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| Last reviewed: 16 March 2012 |
Area: 17,075,400 square kilometres
Population: 138.8 million (CIA, 2011)
Capital City: Moscow (population 10.4 million)
People: 81.5% Russians; 3.8% Tatars; 3% Ukrainians (more than 100 nationalities in all)
Languages: Russian, Tatar, other
Religions: Orthodox Christianity; Islam; Judaism; Buddhism
Currency: 1 Rouble = 100 Kopeks
Major political parties: United Russia, Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, A Just Russia
Government: Federation
Head of State/President: Dmitry Medvedev
Prime Minister/Premier: Vladimir Putin
Foreign Minister: Sergei Lavrov