B747-400 CREW HAD DELAYED CONTACT WITH RUSSIAN ATC AT THE FIR BOUNDARY BTWN CHINA AND RUSSIA.

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HAD BEEN CLRED TO RUSSIAN AIRSPACE BY CHINESE CTLR; FORWARDED ARGUK ESTIMATE TO HIM WHEN HE GAVE US THE RUSSIAN FREQ. THE FREQ WAS VERY NOISY AND HAD TO HAVE HIM REPEAT SEVERAL TIMES. THAT FREQ DIDN'T WORK; WENT BACK AND THIS TIME WE COULD UNDERSTAND THE FREQ. BY THE TIME WE GOT THE CALL MADE WE HAD PASSED ARGUK BY AN ESTIMATE LESS THAN 1-2 MINS. THE CTLR SEEMED UPSET BUT HANDED US OFF TO ANOTHER FREQ. IN MODERATE CHOP; PAX AND FLT ATTENDANTS SEATED. DISPATCH CALLED LATER TO INFORM US THAT OUR FLT NUMBER WAS LISTED AS A BREACH. COM FOR REMAINDER OF FLT WAS NORMAL. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 520983: XING FIR FROM CHINA INTO RUSSIA; WE WERE TALKING TO HARBIN CTL AND TOLD TO SWITCH FREQS. DUE TO LANGUAGE PROBS IT WAS SEVERAL MINS BEFORE WE OBTAINED THE CORRECT FREQ. BY THE TIME WE CALLED RUSSIA ON THE CORRECT FREQ WE HAD JUST ARRIVED AT THE FIR OF ARGUK AND THE RUSSIAN CTLR ASKED WHY WE HAD NOT CALLED. WE EXPLAINED THE PROB. SEVERAL HRS LATER; DISPATCH CALLED UP AND DISCUSSED THE SIT; WHICH WAS RESOLVED TO HIS SATISFACTION.