Comments on: Russia: Calling Abkhazia Via Russia http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/11/06/russia-calling-abkhazia-via-russia/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:27:58 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ivaka zan http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/11/06/russia-calling-abkhazia-via-russia/comment-page-1/#comment-1599560 ivaka zan Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:41:35 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=104969#comment-1599560 Calling Canada via US Calling Russia via Kazakhstan Calling Apsny via Kazakhstan Calling Canada via US
Calling Russia via Kazakhstan
Calling Apsny via Kazakhstan

]]> By: ivaka zant http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/11/06/russia-calling-abkhazia-via-russia/comment-page-1/#comment-1599559 ivaka zant Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:37:22 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=104969#comment-1599559 For example: I'm from Kazakhstan, my phone number is +7 723 25x xx xx. For example: I’m from Kazakhstan, my phone number is +7 723 25x xx xx.

]]> By: Gregory Levonian http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/11/06/russia-calling-abkhazia-via-russia/comment-page-1/#comment-1598717 Gregory Levonian Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:29:18 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=104969#comment-1598717 "This means than everyone trying to reach Uncle Bagrat in Gagra will have to call Russia and not Georgia." That's a pretty provocative way to put it. You'll not be calling Russia, you'll just be dialling Russia's prefix. It's the same prefix you dial when calling Kazakhstan, by the way. By your logic you're calling the US when you call Canada. Canada uses the US calling code. “This means than everyone trying to reach Uncle Bagrat in Gagra will have to call Russia and not Georgia.”

That’s a pretty provocative way to put it. You’ll not be calling Russia, you’ll just be dialling Russia’s prefix.

It’s the same prefix you dial when calling Kazakhstan, by the way.

By your logic you’re calling the US when you call Canada. Canada uses the US calling code.

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