Area: 17,075,400 square kilometres
Population: 143,500,000 (2005)
Capital City: Moscow

Basic Economic Facts
GDP: US$ 582 billion (2004)
GDP per head: US$ 4,060 (2004)
Annual Growth: 6.4% (2005)

Major Industries:
Oil, gas, timber, metals, machinery and chemicals

Major trading partners:
Germany (9%), US (7.7%), Ukraine (4.9%) and Belarus (5.4%).