it's international radio code - same in all languages.
i've used it more than once with russian-speaking colleagues...

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Note added at 2002-08-30 15:46:44 (GMT)
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Here it is in full:

A ALFA АЛФА
B BRAVO БРАВО
C CHARLIE ЧАРЛИ
D DELTA ДЕЛТА
E ECHO ЕКО
F FOXTROT ФОКСТРОТ
G GULF ГОЛФ
H HOTEL ХОТЕЛ
I INDIA ИНДИЯ
J JULIET ЖУЛИЕТ
K KILO КИЛО
L LIMA ЛИМА
M MIKE МАЙК
N NOVEMBER НОВЕМБЪР
O OSCAR ОСКАР
P PAPA ПАПА
Q QUEBEC КВАБЕК
R ROMEO РОМЕО
S SIERRA СИЕРА
T TANGO ТАНГО
U UNIFORM ЮНИФОРМ
V VICTOR ВИКТОР
W WHISKEY УИСКИ
X XRAY ЕКСТРЕЙ
Y YANKEE ЯНКИ
Z ZULU ЗУЛУ


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Note added at 2002-08-30 15:48:51 (GMT)
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jarema - thanks for your response - i initially scrapped the answer as i wasn\'t (and am still not) 100% sure if this is what they were after....