- National name Rossiiskaya Federatsiya/Russian Federation
- Area 17,075,400 sq km/6,592,811 sq mi
- Capital Moscow
- Currency rouble
- Population 141,533,000 (2005 est)
- Language Russian (official) and many East Slavic, Altaic, Uralic, Caucasian languages
- Religion traditionally Russian Orthodox; significant Muslim and Buddhist communities
- Time difference GMT +2/12
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