Russian+Federation

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toc = **My country facts** =

**General infromation:**
===Official country name: R ussian Federation ===

People
Russians.
 * 1. What are the people from the country called? **

The official language is Russian. 80% of the population also speak English.
 * 2. What is the official language? What other languages do people speak?**

Christianity, Islam, Budhism and Judaism are Russia’s traditional religions.
 * 3. What is the most-practiced religion?**

Russia has got about 141,927,297 inhabitants.
 * 4. How many inhabitants does the country have?**

**Government:**
Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev.
 * 1. What is the name of the leader of the country?**

It is ruled by a Federal semi-presidential republic
 * 2. What type of government is the country ruled by?**

The main political parties are United Russia, the Communist Party, the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia and Fair Russia.
 * 3. What are the main political parties of the country?**

No, it was not.
 * 4. Was your country ever a colony? If so, when did it gain its independence?**

With 191 countries in which in144 of them has got an embassy.
 * 5. With how many countries does Russia have diplomatic relations?**

**Geography:**
The Russian Federation is located in the east of Europe.
 * 1. Where is the country located?**

It is bordered by Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaiján, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia and North Corea.
 * 2. What other nations border the country?**

The most part of the territory is flat, but, the center, the south and the east have chains of mountains
 * 3. What kind of landscape does the country have?**

It has got a current climate. Tundra climate in the north, ranges from steppes in the south.
 * 4. What type of climate does your country have?**

**Economy:**
Almost 23% of the Russian people work in the production of machinery.
 * 1. What is the most common sector of employment in the country?**

The unemployment rate is aproxiamtely 8.5%.
 * 2. What is the unemployment rate in your country?**

The money earned with exportation is 303.4 billions
 * 3. How much money is earned with exportation? Which good are exported?**

The most surprising thing Iearned about my country was: that it is ruled by a Federal semi-presidential republic.