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Population
Russia's population is 138,739,892 as of July 2011, but it is decreasing at a rate of -0.47%.

Russia does not have as many ethnic groups as a country like the United States of America, however, there are several different ethnic groups. Russian takes up 79.8% of the population followed by Tatar 3.8%, Ukrainian which is 2%, Bashkir 1.2%, Chuvash 1.1%, and other unspecified take up 12.1% of the population as of 2002. The official language of Russia is Russian, but there are also many minority languages. (Russia, CIA factbook, 2011)

Culture
Russia also has many different religions including Russian Orthodox and Muslim as the two main religions. Russian Orthodox is 15- 20% of the people, and Muslim is 10- 15% of the people. Other Christian's takes up 2% of the population.

The major cities include the capital, Moscow, holding a population of 10.523 million, and Saint Petersburg at 4.575 million. Other major cities include, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, and Nizhniy Novgorod. (Russia, CIA factbook, 2011)

Political
Form of Government: Federal Capital Name: Moscow National Holiday: Russia Day on the 12th of June Constitution: Adopted on the 12th of December, 1993 Legal System: Civil law system including Judicial review of legislative acts. National Symbol: Bear and double-headed eagle (Russia, CIA factbook, 2011)

Economical
Russia used to be globally-isolated and centrally-planned economy, but ever since the collapse of the Soviet Union, they have been moving away from that and becoming a more marker-based and globally-integrates economy. Russia is now the world's larges exporter of natural gas, the second largest exporter of oil, and the third largest exporter of steel and primary aluminum.

The unemployment rate in Russia is 7.5% as of 2010, and the percent of the population below the poverty line is 13.1%.

Russia's budget is $273.4 billion to revenues, and $333 billion to expenditures. (Russia, CIA factbook, 2011)