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Country Name: Russia World without Borders Monthly update: 16/1/2018

Current News Host Editor

Country Editor:

Vladimir Putin Dmitry Medvedev

Music Art Sports Music of Russia denotes music produced in Russia and/or by Russians. Russia is

a large and culturally diverse country, with many ethnic groups, each with their own locally developed music. ... Russian music went through a

long history, beginning from ritual folk songs and the sacred music of the Russian Orthodox

Church.

Díma Bilán is a Russian actor, singer-songwriter of Karachay descent. Bilan represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with "Never Let You Go", finishing second, and he won the contest in 2008 in Belgrade, with the song "Believe". He has had several Russian number one hit records. He is sometimes being referred as "Russia's Iglesias" due to his similarity to the Spanish singer.

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Julia Dolgorukova was born in Moscow. She graduated from the Moscow Art College as an artist-designer and attended lectures at the Stuttgart Academy of Arts. Works in the field of easel painting, graphics and theatrical and decorative art. Member of the Moscow Union of Artists, International Federation of Artists.

Maria Yuryevna Sharapova born April 19, 1987

is a Russian professional tennis player. A United

States resident since 1994,[3]

Sharapova has

competed on the WTA tour since 2001. She has

been ranked world No. 1 in singles by the WTA

on five separate occasions, for a total of 21

weeks. She is one of ten women, and the only

Russian, to hold the career Grand Slam. She is

also an Olympic medalist, having

earned silver for Russia in women's singles at

the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Sharapova became the world No. 1 for the first

time on August 22, 2005, at the age of 18, and

last held the ranking for the fifth time for four

weeks from June 11, 2012, to July 8, 2012.

Festivals : Traditional Russian festivals celebrate religious occasions such as Easter and

Christmas plus historical and political events, as well as the rich Russian culture. Sprinkled in are summer music festivals and events celebrating food, film and theatre – and, of course, snow and ice. Here’s an interesting mix of some of the best festivals and celebrations in Russia.

Russian Orthodox Christmas

Maslenitsa Festival

International Women’s Day

Easter

Stars of White Nights Festival

St Petersburg Beer Festival

St John the Baptist’s Day

International Moscow Film Festival

Russian Winter Festival

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Strategy

Country challenges and opportunities Constitution rights and Duties

United Nations voting record

1. In the Russian Federation recognition and

guarantees shall be provided for the rights

and freedoms of man and citizen according

to the universally recognized principles and

norms of international law and according to

the present Constitution.

2. The rights and freedoms of man and citizen

shall be directly operative. They determine

the essence, meaning and implementation of

laws, the activities of the legislative and

executive authorities, local self-government

and shall be ensured by the administration of

justice.

3. Capital punishment until its complete

elimination may be envisaged by a federal

law as an exclusive penalty for especially

grave crimes against life, and the accused

shall be granted the right to have his case

examined by jury trial.

4. Arrest, detention and remanding in custody

shall be allowed only by court decision.

Without the court's decision a person may be

detained for a term more than 48 hours.

5. Everyone shall be guaranteed the freedom of

conscience, the freedom of religion, including

the right to profess individually or together

with other any religion or to profess no

religion at all, to freely choose, possess and

disseminate religious and other views and act

according to them.

6. Citizens of the Russian Federation shall have

the right to participate in managing state

affairs both directly and through their

representatives

7. Everyone shall be guaranteed social security

at the expense of the State in old age, in case

of an illness, disableness, loss of the bread-

winner, for upbringing of children and in

other cases established by law.

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Geographical Resources : There are large deposits of fuel and energy resources: oil, natural gas and coal and uranium ore. Russia is ranked first in the world by gas reserves), the second in oil production, the third - in coal reserves. In terms of reserves of iron ores Russia takes the first place, in tin – the second, lead - the third. Russia also occupies a leading position in the world in wood provision. Financial / Fiscal Responsibility : The ruble has fallen significantly since 2013 when the central bank announced the plans. On 3 October 2014 the USD-RUB exchange reached 40.00 Russian rubles to USD, up from 32.19 rubles the same time last year; this represents a decline of 24.26%. The Russian Central bank has stated that Russian banks are able to withstand a devaluation of up to 25%–30% in January 2014 when the ruble has just begun its decline, therefore Central Bank intervention may be needed; however, plans to free-float the currency continued, as of January 2014.

