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