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Country Name

Russia

Country Code

RU, RUS

Country Calling Code

+7

Country Profile

Destination Russia, a Nations Online Project Profile of the world's largest country. The country, officially the Russian Federation, which is commonly referred to as Russia, is located partly in Eastern Europe and partly in North Asia; it borders the Arctic Ocean to the north. Russia is bordered by 14 countries, Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, and Ukraine. It also shares maritime borders with Japan, Sweden, Turkey, and the United States.

Capital Name

Moscow

Languages

Russian

Country Currency

Russian Ruble (RUR)

Time Zone

Local Time = UTC +3h

Driving (Left/Right)

drives on the right

Population

14.45 crores (2018)

Country Area

17 million kmē (6.5 million sq. mi.)

Place to Visit

Lake Baikal Moscow St. Peterburg Altay Sochi The Russian Tundra Peterhof Olkhon Island Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Vladivostok Anapa Novosibirsk

News

News Agencies Interfax Russian News Agency (in Russian). Interfax Information Services Group The international website of Interfax. Tass Formerly Itar-Tass, Russian News Agency. Prime Russian business news agency. Russian Newspapers (in Russian) Delovoy Peterburg dp.ru is a Saint Petersburg based daily business newspaper. Izvestia The online portal of the broadsheet newspaper with national and international news. Kommersant A major daily liberal newspaper. Komsomolskaya Pravda Nationwide daily tabloid newspaper. Moskovsky Komsomolets The online version of the Moscow-based daily newspaper. The Moscow Times News from Moscow and the rest of the world (in English). Nezavisimaya Gazeta Russian daily newspaper for an educated politicized audience. Novaya Gazeta The Russian newspaper is well known for its critical and investigative coverage of Russian political and social affairs. Rossiyskaya Gazeta Government-owned Russian newspaper. Trud Trud (English: Labor), is a full-color newspaper and a voice of the "center-left," published in Moscow. Vladnews Vladivostok News on-line. TV NTV (Cyrillic: ???) Homepage of the critical TV-Station (in Russian). RT (Russia Today) Russian propaganda TV and online magazine funded by the Russian government.

Art Culture

The State Hermitage Museum The second-largest art museum in the world presents the development of world culture and art from the Stone Age to the 20th century. The Moscow Kremlin The Kremlin complex serves as the official residence of the President of Russia and as a museum. Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts The museum houses one of the most representative collections of European art in Russia, ranging from antiquity to modernity. The State Russian Museum The State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg houses the most extensive collection of Russian art in the world. The State Tretyakov Gallery One of the largest museums in Russia with more than 100,000 works of art, the museum of the history of Russian art presents icons, paintings, graphics, and sculpture.

Economy Business

Russia has an upper-middle income economy with state ownership in strategic areas. Following the collapse of the USSR, market reforms in the 1990s led to the privatization of much of Russia's industry and agriculture, with striking exceptions in the energy and defense sectors. The country's economy is based on oil, gas, precious metals, agriculture, and arms exports. The country relies primarily on energy revenues. Energy makes up 65% of Russia's exports and 25% of its total revenue. [3] The Russian government controls the oil and gas industries. Bank of Russia The Central Bank of the Russian Federation. Moscow Central Stock Exchange The largest exchange group in the Russian Federation. American-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry The U.S.-Russia Chamber of Commerce (USRCC), a 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization headquartered Houston, Texas.

Transport

Space Roscosmos The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities is in charge of a broad spectrum and different types of space flight and cosmonautics programs. Air Aeroflot The Russian flag carrier. East Line Group Group of companies for air transportation and airport management at Domodedovo International Airport. Rossiya Airlines The Russian airline is headquartered in Saint Petersburg. Siberia Airlines (S7 Airlines) Russia's biggest domestic airline. Transaero Transaero Airlines was a Russian airline; it filed for bankruptcy on 1 October 2015. Ural Airlines Russian airline based in Yekaterinburg.

Tourism

Education

The Moscow State University Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), a public research university, was the first Russian university founded in 1755. Russian Academy of Science The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) was established by order of Emperor Peter I in February 1724. Russia's national academy currently includes more than 600 institutions and over 50,000 scientific researchers. Saint-Petersburg State University The oldest Russian higher education institution is a state-owned university based in Saint Petersburg, founded in 1724. SPbU is the second-best multi-faculty university in Russia after Moscow State University. Novosibirsk State University NSU is a national research university located in Novosibirsk in the southwestern part of Siberia. Samara State Aerospace University SSAU trains specialists for the rocket and space, aviation, electronic, metallurgical, and automotive industries. Samara State University A leading multi-faculty university in the city of Samara. Tyumen State University The first university in the Tyumen Oblast consists of 12 academic institutes and trains specialists in 175 fields.

Visa Process

NOTES FOR RUSSIA TOURIST VISAS: IMPORTANT: Russia has suspended all tourist and business visa processing until at least May 01, 2020. Maximum Stay: 90 days for three year multi entry visas. Visa will be written for your exact dates of stay in Russia or for a period of up to three years multiple entry. The embassy is the sole decider of this. TOURIST REQUIREMENTS FOR RUSSIA VISAS: One completed, printed and signed online Russia visa application. Submit "Russian Visa Centre Washington." Your login details to your online application. One passport type photo. This photo must be taken within the last 3 months and cannot be identical to the photo in your passport. One invitation from Russian host. Please contact your hotel or tour agent to obtain this We CAN obtain tourist invitations on your behalf for $50 US Citizens ($25 for the invite, $25 our fee). However, we cannot provide your invitation for Trans-Siberian railway travel. Physical signed passport with 6 months validity beyond trip completion and one blank visa page Non-USA passport holders must provide a copy of green card or US Visa and I-94 One Allied Passport & Visa Russian Order Form Save to your desktop before typing. - Minors will need to supply a copy of their birth certificate AND copies of both parents passports that match the parents names on the birth certificate.

Additional Information

Climate: Northern continental, from subarctic to subtropical. Federation. Independence: August 24, 1991. Natural resources: Petroleum, natural gas, timber, furs, precious and nonferrous metals. Agriculture products: Grain, sugar beets, sunflower seed, vegetables, fruits, beef, and milk. Industries: Complete range of mining and extractive industries producing coal, oil, gas, chemicals, and metals. All forms of machine building from rolling mills to high-performance aircraft, space vehicles, and shipbuilding. Road and rail transportation equipment; communications equipment; agricultural machinery, tractors, and construction equipment; electric power generating and transmitting equipment; medical and scientific instruments; consumer durables, textiles, foodstuffs, and handicrafts. Exports - commodities: petroleum and petroleum products, natural gas, metals, wood and wood products, chemicals, and a wide variety of civilian and military manufactures. Russia is the second-largest conventional arms exporter after the United States [2]. Imports - commodities: machinery, vehicles, pharmaceutical products, plastic, semi-finished metal products, meat, fruits and nuts, optical and medical instruments, iron, steel.

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