Yesterday, the news slipped through that MTS finally launched promotional websites and (seemingly) officially began selling HTC Hero in Russia.

At least two official sites speak about it:
Promo site HTC Hero in RussiaHero's MTS websiteThe price is 22990 rubles.
True, despite the date of August 10, they say that it appears in stores only this week. The MTS website has a list of stores where, theoretically, it can already be bought.
On Habré already there were several reviews of Hero:
Here and
hereAlso
hobbit19 promised today one more.
Under the cat specifications:
Networks: GSM / GPRS / EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz), WCDMA / HSDPA (900/2100 MHz)
OS: Android 1.5
Processor: Qualcomm MSM7200A, 528 MHz
Display: capacitive, 3.2-inch touchscreen, with a resolution of 320x480 pixels
Camera: 5 megapixel with autofocus, no flash
Memory: 512 MB ROM, 288 MB RAM, microSD memory card slot
Navigation: GPS, mapping Google Maps
Communications: Wi-Fi (802.11b / g), Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR (A2DP), HTC ExtUSB
Audio: MP3, AAC (AAC, AAC +, AAC-LC), AMR-NB, WAV, MIDI and Windows Media Audio 9
Video: MPEG-4, H.263, H.264 and Windows Media Video 9
Other: G-Sensor, digital compass, screen brightness sensor
Opening hours: talk time up to 470 minutes (GSM), up to 420 minutes (WCDMA); standby time up to 440 hours (GSM), up to 750 hours (WCDMA)
Battery: Li-Ion, 1350 mAh
Dimensions: 112 x 56.2 x 14.35 mm
Weight: 135 g
taken
from here