Russia Country Overview
Russia is the largest country on earth and is home to an array of natural resources and diverse ecosystems. It extends across eleven time zones, shares land boundaries with fourteen countries, and has a population of around 146 million people, making it the world’s ninth most populous country.
Russia had the world’s fifth largest diplomatic network in 2019 and is one of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council.
Russia is also among the five recognised nuclear-weapons states, with the world’s largest stockpile of nuclear weapons. Additionally, Russia maintains the world’s fourth-highest military expenditure, spending $61.7 billion in 2020. It was also the world’s second-largest arms exporter in 2021, and had a large defence industry, producing most of its own military equipment.
Russia General Information
Capital: Moscow
Language: Russian is the main language. There are 26-35 other official languages spoken by various ethnic groups.
Religion: The main religions are Orthodox Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Buddhism.
Currency: The official currency is the Russian Ruble (RUB).
Cryptocurrency: The search results do not mention if Russia has an official cryptocurrency.
GMT: Russia spans 11 time zones from UTC+2 to UTC+12, due to its vast east-west extent. Moscow is in the UTC+3 time zone.
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