The document provides information about Russia, including:
1. Russia has a land area 1.8 times the size of the US spanning 10 time zones, with a population of 143 million that is mostly Russian (80%) and also includes Tatars, Ukrainians, and others.
2. Russia has abundant natural resources like oil, natural gas, coal, and minerals, though most are located in remote areas. Today Russia's economy centers around oligarchs and the oil/gas industry.
3. Russia has large proved reserves of oil and natural gas, and is the world's largest exporter of natural gas and second largest exporter of oil. It uses its energy resources as a foreign policy tool.
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9 Oil
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2. Rank Country 2008 GDP (purchasing power parity) 1 World $ 69,490,000,000,000 2 European Union $ 14,820,000,000,000 3 United States $ 14,290,000,000,000 4 China $ 7,800,000,000,000 5 Japan $ 4,348,000,000,000 6 India $ 3,267,000,000,000 7 Germany $ 2,863,000,000,000 8 United Kingdom $ 2,231,000,000,000 9 Russia $ 2,225,000,000,000 10 France $ 2,097,000,000,000 11 Brazil $ 1,990,000,000,000 12 Italy $ 1,821,000,000,000 13 Mexico $ 1,559,000,000,000 14 Spain $ 1,378,000,000,000 15 Canada $ 1,307,000,000,000 16 Korea, South $ 1,278,000,000,000
19. http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook Rank Country Oil - production (bbl/day), 2007 1 World 85,540,000 2 Russia 9,980,000 3 Saudi Arabia 9,200,000 4 United States 8,457,000 5 Iran 4,700,000 6 China 3,725,000 7 Mexico 3,501,000 8 Canada 3,425,000 9 United Arab Emirates 2,948,000 10 European Union 2,676,000 11 Venezuela 2,667,000 12 Kuwait 2,613,000 13 Norway 2,565,000 14 Iraq 2,420,000 15 Nigeria 2,352,000 16 Brazil 2,277,000
20. Rank Country Natural gas – production, 2007 (cu m) 1 World 3,021,000,000,000 2 Russia 654,000,000,000 3 United States 545,900,000,000 4 European Union 197,800,000,000 5 Canada 187,000,000,000 6 Iran 111,900,000,000 7 Norway 99,300,000,000 8 Algeria 85,700,000,000 9 Netherlands 76,330,000,000 10 Saudi Arabia 75,900,000,000 11 United Kingdom 72,300,000,000 12 China 69,270,000,000 13 Turkmenistan 68,880,000,000 14 Uzbekistan 65,190,000,000 15 Malaysia 64,500,000,000 16 Qatar 59,800,000,000
48. Rank Country Current account balance, 2007 1 China $ 368,200,000,000 2 Germany $ 267,100,000,000 3 Japan $ 187,800,000,000 4 Saudi Arabia $ 151,000,000,000 5 Russia $ 97,600,000,000 6 Norway $ 84,350,000,000 7 Kuwait $ 65,210,000,000 8 European Union $ 51,400,000,000 9 Venezuela $ 48,440,000,000 10 Netherlands $ 47,000,000,000 11 Libya $ 43,330,000,000 12 Switzerland $ 40,810,000,000 13 United Arab Emirates $ 36,410,000,000 14 Algeria $ 35,800,000,000 15 Sweden $ 35,220,000,000
49. Rank Country Reserves of foreign exchange and gold Date of Information 1 China $ 2,033,000,000,000 31 Dec2008 est. 2 Japan $ 954,100,000,000 31 Dec 2007 est. 3 Russia $ 435,400,000,000 12 Dec 2008 4 Taiwan $ 296,400,000,000 31 Dec 2008 5 India $ 250,000,000,000 31 Dec 2008 est. 6 France $ 204,400,000,000 2008 7 Korea, South $ 201,200,000,000 31 Dec 2008 8 Brazil $ 197,400,000,000 31 Dec 2008 est. 9 Singapore $ 168,800,000,000 31 Dec 2008 est. 10 Hong Kong $ 165,900,000,000 31 Dec 2008 11 Algeria $ 150,500,000,000 31 Dec 2008 est. 12 Germany $ 136,200,000,000 31 Dec 2007 est. 13 Thailand $ 106,300,000,000 31 Dec 2008 est. 14 Malaysia $ 104,400,000,000 31 Dec 2008 est.
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51. Hoff and Stiglitz: Greater ratio of natural resources to industrial assets decreases political constituency for the rule of law and the likelihood that it will emerge Natural resource sector is less contract-intensive No rule of law – easier to borrow money, renege on the debts, strip assets, hide them abroad
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54. Rank Country Military expenditures (% of GDP) Date of Information 1 Oman 11.40 2005 est. 2 Qatar 10.00 2005 est. 3 Saudi Arabia 10.00 2005 est. 4 Iraq 8.60 2006 5 Jordan 8.60 2006 6 Israel 7.30 2006 7 Yemen 6.60 2006 10 Macedonia 6.00 2005 est. 12 Syria 5.90 2005 est. 13 Angola 5.70 2006 16 Kuwait 5.30 2006 17 Turkey 5.30 2005 est. 20 Singapore 4.90 2005 est. 22 Bahrain 4.50 2006 25 China 4.30 2006 28 United States 4.06 2005 est. 30 Russia 3.90 2005
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56. International Atomic Energy Agency www.iaea.org Russia expands nuclear and hydropower generation to export more fossil fuels
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Turning to the supply side of the equation, we note that three countries account for over 55% of the world’s proved reserves, with Russia alone accounting for 27%. As we move beyond the Big 3 there are still many countries that have sufficient reserves to be gas exporters. The countries that currently export LNG are indicated in red. It is interesting to observe that three of the four largest reserve countries are still not players in the global LNG market, although Russia is a major pipeline exporter and will become an LNG exporter with the startup of the Sakhalin project next year.
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