residence permit to register the SIM. It's nothing more than just informing the state, so it's no problem to supply your data to a person whom you trust. It's even possible that the shop sales personnel will provide their own data. I'm not actually sure about all this registration stuff, but I guess I should warn you. And, there's no problem in buying a phone, it's just about SIM.
I guess Motorola V600 is a sort of rare thing here. I hope you'll find a quadband here, but it's more likely that you'll have to get a 900/1800/1900 triband instead.