Accomodation
The participants of the conference are housed either in the building of the HSE Guesthouse, Vavilova, 7 or Hotel Peter I.

Steklov Mathematical Institute
The Steklov Mathematical Institute is located within a walking distance from the metro station "Akademicheskaya" ("Академическая"), orange line, South. It takes about 10–15 minutes to get from the station to the institute. First one should take Dmitriya Ulyanova street (Дмитрия Ульянова) and then Vavilova street (Вавилова), see the map
https://bit.ly/2En5Nux.  Entering the  building: please take some ID with you when you are going to the venue.

Conference sessions
The conference sessions will take place at the Steklov Institute, conference hall, 9th floor. Turn right after entering the building. Don’t use elevators that are in front of the entrance – they don’t go to the 9th floor. The elevators are located in the middle of the long corridor on the ground floor.

WiFi connection
In the Steklov Institute there is an open wireless network connection on the first floor (hotel) and on the 9th floor (conference hall); the network name is MIAN-FREE.

Meals
The cafeteria of the Steklov Institute is located on the ground floor of the building (first floor in Russian). After the entrance one should go to the right till the very end.

Restaurants
Here are some restaurants nearby the Steklov Institute and Vavilova, 7. Some of the chains in Moscow: Mu-Mu (Му-Му), Elki-Palki (Елки-Палки), Shesh-Besh (Шеш-Беш).

Public transportation in Moscow
One ride costs about 50 roubles; see more details here.

Bus, tram, and trolleybus
A driver sells tickets for some extra money. One inserts a ticket with a blank side up into the machine at the entrance of a transport. Keep the ticket till the end of the ride – controllers are possible.

Metro (subway)
Ticket offices nearby turnstiles after the entrance to the metro. The map of Moscow Metro (subway) is found in Wikipedia. You should go to the orange (Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya) line, if you go from the green line, you change at Tretyakovskaya-Novokuznetskaya, if you go by the brown line, you change at Oktyabr'skaya. The price of a subway ticket is fixed and does not depend on duration and range of the trip.

Yandex.metro may be helpful for Moscow subway navigation.

You can buy a local SIM-card in the airports, prepaid SIM with 3GB of mobile traffic start from 390 rubles ($6)
http://russia-travel-guide.com/tips/how-to-buy-local-sim.php