Russian Federation

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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

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.[4] 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. "Vladimir Putin quits as head of Russia's ruling party" (2012-04-24). The Telegraph.