How Much Does It Cost to Call Russia from the United States?
Calling Russia from the United States with Kinvo costs $1.31 per minute to landlines and $1.03 per minute to mobile phones, plus a one-time $0.05 connection fee when the call is answered. There is no subscription and credits never expire. Rates checked September 10, 2026.
The rate is set by the destination, not by where you are calling from: a call to Russiacosts the same from New York as from anywhere else. What changes with the origin is the time difference and how the number is dialled, both covered below.
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What $5, $10 and $20 buy
| Top-up | Russia landline ($1.31/min) | Russia mobile ($1.03/min) |
|---|---|---|
| $5 | about 3 minutes | about 4 minutes |
| $10 | about 7 minutes | about 9 minutes |
| $20 | about 15 minutes | about 19 minutes |
Minutes are after the $0.05 connection fee and rounded down. Kinvo bills whole minutes; unused credit stays in your account.
Cost by call length
| Call length | To a landline | To a mobile |
|---|---|---|
| 5 minutes | $6.60 | $5.20 |
| 10 minutes | $13.15 | $10.35 |
| 30 minutes | $39.35 | $30.95 |
| 60 minutes | $78.65 | $61.85 |
Each figure is the per-minute rate times the length plus the one-time $0.05 connection fee. Unanswered calls are free.
Time difference and when to call
Moscow is 7 hours ahead of New York. A good window is 7 AM–2 PM New York time, which is 2 PM–9 PM in Moscow.
US Eastern (UTC−5, UTC−4 in summer); Russia is UTC+2 to UTC+12 (Kaliningrad to Kamchatka). Times below use US Eastern; subtract 1 hour for Central, 2 for Mountain, 3 for Pacific. Russia spans several time zones; the difference above uses its most populous one.
How to dial Russia from the United States
- In Kinvo, enter +7 followed by the number, dropping the leading 8 that Russia numbers carry domestically. For example: +7 911 123 45 67.
- From a regular American phone you would dial 011 7 911 123 45 67 — the browser skips the exit code because it dials in international format directly.
- Russia mobile numbers start with 9 after the country code, which is how Kinvo picks the mobile rate.
Russian numbers start with area codes after the +7 country code. Moscow area code is 495 or 499. Mobile numbers start with 9 (dial +7 9XX). Drop the leading 8 used for domestic long-distance calls. Russia spans 11 time zones. Russian is the official language. Business hours in Moscow are 9 AM to 6 PM.
Number formats and area codes: Russia country code. All rates: Russia calling rates.
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