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Peak oil: the summit that dominates the horiz...interests there. Developing countries such as Venezuela, Nigeria and Russia have increasingly been moving down the road to self-reliance, developing their own state-owned firms at the expense of the international players. But this can mean... In this article: BP, Exxon, Shell, Hydrocarbon, Department of Energy, Recession, Climate change, and Carbon |
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Miami Herald | November 16, 2009
Reports: Iran's Russian reactor startup delayed
...Web site. Venezuela's Hugo Chavez wants to build nuclear-energy plants Hugo Chavez wants to join the nuclear-energy club and is looking to Russia for help. The Venezuelan leader is dismissing concerns over his nuclear ambitions,...
In this article: Iran, Uranium, Dmitry Medvedev, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Barack Obama, Tehran, U.N., and Hugo Chavez
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Cuban spending on U.S. food may decline
...of that was food. Some 51 percent of imports come from the United States, he said, though Cuba's top trading partner remains Venezuela, led by socialist ally Hugo Chavez, followed by China, Russia, Spain and Brazil. In a speech kicking...
In this article: Cuba, United States, Havana, Revenue, The Miami Herald, and Hugo Chavez
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Centre Daily Times | November 19, 2009
U.S. losing its lead in space, experts warn Congress
...U.S.-based news broadcasts. So far, the United States operates the only complete set of global positioning satellites (GPS) in orbit, but Russia will launch the final six satellites to complete its own system next March, according to J.P....
In this article: United States, China, Washington, Gabrielle Giffords, and Venezuela
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Reuters | October 17, 2009
Chavez says Iran helping Venezuela find uranium
...eliminated. Venezuela will never build a nuclear bomb," he said. Chavez, a fierce critic of U.S. foreign policy, has forged close ties with Iran and Russia in recent years. Reporting by Teresa Cespedes and Diego Ore; writing by Eduardo...
In this article: Hugo Chavez, Uranium, Venezuela, Iran, U.S., All rights reserved, Thomson Reuters, NYSE, and Nasdaq
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The Salt Lake Tribune | November 06, 2009
Russian resurgence
...terrorism, such as Iran and Syria. Russia has moved to establish a base of influence in the Western Hemisphere by propping up the government of Hugo Chavez in Venezuela and, of course, Cuba and Nicaragua. Through shrewd political and...
In this article: Barack Obama, United States, Hillary Clinton, Hugo Chavez, Iran, White House, Middle East, and Venezuela
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Boston Globe -- Books | November 06, 2009
Fuel for corruption, conflict, addiction
...morally, if not economically. It backstops dictators spanning the grotesque Teodoro Obiang, president of Equatorial Guinea, Russia's chilly chief Vladimir Putin and the canny, showy Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. It keeps anything but...
In this article: Peter Maass, Shell, Hugo Chavez, George W. Bush, United States, Natural gas, Toxic waste, Global warming, and Lukoil
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Russia (pronounced: /en-us-Russia.ogg/; rrɐˈsʲijə), officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation (rrɐˈsʲijskəjə fʲɪdʲɪˈraʦəjə), is a country in northern Eurasia (Europe and Asia together). It is a semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects. Russia shares borders with the following countries (from northwest to southeast): Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both via Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, 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). At 17075400 km2, Russia is by far the largest country in the world, covering more than a ninth of the Earth’s land area. Russia is also the ninth most populous nation with 142 million people. It extends across the whole of northern Asia and 40% of Europe, spanning 11 time zones and incorporating a wide range of environments and landforms. Russia has the world's largest reserves of mineral and energy resources, and is considered an energy superpower.
It has the world's largest forest reserves and its lakes contain approximately one-quarter of the world's unfrozen fresh water.
- Name:
- Russia
- Capital:
- Moscow
- Language:
- Russian official throughout the country; twenty-seven others co-official in various regions
- Largest City:
- Moscow
- Government type:
- Federal semi-presidential republic
- Legislature:
- Federal Assembly
- Upper House:
- Federation Council
- Lower House:
- State Duma
- Founding Date:
- January 01, 1363
- Formations:
- Kievan Rus'
- Area:
- 6,592,800
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $2.264 trillion
- GDP (per capita PPP) Rank:
- 6th
- GDP (nominal):
- $1.676 trillion
- GDP (nominal per capita) Rank:
- 52nd
- GPD (nominal) Rank:
- 8th
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $11,807
- Currency:
- Ruble
- Demonym:
- Russian
- Drives On:
- right
- Currency (code):
- RUB
- Country Calling Code:
- +7
- ccTLD:
- .ru (.su reserved), (.рф 2009)
- Anthem:
- Государственный гимн Российской Федерации
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