Background+Info



== Natural Resources ==


 * ==== Oil ====
 * ==== Natural gas ====
 * ==== Coal ====
 * ==== Diamonds ====
 * ==== Precious metals ====
 * ==== Oil ====

Economy
====  The instability of the economy is due to an inefficient distribution system, political uncertainties, poor infrastructure, high inflation, low tax-collection rates, low-quality production, organized crime, and corruption. Most of the economy is underground, and this counterculture is a result of the long history of totalitarianism and suppression. ====


 * ==== 40% of Russians are reported to live in poverty ====
 * ==== Russia has the 8th largest labor force of 75.41 million workers ====
 * ==== There is a reported 6.8% unemployment rate ====
 * ==== GDP per capita: $16,700 (US Dollars) ====
 * ==== GDP growth rate: 4.3% ====
 * ==== Currency: Russia ruble ====

Population

 * ==== 139 million people ====
 * ==== Decreasing annually by 0.47% ====
 * ==== Russians (80%), Tartars (3.8%), Ukrainians, Bashkirs ====
 * ==== 120 other small ethnic groups ====
 * ==== Moscow holds the largest concentration of the population with 10 million people ====
 * ==== ¾ of the population lives in urban areas ====

Religion

 * ==== Christianity/Russian Orthodox (15-20%)Muslim (10%) ====
 * ==== De-facto alliance with the state ====

==== In general, communist ideologies do not support religion. Gorbachev was the first Russian ruler to even tolerate religion in 1917. Churches have to register with authorities and have to be long-standing and established. ====

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===="Russian Federal Assembly." //World History: The Modern Era //.  ABC-CLIO,  2012. Web. 26 Feb. 2012. Russia Packet ====