Iran & russia : Trade & Exhibition Information

conventional long form: Russian Federation
conventional short form: Russia
local long form: Rossiyskaya Federatsiya
local short form: Rossiya
former: Russian Empire, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

Capital:

Moscow

Location:

Northern Asia (that part west of the Urals is included with Europe), bordering the Arctic Ocean, between Europe and the North Pacific Ocean

Area:

total: 17,075,200 sq km
land: 16,995,800 sq km
water: 79,400 sq km

Population:

143,782,338 (July 2004 est.)

Languages:

Russian, other

Economy- Overview:

Industries:

complete range of mining and extractive industries producing coal, oil, gas, chemicals, and metals; all forms of machine building from rolling mills to high-performance aircraft and space vehicles; shipbuilding; road and rail transportation equipment; communications equipment; agricultural machinery, tractors, and construction equipment; electric power generating and transmitting equipment; medical and scientific instruments; consumer durables, textiles, foodstuffs, handicrafts

Exports - commodities:

petroleum and petroleum products, natural gas, wood and wood products, metals, chemicals, and a wide variety of civilian and military manufactures

Imports - commodities:

machinery and equipment, consumer goods, medicines, meat, sugar, semifinished metal products

Exchange rates:

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