| Russian Federation Российская Федерация (Russian) Timeline: The 2020 Revolutions | ||||||
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| Anthem: Государственный гимн Российской Федерации "The State Anthem of the Russian Federation" |
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| Capital | Moscow | |||||
| Largest | Saint Petersburg | |||||
| Official languages | Russian | |||||
| Religion | Orthodox Christianity | |||||
| Demonym | Russian | |||||
| Government | Federal semi-presidential constitutional republic under a centralized authoritarian government | |||||
| - | President | Vladimir Putin | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | Mikhail Mishustin | ||||
| Legislature | Federal Assembly | |||||
| - | Upper house | Federation Council | ||||
| - | Lower house | State Duma | ||||
| Formation | ||||||
| - | Declaration | 12 December 1991 | ||||
| - | Constitution | 12 December 1993 | ||||
| - | Crimea annexed | 18 March 2014 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | 2022 estimate | 145,478,100 | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $4.32 Trillion | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $1.71 Trillion | ||||
| Gini | 37.5 Medium |
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| HDI | 0.824 Very High |
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| Currency | Russian ruble (RUB) |
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| Drives on the | Right | |||||
| Internet TLD | .ru | |||||
| Calling code | +7 | |||||
Russia (Russian: Россия), officially the Russian Federation (Russian: Российская Федерация) is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It shares borders with 16 sovereign nations, it is a de-jure federal semi-presidential constitutional republic under an centralized authoritarian government led by Vladimir Putin.