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Russian Federation Российская Федерация
Rossiyskaya Federatsiya
Flag of Russia Flag Coat of arms of Russia Coat of arms
Anthem: Государственный гимн Российской Федерации  (Russian)
Gosudarstvenny gimn Rossiyskoy Federatsii  (transliteration)
State Anthem of the Russian Federation
Location of Russia
Capitaland largest cityMoscow
Official languagesRussian official throughout nation; twenty-seven others co-official in various regions
Demonym(s)Russian
GovernmentFederal semi-presidential republic
• President Dmitry Medvedev
• Prime Minister Vladimir Putin
• Chairman of the Federation Council Sergey Mironov
• Chairman of the State Duma Boris Gryzlov
Founded (862) Novgorodians invited prince Rurik to keep law and order, thus giving birth to the Rurik dynasty that ruled over all Russian lands throughout more than 700 years
Area
• Total17,075,400 km (6,592,800 sq mi) (1st)
• Water (%)13
Population
• 2008 estimate142,008,838 (9th)
• 2002 census145,166,731
• Density8.3/km (21.5/sq mi) (209th)
GDP (PPP)2007 estimate
• Total$2.088 trillion (7th)
• Per capita$14,692 (52nd)
GDP (nominal)2007 estimate
• Total$1.290 trillion (11th)
• Per capita$9,075 (54th)
Gini (2005)40.5
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HDI (2005)Increase 0.802
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CurrencyRuble (RUB)
Time zoneUTC+2 to +12
• Summer (DST)UTC+3 to +13
Calling code7
ISO 3166 codeRU
Internet TLD.ru (.su reserved), (.рф 2009)
  1. The Russian Federation is the successor to earlier forms of continuous statehood, starting from 9 century AD when Rurik, a viking warrior, established "Russ" or "Rhos" state at Novgorod, traditionally taken as the beginning of Russian statehood
  2. The .рф Top-level domain will be available for use in the Russian Federation in the second quarter of 2009 and will only accept domains which use the Cyrillic alphabet.

FUCKING COMMUNISTS!!!!!

  1. According to the Russian Primary Chronicle; "Tale of Bygone Years:". Retrieved 2008-06-24.
  2. "The Russian federation: general characteristics". Retrieved 2008-04-05. {{cite web}}: Text "Federal State Statistics Service" ignored (help)
  3. Cite error: The named reference demo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. "Russian Census of 2002". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
  5. ^ "Russia". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
  6. Cite error: The named reference cia was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. Template:Ru icon "Russia allowed to register internet domains in Cyrillic". Interfax. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
  8. "The Human Development Index—Going Beyond Income". Human Development Report 2007. United Nations Development Program. Retrieved 2008-01-27.
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