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DIVING RUSSIA INTRODUCTION

COUNTRY INFORMATION


Official name

Russian Federation


Capital

Moscow


Coordinates

60°00’ N, 100°00’ E


Location

Russia is located in Northern Asia and partly in Eastern Europe (the area west of the Urals). In the European part Russia shares borders with Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus and Ukraine.


Area

Total area: 17 075 200 sq km
Land area: 16 995 800 sq km
Water area: 79 400 sq km


Land boundaries

20 241 km


Coastline

37 653 km


Administrative division

Russia is divided into 46 oblasts, 21 republics, 4 autonomous okrugs, 9 krays, 2 federal cities and 1 autonomous oblast.


Political system

Russia is a federation. President is the chief of state and is elected by popular vote for a four-year term. Prime Minister (Premier), the head of government, is appointed by the President and approved by the Parliament. Parliament, the Federal Assembly (Federalnoye Sobraniye), is bicameral and consists of the Federation Council (Sovet Federatsii) with 168 seats and the State Duma (Gosudarstvennaya Duma) with 450 seats.


Population

140 041 247


Ethnic groups

Russian 80%, Tatar 4%, Ukrainian 2%, Bashkir 1%, Chuvash 1%, other 12%


Religions

Russian Orthodox 20%, Muslim 15%, other 65%