| Local Name:Rossiya |
| Captial:Moscow |
| Continent:Europe |
| Government |
| Constitutional Form:Republic |
| Head of State:Executive |
| Basis of Executive: Presidency independent of legislature; ministry subject to parliamentary confidence |
| Head of State:President Dmitry Medvedev |
| Head of Government:Prime Minister Vladimir Putin |
| Area |
| Area Rank: 1 |
| Total Area: 17,098,242 km2(6,601,668 sqmi) |
| Land: 16,377,742 km2(6,323,482 sqmi) |
| Water: 720,500 km2(278,200 sqmi) |
| Water in Percent: 4.21% |
| Population |
| Population Rank: 8 |
| Population: 143,030,106 |
| Date: 1-Jan-12 |
| World Population: 2.04% |
| Source : Official estimate |
| Languages:Russian (Cyrillic script) |
| Currency |
| Currency: Russian ruble |
| Currency Sign: руб. |
| Currency ISO Code: RUB |
| Fractional Unit: Kopek |
| Number to Basic: 100 |
| Time Zone |
| Number of Time Zones: 9 |
| Time Zone: UTC+03:00 (Kaliningrad Time) — Kaliningrad Oblast UTC+04:00 (Moscow Time) — Most of European Russia and all railroads throughout Russia UTC+06:00 (Yekaterinburg Time) — Bashkortostan, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Khanty–Mansia, Kurgan Oblast, Orenburg Oblast, Perm Krai, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Tyumen Oblast, and Yamalia UTC+07:00 (Omsk Time) — Altai Krai, Altai Republic, Kemerovo Oblast, Novosibirsk Oblast, Omsk Oblast and Tomsk Oblast UTC+08:00 (Krasnoyarsk Time) — Khakassia, Krasnoyarsk Krai and Tuva UTC+09:00 (Irkutsk Time) — Buryatia and Irkutsk Oblast UTC+10:00 (Yakutsk Time) — Amur Oblast, western Sakha Republic and Zabaykalsky Krai UTC+11:00 (Vladivostok Time) — The Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai, central Sakha Republic and Sakhalin Island UTC+12:00 (Magadan Time) — Magadan Oblast, eastern Sakha, Kuril Islands, Chukotka and Kamchatka Krai |
| International Codes |
| ISD Code: +7 |
| ISO Code A2: RU |
| ISO Code A3: RUS |
| ISO Number: 643 |
| Coordinates |
| Latitude: 60 |
| Longitude: 100 |
| Information: Russian Federation News |
| Drive on:Right side |