Russia in few words

President: Vladimir POUTINE

Area: 17'075'200 km2

Habitants (July 2007) : 141,377,752, in 2005: 143,420,309 (average annual growth rate: -0.48%);  birth rate: 10.9 / 1000; mortality rate: 11.0 / 1000; fertility: 2 children born / woman

Capital: Moscow (inhabitants: 11 million in 2006)

Other cities: Saint-Petersbourg, 4,1 M

                    Novossibirsk, 1,4 M

                    Ekaterinenbourg , 1,4 M

                    Nijni-Novgorod, 1,4 M

                    Samara, 1,2 M

                    Tcheliabinsk, 1,2 M

                    Kazan, 1,1 M

                    Perm, 1,1 M

                    Oufa, 1,1 M

                    Rostov-sur-le-Don, 1,1 M

Currency : the ruble (Руб)

Ethnic groups: Russian 81.5%, Tatar 3.8%, Ukrainian 3%, Chuvash 1.2%, Bashkir 0.9%, 0.8% Belarusians, Moldovans 0.7%, Germans 0.6%, other 7.5% (128 nationalities in all)

Literacy rate: 98% 
Life expectancy:  men: 59.1 years female: 73.0 years (2007) 
Figures in 2001:  men: 62.1 years female: 72.8 years (2001)