All IMB did in my case was to take a photostat of my passport. The staff there speak English and there was no requirement to have my passport translated and therefore no fee for doing so. The only requirement from their side is that when you open the account you need to put some money on it to become active. The 'minimum' is a nominal amount of something daft like 200 Rubles.
If, you're like me, and your salary or whatever else is being banked overseas, and you only want an account in a Russian bank for occasional use, I don't really think that you need worry too much about the share price in Gazprom. On 8/17/07, Safeport <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > done in less than half an hour. I got a debit card from them a couple of > > days later. You'll need the usual stuff with you - Passport / > > Registration. > > I just opened an account through my school, MMA. They required an official > translation of my passport (American passport into Russian). I got it for > 450 rubles at a place right beside the metro exit at Chistiy > Prudi/Turgenevskaya (there are 2 exits), telephone 746-9064. It takes 1 > working day. They don't keep your passport. > > > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ >
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