STATISTICS

Table 1: Demographic

0-20 20-30 30-50 50-70 >70 Birth rate & death rate

Female 11,726,473 6,754,928 32,753,350 11,591,221) 13,664,930 11.3 births/1,000

Male 12,385,28 7,071,489 31,528,258 8,727,233 6,152,252 13.6 deaths/1,000

Table 2: Population

1991-2001 2001-2011 2011-2021

Female

Male

Table 3: Education

Primary Secondary Sr. Secondary College Post graduate

Female and Male There are about 369,274 students enrolled in this category.

There are about 512,463 students enrolled in the secondary level.

The high school enrollment rate is 100.

The gender ratio in this level is 135.63

There are fewer enrollments of students as there are a lot of dropouts during this stage.

Table 4: Land

Aerable There is 7.51 percent of arable land in Russia as per the last record taken in 2015.

Irrigated Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) in Russia was 1.97 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 7 years was 2.10 in 2003, while its lowest value was 1.97 in 2008.

Desert There’s a desert which is to the north of Russia and it is called as Ryn desert. Other than this, there is no such desert

in Russia other than the cold d3eserts Forest Forest area (% of land area) in Russia was reported at 49.76 % in 2015, according to the World Bank collection of

development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Table 5: Import & Export

The top exports of Russia are Crude Petroleum, Unspecified, Refined Petroleum, Coal Briquettes and Raw Aluminium. Its top imports are Packaged Medicaments, Unspecified, Cars, Other Heating Machinery and Vehicle Parts

Table 6: Finance

1990-2000 2000-2010 2010-2020

Currency value against dollars 0.018 $ 0.018 $ 0.018 $

GDP Percentage, Inflation Percentage

GDP – 1.283 trillion $ The Inflation rate of Russia as per the month of November in 2017 is 2.5 percent of inflation.

Survey

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Historical Perspective (Monuments & lessons from history)

Saint Basil's Cathedral Moscow Kremlin Winter Palace

Culture of country (traditional dresses)

Traditional clothing gives a

sense of the traditions variety, it expresses the people's identity through the national costumes.

Some people in the north used animal skins and pearls to show the beauty of the dress, Russian

people hand painted linen fabric and sewed the blouses and sarafans and decorated them with

the embroidery.

Traditional costumes are designed for holidays, carnivals and also for casual wear. Russian

traditional costumes are in high demand by theaters, dance studios and churches all over the

world. All our Russian clothing is handmade and can be customized to any needs.

Religions

There are more than 70 religious denominations. Each religion can freely follow its beliefs; the

believers can attend without limitation Orthodox churches, Catholic churches, mosques,

synagogues, Buddhist temples and datsans.

Most believers in Russia are Christians in the form of Orthodoxy. They also include the Old

Believers and the Molokans. Islam is the second most common religion in Russia. Other

common religions on the territory of Russia are Buddhism, Judaism and Protestantism.

Language – Alphabets

The Russian alphabet is also known as the Cyrillic alphabet. There are 33 letters in the Russian

alphabet. 11 vowels, 20 consonants, and 2 pronunciation signs. Here is what the Russian

alphabet looks like (in dictionary order).

А, Б, В, Г, Д, Е, Ё, Ж, З, И, Й, К, Л, М, Н, О, П, Р, С, Т, У, Ф, Х, Ц, Ч, Ш, Щ, Ъ, Ы, Ь, Э, Ю, Я

Foods

Chopped boiled meat mixed with sautéed onions.

Rice and boiled eggs with dill.

Fish sautéed with onions and mixed with hard-boiled chopped eggs and rice.

Mashed potatoes mixed with dill and green onion.

Sautéed cabbage.

Sautéed mushrooms with onions and sometimes carrots.

Learning from the past and present for the future

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SYMBOLS & SIGNIFICANCE Country Name

Name & Picture of the student Capital-cities & monuments on the Map

Weather: In general, the climate of Russia can be described as highly continental influenced climate with warm to hot dry summers and (very) cold winters with temperatures of -30°C and lower and sometimes heavy snowfall. ... The winter is mostly dry, snow covers the ground from end october to mid march in some years

Latitude and Longitude : 61.5240° N, 105.3188° E Neighboring Countries: Norway and Finland, Estonia and Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (bordering Kaliningrad enclave), Belarus and Ukraine, Georgia and Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Mongolia, North Korea and China, for a total of 14 land neighbors. N: E: W: S: National Flag

National Animal

National Bird

National Sport

National Emblem

National Flower

National Tree

Currency

Coin

Stamp

Official language: Azerbaijani

Capital: Moscow

Government: The Government of Russia exercises executive power in the Russian Federation. The

members of the government are the Prime Minister, the deputy prime ministers, and the federal

ministers. It has its legal basis in the Constitution of the Russian Federation and the federal

constitutional law "On the Government the Russian Federation"

Population: 144.3 million

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