Ethnic and separatist symbols
| Name: | Russia (Russian Federation) |
| Local name (Russian): | Россия (Российская Федерация) |
| Bordering countries: | Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belorussia, Ukraine, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, Korea |
| Status: | sovereign state |
| Surface: | 17 075.2 ths. sq. km |
| Population (2003): | 145 164 ths. |
| Capital: | Moscow (Москва) |
| Official language: | Russian |
| Administrative divisions: | 2 federally administered cities, 6 marches, 49 regions, 21 republics, 1 autonomous region, 10 autonomous districts; divisions grouped in 7 federal districts |