Russia has a population of over 143 million, spans 17 million square kilometers, and has Moscow as its capital city. The majority ethnicity is Russian, and the dominant religions are Russian Orthodox and Islam. Russia has the world's seventh largest GDP of over $2 trillion, and its top exports include natural gas, oil, steel, and coal. The economy has grown in recent decades but suffered a major financial crisis in 1998, with key industries being energy, metals, and machine building. Russia maintains important trade relationships with Germany, China, and the United States. It has a multiparty federal republic political system with a president as head of state and a bicameral legislature.

1. Global
Business
Environment

2. Capital city: Moscow
Population: 143,030,106
Area: 17,098,200 sq. km
Language: Russian + more than 140 dialects
Currency: Russian ruble (RUB)
Nationalities: 81% Russians, 19% Tatars, Ukrainians, Bashkirs & others
Religion: Russian Orthodox
Catholicism, Protestant, Buddhist)
(also Islam, Judaism, Roman

3. Russia
Winter time
Mount Elbrus
Village life

5.  Russia’s GDP: $2 373
trillion (7th in the world)
 GDP growth rate : 4.3 %
 GDP per capital: $16 700
 Unemployment rate: 6.8%

6. Russia possesses more forests than
any country in the world, which
cover 55% of the land area.
• Timber
• Paper
• Paperboard
• Wood-based panels exports
Beef
Grai
n
Sunflow
er seed
Sugar
beets
Agricultur
al products
Vegetabl
es
Fruit
Milk

7. Russia – one of the
world's largest exporter:
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Natural gas
Oil
Steel
Coal
GNI per capita: Russia ($9 900)
Sector
Percentage
Services
59%
Industry
37%
Agriculture
4%

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1990s: free market system;
1998: serious financial
crisis;
Main industries are:
coal, oil, gas, chemicals, an
d metals;
High-performance
machine building: aircraft
and vehicles;
Fast growing sustainably
after 1998 over 9 averaging
about 7%;

9. Defense industries:
• radars,
• missile production,
• advanced electronic
components;
 Road & rail
transportation
equipment;
 Communications
equipment;
 Agricultural machinery;
 Electric power
generating;
 Transmitting
equipment;
 Medical & scientific
instruments;

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Russia and the USA
In 2010: trade grew to
$31.7 (an 35%
increase);
U.S. imports from
Russia grew 41%
year;
Exports to Russia
increased 13% (to $6
billion);
Russian exports to the U.S.:
• Fuel oil;
• Inorganic chemicals;
• Aluminum;
• Precious stones.
U.S. exports to Russia:
• Machinery;
• Vehicles;
• Meat;
• Aircraft;
• Electrical equipment;
• High-tech products.

11. Russia has committed to
reduce its import and export
tariffs. Russian import duties
will decrease from the
current 10 per cent to 7.9
percent.
WTO members
EU and WTO members
Observers

12. Export partner
Germany
8.2%
Netherlands
6%
USA
Russian main exports are petroleum
and petroleum products, natural gas,
metals, wood and wood products,
chemicals, and a wide variety of
civilian and military manufactures.
Percentage
5.6%
China
5.4%
Turkey
4.6%
Import partner
Percentage
Germany
14.7%
China
13.5%
Ukraine
5.5%
Italy
4.7%
Belarus
4.5%

16.  Russia is a federal multiparty republic with a bicameral
legislature;
 An upper house is called the Federation Council, and a lower
house, the State of Duma;
 The Russian president is the chief of state;
 Vladimir Putin was again elected as a new president;
 The president is now elected for a period of six years by the
citizens of the Russian Federation;
 An implementation of monetary policies is the responsibility of
the government;
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The major political parties of
Russia are:
Liberal Democratic Party of
Russia;
Communist Party of Russian
Federation;
Agrarian Party of Russia;
Communist Party of the
Russian Federation;
Russian Social Justice Party.

17. The Federal Assembly, the
Parliament of the Russia
Federation, is the supreme
legislative body of the Russian
Federation.
The Federal Assembly consists
of two chambers, the
Federation Council and the
State Duma.
The State Duma is elected for
the term of five years (incl. 450
deputies). The Federation
Council consists of two
representatives from each
Subject of the Federation.