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1 day ago · Politics of Russia. This article discusses political parties in Russia . The Russian Federation has a de jure multi-party system, however it operates as a dominant-party system. As of 2020, six parties have members in the federal parliament, the State Duma, with one dominant party ( United Russia ). As of July 2023, 27 political parties [1] are ...
1 day ago · Sakha, [a] officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), [b] is the largest republic of Russia, located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of one million. [10] Sakha comprises half of the area of its governing Far Eastern Federal District, and is the world's largest country subdivision, covering over 3,083,523 ...
2 days ago · Russia: Federal 89 federal subjects: 48 oblasts 24 republics 4 autonomous okrugs 9 krais (territories) 1 autonomous oblast: 2,027 districts 561 cities and towns of federal subject significance: 416 Towns of district significance 767 urban-type settlements of district significance 15,002 selsoviets and equivalents: 3 federal cities: Moscow
1 day ago · Separatism in Russia refers to bids for secession or autonomy for certain federal subjects or areas of the Russian Federation. Historically there have been many attempts to break away from the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union but modern separatism took shape in Russia after the Dissolution of the Soviet Union and the annexation of Crimea . [1]
6 days ago · Russia relies on energy revenues to drive most of its growth. Russia has an abundance of petroleum, natural gas and precious metals, which make up a major share of Russia's exports. As of 2012 the oil-and-gas sector accounted for 16% of the GDP, 52% of federal budget revenues and over 70% of total exports. [needs update]
1 day ago · Kaliningrad Oblast ( Russian: Калининградская область, romanized : Kaliningradskaya oblastʹ) is the westernmost federal subject of the Russian Federation, in Central and Eastern Europe. [12] It is a semi-exclave situated on the Baltic Sea. The oblast is surrounded by two European Union and NATO members: Poland to the ...
2 days ago · t. e. The Republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or the Union Republics (Russian: Сою́зные Респу́блики, romanized:Soyúznye Respúbliki) were national-based administrative units of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). [1] The Soviet Union was formed in 1922 by a treaty between the Soviet republics of ...
