Zdrasvuitye is the formal hello. First make a "Z" sound, then say the word draws, then voo, then eat, then a "ye" sound. Say them all together for hello. Dasvidaniye is the formal good bye. It's pronounced Dahs-vid-on-ee-ye.
Priviet is an informal hi. Sound it out as pre-vee-et. For an informal bye, use Paka, which is pronounced paw kah.
Kak dayla, which sounds like it's spelled is, "how are you?" Some of the responses are Kharashow (good), narmaina (fine) and ploha (bad). Narmaina is pronounced nar-mall-na, and neeploha is nee, followed with blow if it started with a p, then "ha."
Spaseeba (Spa-see-ba) is the short way of saying "thank you," while Pazhalooysta is "you're welcome." Prasteete is "Excuse me," and Bal'shoye spaseeba is "thank you very much." Kak Vas za vut is how you'd say, "What is your name?"
For some longer phrases, try Vy ochen' krasivy for "you are very beautiful," and Udachi i khoroshego nastroeniya for "good luck and keep well." Poko vsyo is "that's all for now," and Govorite li vy po angliyski is Russian for "do you speak English?"