Accomodation in Russia
 

Through my painful search for a place to stay in Moscow, I went by quite a few number of helpful sites. For anyone interested in staying in Moscow or St.Petersburg for a week to several months, without getting bankrupt, here are some excellent options (they all responded to my inquires) :

hostels and budget hotels :
Travelpunk search engine
(of course !)


short term apartment rental :
waytorussia
www.unclepasha.com


apartment sharing :
www.flatmates.ru


forums about Russia with good classified section :
www.expat.ru
very active (I received PMs with offers within a 24 hours)

vivre en russie
voyage forum
French speaking community, but you can place an add in english.

1 month in Moscow
 

in 2004 i graduated from Utah and went to Moscow for a month. The best place i found was www.russiangirlfriday.com . The girl who runs the website gave me the email of her cousin who gave me a good deal for the month. It was a great deal considering Moscow just topped the most expensive cities list: http://www.mercerhr.com/knowledgecen...jsessionid=AK3

Everything worked great but there are some hostels in Moscow: http://www.hostels.com/en/ru.mo.html

it is a great country!