Country name: Russian Federation
Population: 142 million (2008, Rosstat)
Area: 17075 thousand square kilometers
Capital: Moscow
System of Government: Presidential parliamentary republic
Head of the Government: Dmitry Medvedev (President), Vladimir Putin (Prime Minister)
Science Minister: Andrey Fursenko
Parliament: Federative Council (upper house), Duma (lower house)
Administrative structure: Federal subjects grouped into seven federal districts.
Geography: The Russian Federation stretches across much of the north of Eurasia.
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Source: HSE, last update: 18.10.2010 (URL: http://www.st-gaterus.eu/_media/Russia_Country_Report_EN_Oct2010.pdf)
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