Country name: Russian Federation
Capital:
Moscow
Form of government:
Presidential Republic
Foundation: 1990
Population: 143 Million
Ethnics by percentage: Russians (79,8%), Tatars, Ukrainian, Bashkir, Chuvash, Others
Official languages:
Russian
Other languages:
over 100
Country size:
17,075,200 km²
Neighbouring countries:
Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, Ukraine
Current President: Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
Current Prime Minister: Viktor Alekseyevich Zubkov
Parlamentary Majority: United Russia
Parliamentary Opposition: Communist Party, LDPR, Just Russia, Motherland
Non-parliamentary Opposition: Yabloko, Union of Right Forces, Other Russia, NBP
Regional cooperation
BSEC, CIS, Council of Europe, OSCE
Global Income per Capita
$4,460
Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI): 2.5
Human Development Index (HDI): 0,797
see reports by Amnesty International
see reports by Human Rights Watch