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You can enter in Russia by plane from JFK international airport to Moscow and to St.Petersburg. Aeroflot, Delta Air lines (arrive at: Moscow Sheremetyevo International Airport <SVO>) and Transaero (arrives at: Moscow Vnukovo International Airport <VKO>) operate direct flight to Moscow in 9 hours 35minutes. While Aeroflot and Lufthansa fly to St.Petersburg (St.Petersburg Airport <LED>). It takes 12 hours 55 minutes with transit.


http://www.aeroflot.com/cms/en
http://www.svo.aero/
http://www.flightstats.com/go/Airport/airportDetails.do?airportCode=VKO

Who wants to access to Russia by train, there are some choices to get to its major cities: Moscow and St.Petersburg. There is a rail connection to Moscow from Paris, which travels via Germany, Poland and Belarus, for which you will need a transit visa.
there are also sleeper trains and coaches from other Western and nearly all Eastern European capitals, from CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) countries, and from China, Mongolia and Turkey.


http://www.russiantrains.com/en/page/allegro-train
http://www.russiantrains.com/en/page/tolstoy-train

There are many ways to get to Russia by ship. You can enjoy short crusing. The St Peter Line Ferries have regular voyages to St Petersburg between March and December, from Stockholm, Tallinn and Helsinki. It is also possible to catch a ferry from Trabzon in Turkey to Sochi and Novorossiysk. In the Far East, ships cross the Sea of Japan from Vladivostok to Niigata.


www.stpeterline.com

<Moscow>- Aeroexpress train takes you to the city center in just 35 minutes from Moscow airports (or vice versa): Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo and Domodedovo airports. There are two classes, business and economy. Business class requires the date and the departure time when you reserve seat. The train runs from 6:00 to 00:00 every 30 minutes. You can buy ticket online below.

http://www.russiantrains.com/en/page/aeroexpress-trains


<St.Petersburg>- There is no express train like Moscow that connects metro station. You can take, instead, city bus k-3 or k-213 from St.Petersburg Airport till Moskovskaya metro station.

<Moscow>- There is no indication in English, so you'd better bring a map written in both Russian and English. You can also get it at the station. Apart from this difficulty, Moscow Metro is very organized and extended widely to 11 lines, metropolis indeed. You can buy ticket at the ticket booth signed "KACCA". Ticket types are variable, you can choose 1,2,5,20 or 60 rides from price list on the booth. For a single ride costs 30 rubles.

<St.Petersburg>- It's more simple than Moscow. But metro progresses in its modern transport system as trend as other metros in the world. 5 lines (deepest ones in the world) are across under the rivers in the city center. The fare for a single journey to anywhere in the city is around 34ruble ($1). St. Petersburg's metro still uses a system of tokens ("zheton") the size of larger coins. These can be bought from the cashier windows operating in every station vestibule or vending machines of two types in nearly all stations. Stations open at like Moscow approximately 5:45 to 00:30. Services are very efficient.

<Moscow>- Public transports are very efficient. Bus, trolley bus and tram run throuth the city surfing on the 700 routes with 5 thousand stops of both urban ones and regional ones.

http://www.mapofmoscow.net/transport/

<St.Petersburg>- Bus is cheap, but a little bit difficult for tourists to use. There is no signs in English at the stops. Trolleybus is maybe useful for foreigners who visit here for the first time, it runs all over the city. Tram is helpful for those who plan to go outside of the city center.

http://www.saint-petersburg.com/transport/


*Images of Bus, Trollybus and Tram below run in Moscow.

You can catch any type of cars in both Moscow and St.Petersburg. There are two types of taxi: official and unofficial Chastniki. Chastniki is largely run in the city. So, it'll be easy to find them even if it's unfavorable. You just keep in mind of negotiating with drivers for fare before you get in. Prices are about 150-200 ruble.


<Moscow>

Welcome Taxi
(price reasonable and order online)
http://welcometaxi.ru/


Taxi Martex
Tel: 739-52-25, 778-88-22, 315-59-07, 315-00-23
http://www.zz.ru/price.html


City Taxi
Tel: 500-0500
http://www.500-0-500.ru/eng/


<St.Petersburg>

Angel Taxi (English-speaking operators and drivers in St. Petersburg's premier 24/7 taxi dispatching per-km service with over 300 drivers in St.Petersburg.)
Tel: (+7) 812 777 20 10
www.angel-taxi.com


Taxi 068
Tel:(+7) 812 068, (+7) 812 324 77 77
www.taxi068.ru


Taxi 7000000
Tel: (+7) 812 700 00 00, www.taxi7000000.ru


New Yellow Taxi
Tel: (+7) 812 600 88 88, www.peterburg.nyt.ru

Temporary visitors to Russia may drive for up to 60 days with a valid U.S. driver's lisence and a notarized Russian translation. Tourists may also use International Driving Permits issued by the American Automobile Association or the American Automobile Touring alliance to drive in Russia. Vehicles drive on the right.