I want to buy unlock and activation from Apple officially, is it real?

As for me, I live in Russia, and want to buy this excellent device and use it in my home cellular network. As I know, some of the European operators may unlock your contract cellphone, if you pay them a termination fee. And what about Apple? Look, iPhone itself costs $400 now, plus $175 fee for AT&T (activation code), plus $500-600 for Apple (I think, it's honest price for unlock), and what we have? $1200 or so, it's a good overall price for this perfect phone (even w/out copy&paste, 3rd party apps, etc.) I'm really ready for this payment, and not only me. But it must be honest deal, as I don't want to have an iBrick with the next software update, as it happens with hacked and unlocked phones. So why not? I don't want to go by the crime way (unlock), and I want to have an iPhone in Russia with its full functionality, to call with my home SIM card, and no hacks, no mods, no tricks with hardware. So, is it real?
Excuse me for my English.
Eugene.

Apple does not offer, nor support iPhones on networks other than AT&T (US) O2 (England) and Orange (France). There is no way to get a phone for any other network from Apple.
To get a phone to work on your network, you must get a 3rd party unlocked phone which will have no support and can currently not be upgraded fully.

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