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COMMON INFORMATION OF RUSSIA

Official name: Russian Federation

Russian Federation (RF) = Russia

Form of government: (republic) federal state

Capital city: Moscow (10,42 million people)

Land area: 17 075 200 km2

Population: 143,8 millions (2006)

Ethnic groups: russian 81,5 %, tatarian 3,8 %, ukrainian 3 %, chuvashi 1,2 %, baskirian 0,9 %, belarussian 0,8 %, moldavian 0,7 %, other 8,1 (2004)

Religions: russian ortodox 55%, muslim 18%, protestant 10%, chatolic

7%, jewish 5%, other 5%

Official language: russian

Climate: arctic, subarctic, temperate and subtropical

Currency: russian rubel (RUB)

Russia is of the entities of RF: republics, boarder areas, cities with federal rights, autonomous territories, autonomous districts.

The fundamental law of the republic is the constitution. All the subjects of the RF has their own cpnstitution.

The three branches of power: legislative, executive and judicial power.

The state power in Russia is in, the hands of the president of the federation, the federal parliament (lower house and upper house), government of the Russian Federation and the court of the RF.

Int he regions, the power is int he hands of the local authorities. In Russia there is a multi-party system.

Head of State: Dmitri Anatolyevich Medvegyev

Prime minister: Vlagyimir Vlagyimirovich Putyin

Head of the Upper House: (not occupied)

Head of the Lower House: Boris Vyacheslavovich Grizlov

Minister of foreign affairs: Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov

Main cities: Santpetersburg (4,58 millions), Novosibirsk (1,39 millions), Yekatyerinburg (1,30 millions), Nyizhniy Novgorod (1,28 millions), Samara (1,14 millions), Omsk (1,13 millions), Kazany (1,11 millions), Chelyabinsk (1,09 millions), Rostov (1,05 millions), Ufa (1,02 millions), Perm (0,99 millions), Volgograd (0,99 millions)

Constitution of the RF:

http://www.constitution.ru/index.htm

State symbols of the RF