!!!Russia: Communication
||Telephones - fixed lines|''total subscriptions'': 36,524,978 \\ ''subscriptions per 100 inhabitants'': 26 (July 2015 est.) \\ 
||Telephones - mobile cellular|''total'': 227.288 million \\ ''subscriptions per 100 inhabitants'': 160 (July 2015 est.) \\ 
||Telephone system|''general assessment'': the telephone system is experiencing significant changes; more than 1,000 companies licensed to offer communication services; access to digital lines has improved, particularly in urban centers; progress made toward building the telecommunications infrast \\ ''domestic'': cross-country digital trunk lines run from Saint Petersburg to Khabarovsk, and from Moscow to Novorossiysk; the telephone systems in 60 regional capitals have modern digital infrastructures; cellular services, both analog and digital, are available in man \\ ''international'': country code - 7; connected internationally by undersea fiber -optic cables; satellite earth stations provide access to Intelsat, Intersputnik, Eutelsat, Inmarsat, and Orbita systems (2011) \\ 
||Broadcast media|13 national TV stations with the federal government owning 1 and holding a controlling interest in a second; state-owned Gazprom maintains a controlling interest in 2 of the national channels; government-affiliated Bank Rossiya owns controlling interest i (2016)
||Internet country code|.ru; note - Russia also has responsibility for a legacy domain ".su" that was allocated to the Soviet Union and is being phased out
||Internet users|''total'': 104.553 million \\ ''percent of population'': 73.4% (July 2015 est.) \\