Capital:Moscow
Population:143,420,309
Area:17,075,200 sq km
Climate:ranges from steppes in the south through humid continental in much of European Russia; subarctic in Siberia to tundra climate in the polar north; winters vary from cool along Black Sea coast to frigid in Siberia; summers vary from warm in the steppes to c
Languages:Russian, many minority languages
Currency:Russian ruble (RUR)
Government:federation
Religions:Russian Orthodox, Muslim, other
Source: CIA World Factbook 2007
