Russian Trade Agreements: APEC, ASEAN, the EU, Andean Community, BRICS Countries, Black Sea Economic Cooperation
Alcohol is a potential trouble in the Russian Federation; the vodka is part of the lifestyle of the population
The chaotic
privatization process creates the difficulty of establishing clear market rules
The proliferation of pressure groups known as mafias is also
problematic
Moscow is the capital and the largest city of Russia. Moscow is the political, economic, Foreign Trade, religious, financial, educational, and transport centre of Russia
Russia shares borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania,
Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and North Korea
Russia shares maritime borders with Japan and the United States
Abolition of Slavery in Russia: 1861
Russia has 1,000 largest cities (with 13 with more that one million people)
The largest Russian cities are Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg