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General Information

 
Capital: Moscow Head of State: President Dmitriy Anatolyevich MEDVEDEV (since 7 May 2008)

Surface Area: 17,098,242 sq km Head of Government: Premier Vladimir Vladimirovich PUTIN (since 8 May 2008)

Official Languages: Russian, many minority languages
Population: 139,390,205 (July 2010 est.)
Exchange rate (30-08-2010): EUR 1 = RUB 39.0046
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Local Time: UTC/GMT +3 hours Internet suffix: .ru


Telehone lines (main lines): 44.2 million (2008) Mobile lines: 187.5 million (2008)

Internet users: 45.25 million (2008) Literacy rate: 99.4%


Life expectancy: male: 59.54 years female: 73.17 years (2010 est.)

Infrastructures:

  • 593 airpots with paved airways

  • 87,157 km railways



Urban Population: 73% of total population (2008)


Ethnic Origin: Russian 79.8%, Tatar 3.8%, Ukrainian 2%, Bashkir 1.2%, Chuvash 1.1%, other or unspecified 12.1%


Religion: Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2% (2006 est.)


Recent Economic Indicators


 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
GDP, current prices (USD, billions) 259.702 306.583 345.486 431.429 591.902 764.256 989.428 1,294.05 1,660.01 1,229.23
GDP, PPP (USD, billions) 1,793.52 2,095.58 2,379.38 2,975.37 4,104.73 5,325.82 6,928.77 9,100.21 11,690.20 8,693.80
GDP PPP per capita, (USD billion) 7,757.58 8,251.24 8,849.14 9,708.68 10,740.06 11,832.45 13,220.18 14,756.90 15,941.08 14,919.96
GDP PPP share of world total 2.668 2.743 2.794 2.896 2.952 3.007 3.085 3.175 3.259 3.049
Inflation, % Change (Index, 2000=100) 20.2 18.6 15.1 12 11.7 10.9 9 11.9 13.3 8.8
Current Account Balance (USD, billions) 46.839 33.935 29.116 35.41 59.514 84.443 94.34 77.012 102.4 47.514
Current Account Balance % GDP 18.036 11.069 8.428 8.208 10.055 11.049 9.535 5.951 6.169 3.865



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Ireland's trade relations with Russia


   2007  2008  2009
Exports (merchandise, € million)
 105,099
 127,181
 75,217
Exports (merchandise, tonnes)
 12,484
 19,836
 10,068
Imports (merchandise, € million)
 26,972
 64,726
 32,438
Imports (merchandise, tonnes)
 113,514
 160,662
 103,462

Top 5 Exports to Russia in 2009
  € 000 Tonnes
Essential oils, perfume materials; toilet & cleansing preps
 17,847
 379
Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and preparations thereof
 9,605
 5,198
Office machines & automatic data processing machines
 7,229
 34
Chemical materials & products nes
 6,780
 1,470
Professional, scientific & controlling apparatus nes
 4,053
 25

Top 5 Imports from Russia in 2009
  € 000 Tonnes
Petroleum, petroleum products & related materials
 15,060
 43,846
Fertilisers
 12,670
 57,592
Professional, scientific & controlling apparatus nes
 937
 1
Electrical machinery, apparatus & appliances nes & parts
 892
 0
Electrical machinery, apparatus & appliances nes & parts
 530
 0

Sources:
CSO - Central Statistics Office
CIA - World Factbook
UNDATA
IMF - World Economic Outlook

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