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| conventional_long_name = Russian Federation
| name = Russian Federation
| native_name = Российская Федерация
| native_name = Российская Федерация
| image_flag = Flag of Russia.svg
| image_flag = Flag of Russia.svg

Revision as of 04:41, 11 May 2022

Russian Federation
Российская Федерация
Flag of Russian Federation
Flag
Coat of arms of Russian Federation
Coat of arms
Location of Russian Federation
Capital
and largest city
Moscow
GovernmentFederal semi-presidential republic
• President
Vladimir Putin
• Prime minister
Mikhail Mishustin
History
• Proclamation of the Russian Empire
2 November 1721
30 December 1922
• Establishment of the Russian Federation
12 December 1991
Population
• 2021 estimate
146,171,015

History

The Russian SFSR declared sovereignty on December 12, 1991[1], even though 73% of the population had voted to remain in the Soviet Union earlier that year.[2] On December 25, Gorbachev resigned and the Soviet Union was dissolved the next day.[3]

Economy

After the fall of the Soviet Union, the Russian economy was in deep turmoil, during which time it was exploited by Western imperialist parasites.[4]

Vladimir Putin's presidency marked a turning point in the Russian economy, his ascension was preceded by an academic paper he wrote where he proposed that Russia use its vast natural resources to restructure and revitalize the economy around major state-owned enterprises.[5] It was only after Russia again asserted its economic independence that it became demonized by Western bourgeois media yet again, in a fashion reminiscent of Cold War histrionics.

Politics

The ruling party of the Russian Federation is the nationalist party United Russia, which has the majority of seats in the parliament. Vladimir Putin was formerly a member of the party but is now an independent.[6] Other major parties are the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, the social democratic party A Just Russia – For Truth, and the far-right Liberal Democratic Party.

Infrastructure

Demographics

Culture

  1. "Постановление Верховного Совета РСФСР от 12.12.1991 № 2015-I" (1991-12-12). Сейчас.ру.
  2. "Sowjetunion, 17. März 1991 : Weiterbestand der UdSSR als Föderation gleichberechtigter und souveräner Staaten" (2020-10-07). Database and Search Engine for Direct Democracy. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
  3. Zbigniew K. Brzezinski (1997). Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States: Documents, Data, and Analysis (p. 50). [PDF] London: Center for Strategic and International Studies. ISBN 1563246376
  4. Darya Sinusoid (2021-08-25). "Russia’s Shock Therapy: Neoliberalizing Russia"
  5. "What did Putin bring to the Russian economy after 20 years in office?".
  6. "Vladimir Putin quits as head of Russia's ruling party" (2012-04-24). The Telegraph.