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Visas: All visitors require a visa
Time: Tatarstan is within Moscow time zone - GMT/UTC +3
Electricity: 220V (some 127V still found) 50Hz
Weights & measures: Metric
Time to go: July and August are the warmest months and the main holiday season
Currency: rouble
Meals
Budget: US$4-10
Mid-range: US$10-15
Top-end: $US15 and upwards
Lodging
Budget: US$10-45
Mid-range: US$45-100
Top-end: US$100 and upwards
If you're really frugal, avoiding plane trips, taxis, overseas phone calls and decent restaurants, as well as always looking for the very cheapest place to stay, you should be able to get by on US$30 a day. If you always stay in comfortable hotels and eat in restaurants two or three times a day, you're looking at more like US$85 a day. If you prefer to spend your day eating in the finest restaurants and sleeping between crispest sheets, plan on around US$350 a day.
It's best to take your money as many ways as you can. US dollars cash - easiest to change, your chances of changing travellers cheques are slim to non-existent. You should also be able to get a cash advance on your credit card in the big cities, but it will be difficult elsewhere.
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