Official language: Russian official throughout the country; 27 others co-official in various regions
Government: Federal semi-presidential republic
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Russia is a state in northern Eurasia. From northwest to southeast, Russia shares borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both via Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, the People's Republic of China, Mongolia, and North Korea. It also has maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk, and the United States by the Bering Strait.
Area
Total 17,075,400 km2 (1st)
Population
2010 estimate 141,927,297 (9th)
Density 8.3/km2 (217th)
21.5/sq mi
Currency: Ruble (RUB)
Time zone
(UTC+2 to +11 (exc. +4))
Summer (DST) (UTC+3 to +12 (exc. +5))