Moscow & St. Petersburg Metro...how?

Q. on using the Moscow Metro. We'll be only doing this for one day.
What's the best ticket to get? And how do you get tickets? Are there
ticket booths, or do you get it from machines? How much are tickets?

Same questions for St. Petersburg metro.

TIA

> Are there ticket booths, or do you get it from machines?

The last time I was I saw no machines, just women working in booths,
and those women spoke only Russian. To buy two tokens (tickets),
just say "dva", meaning two. I'd guess each token might cost 30
rubles or so. No transfers are needed as long as you stay below
ground.


Pete

> St. Petersburg is using special coins, that you buy at the entrance

Unless things have changed in the past few years (I doubt it), the metro
in St. Petersburg also accepts cards for multiple transits. Have a local
person write down the necessary words to buy one of these. I usually
buy a card for 50 transits to make sure I never run out, and then I give
the card to a local person as a gift.


Pete