Period+6+Russia

** RUSSIA ** 

 Editors: Sam Goldberg, Sean Miller, Lea Gorodesky, Lindsey Klemens

Fast Facts: (SM & LK) (SG)
 * < Population: ||< 140,702,096 ||
 * < Population of Moscow: ||< 10,415,400 ||
 * < Land Area ||< 16,995,800 ||
 * < GDP Per Capita: ||< $6,932.33 ||
 * < Literacy Rate: ||< 99.4% ||
 * < Inflation: ||< 7.0% ||
 * < Birth Rate: ||< 1.1% ||
 * < Death Rate: ||< 1.605% ||

(LK)
 * Vladmir Putin, Prime Minister**

(LK)

Population Distribution:

(SG)

Climate: The dominating climate is humid continental and subarctic climate. Much of Russia has a distinct summer and winter, but the spring and fall are only short periods of change between the two. Temperatures get more extreme from south to north and from west to east. Summers are hot and humid, and the interiors are the driest areas. (LG)

Imports/Exports: Russia’s Largest imports are machinery, equipment, and transport equipment (54.3% of their imports in 2007) Russia’s largest exports are mineral goods: gas, oil, petrol, ores, coal, etc. (68.4% of exports in 2007)

KEY POLITICAL LEADERS: (LG & SM)
 * President: || Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev (2008) ||
 * Prime Minister: || Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (2008) ||
 * Federation Council (upper house): || Sergey Mikhaylovich Mironov (2001) ||
 * State Duma (lower house): || Boris Vyacheslavovich Gryzlov (2003) ||
 * Minister of Foreign Affairs: || Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov (2004) ||
 * Minister of Defence: || Anatoly Eduardovich Serdyukov (2007) ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Minister of Internal Affairs: || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Rashid Gumarovich Nurgaliyev (2003) ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Minister of Finance: || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Aleksey Leonidovich Kudrin (2000) ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Chiefs of the Armed Forces General Staff: || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Nikolay Yegorovich Makarov (2008) ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Head of the Presidential Security Service: || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Viktor Vasilyevich Zolotov (2000) ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Head of the Federal Protection Service: || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Yevgeny Alekseyevich Murov (2000) ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service: || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Mikhail Efimovich Fradkov (2007) ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">FSK/FSB Directors: || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Aleksandr Vasilyevich Bortnikov (2008) ||