Official name of the country: Russian Federation
Population: 146.5 million (2016, Rosstat)
Area: 17,1 million square kilometers
Capital: Moscow
System of Government: Federal Presidential Republic
Head of State: Vladimir Putin, President
Head of the Government: Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister
Science Minister: Olga Vasilyeva
Parliament: Federative Council (upper house), Duma (lower house)
Administrative structure: The federal subjects are grouped into eight federal districts.
Geography: The Russian Federation stretches across much of the north of Eurasia.
Source: HSE
Last update: August 2016
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(general information - research structure - research policies - international cooperation) (URL: https://increast.eu/_media/Russia_Country_Report_EN_2014.pdf)
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(November 2011, compiled as an annex to the "White Paper on Opportunities and Challenges in View of Enhancing the EU Cooperation with Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and South Caucasus in Science, Research, and Innovation".) (URL: https://increast.eu/_media/Country_Report_Russia_2011.pdf)
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(A year long series of events and initiatives to promote EU-Russia S&T; cooperation) (URL: http://eu-russia-yos.eu/en/index.php)
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(Identify and analyse the S&T; Potential of EU-Russia Cooperation) (URL: http://www.st-gaterus.eu/)
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(link to ERAWATCH website: profile is also available as PDF download) (URL: http://erawatch.jrc.ec.europa.eu/erawatch/opencms/information/country_pages/ru/country)
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(general information about the country and its relations with the EU) (URL: http://eeas.europa.eu/russia/)
