If you don't speak Russian, beware what you buy. You may think the SIM works everywhere but that's not the case. The most attractive plans on all the majors are limited to the area of purchase, they are not national for internet. I have a MTS SIM on their "Smart" plan which works nationwide and for RUB300 per month gives 3gb data plus domestic calls and SMS.
I couldn't find anything of similar value on Beeline or Megafon, in fact, I couldn't find anything nationwide on Megafon but maybe I didn't look hard enough. I'm sending this using the MTS SIM from our overnight stop about 50km from Tulun, a medium sized town 350km from Irkutsk and I have an excellent HSPA connection.
Hope this helps
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