I can hardly agree with Andrey. Reading rules in Russian aren't simple at all. Great number of words are pronounced different from tha way thay are written. For example, "здравствуйте" (letter "в" is not pronounced, the letter "е" becomes indistinct so that it's difficult to say for sure if it's "е" or "и"), "всего доброго" ("г" becomes "в" in both words, "e" is pronounced like "и"; the sounds "o" in the second word are close to "а"). As for the "Russian for Dummies" I wouldn't recommend it anyone beacause of some things that can misguide a learner. The book seems to be written not by a native speaker. There are some unauthentic examples (phrases, sentences). Also the alphabet they use to illustrate the pronunciation of Russian words is latin. I can hardly imagine anyone who learns Russian this way to sound authentic. I tend to think that this book can cause damage to inexpierienced learners.

There are everything on the Latin alphabet! This is very inefficient. Waste of time. In the Russian language is very simple rules of reading. How do you spell and so do you read. with minor deviations. Therefore easier to learn our alphabet and read in Russian.