A great deal of SKYPE's services are free, such as the chat and the actual video skyping. They also offer internet phone services for a nominal price. Greymare and I Skype all the time with web cams and it costs nothing, and is extremely clear.
Yes I speak Russian and Spanish, as well as a couple of other languages.
Question about Skype: When I first heard about Skype, somebody said it borrows user bandwidth to route calls over the net. Somebody else said it was free. Is it really a free service, or is it more like a limited service until you pay? Also, so you speak any Russian and/or Spanish?