The document provides information about Russia, including: 1. Russia has a land area 1.8 times the size of the US spanning 10 time zones, with a population of 143 million that is mostly Russian (80%) and also includes Tatars, Ukrainians, and others. 2. Russia has abundant natural resources like oil, natural gas, coal, and minerals, though most are located in remote areas. Today Russia's economy centers around oligarchs and the oil/gas industry. 3. Russia has large proved reserves of oil and natural gas, and is the world's largest exporter of natural gas and second largest exporter of oil. It uses its energy resources as a foreign policy tool.

2. Rank Country 2008 GDP (purchasing power parity) 1 World $ 69,490,000,000,000 2 European Union $ 14,820,000,000,000 3 United States $ 14,290,000,000,000 4 China $ 7,800,000,000,000 5 Japan $ 4,348,000,000,000 6 India $ 3,267,000,000,000 7 Germany $ 2,863,000,000,000 8 United Kingdom $ 2,231,000,000,000 9 Russia $ 2,225,000,000,000 10 France $ 2,097,000,000,000 11 Brazil $ 1,990,000,000,000 12 Italy $ 1,821,000,000,000 13 Mexico $ 1,559,000,000,000 14 Spain $ 1,378,000,000,000 15 Canada $ 1,307,000,000,000 16 Korea, South $ 1,278,000,000,000

4. Western Russia Central Economic Region Central Black Earth Region North Caucasus

5. West - Central Russia Northwest Economic Region Volga Region Volga-Vyatka Region

6. Central Russia Northern Economic Region Urals Region West Siberian Region

7. Eastern Russia East Siberian Economic Region Far Eastern Region Kaliningrad Region

8. Russian GDP Breakdown

9. Trade surplus: >US$100bn Russia’s Trade, 2006 Export (%) Import (%) 1 Food and Agricultural Products 0.9 13.3 2 Mineral Goods (Gas,Oil,Petrol,Ores,Coal etc.) 65.1 1.0 3 Chemical Products and Rubber 5.6 13.4 4 Leather Raw Materials, Furs and their products 0.1 0.3 5 Wood, Timber, Pulp and Paper Goods 4.0 4.0 6 Textiles and Footwear 0.4 3.7 7 Precious Stones and Precious Metals 4.2 0.4 8 Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metals and Products 13.8 6.9 9 Machinery, Equipment and Transport Equipment 5.8 40.3 10 Other goods 0.9 4.2

11. Oligarchy under Yeltsin Mikhail Khodorkovsky (YUKOS) Boris Berezovsky (member of State Duma) Vladimir Gusinsky (Media-Most)

12. Government Industry Services Mass Media Agriculture

19. http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook Rank Country Oil - production (bbl/day), 2007 1 World 85,540,000 2 Russia 9,980,000 3 Saudi Arabia 9,200,000 4 United States 8,457,000 5 Iran 4,700,000 6 China 3,725,000 7 Mexico 3,501,000 8 Canada 3,425,000 9 United Arab Emirates 2,948,000 10 European Union 2,676,000 11 Venezuela 2,667,000 12 Kuwait 2,613,000 13 Norway 2,565,000 14 Iraq 2,420,000 15 Nigeria 2,352,000 16 Brazil 2,277,000

20. Rank Country Natural gas – production, 2007 (cu m) 1 World 3,021,000,000,000 2 Russia 654,000,000,000 3 United States 545,900,000,000 4 European Union 197,800,000,000 5 Canada 187,000,000,000 6 Iran 111,900,000,000 7 Norway 99,300,000,000 8 Algeria 85,700,000,000 9 Netherlands 76,330,000,000 10 Saudi Arabia 75,900,000,000 11 United Kingdom 72,300,000,000 12 China 69,270,000,000 13 Turkmenistan 68,880,000,000 14 Uzbekistan 65,190,000,000 15 Malaysia 64,500,000,000 16 Qatar 59,800,000,000

21. Global Gas Production – Top 10 Producers Current Gas Importers

23. BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2008

24. Current Oligarchs (increasing number of wealth)

25. Effects of Oligarchy on Post-USSR Russia NEGATIVE POSITIVE

35. Russia: As State Companies Gain Control Of Oil Production, Growth Moderates MMB/D

36. Proved oil reserves BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2008

38. Electricity Generation by Fuel in Western Europe avg. GW

39. Oil consumption per capita BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2008

40. Natural gas consumption per capita BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2008

41. Global Gas Resource Base Proved Reserves Current Net Gas Exporters

45. Gazprom Credit Rating as of 01.06.2008

46. Proved natural gas reserves BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2008

48. Rank Country Current account balance, 2007 1 China $ 368,200,000,000 2 Germany $ 267,100,000,000 3 Japan $ 187,800,000,000 4 Saudi Arabia $ 151,000,000,000 5 Russia $ 97,600,000,000 6 Norway $ 84,350,000,000 7 Kuwait $ 65,210,000,000 8 European Union $ 51,400,000,000 9 Venezuela $ 48,440,000,000 10 Netherlands $ 47,000,000,000 11 Libya $ 43,330,000,000 12 Switzerland $ 40,810,000,000 13 United Arab Emirates $ 36,410,000,000 14 Algeria $ 35,800,000,000 15 Sweden $ 35,220,000,000

49. Rank Country Reserves of foreign exchange and gold Date of Information 1 China $ 2,033,000,000,000 31 Dec2008 est. 2 Japan $ 954,100,000,000 31 Dec 2007 est. 3 Russia $ 435,400,000,000 12 Dec 2008 4 Taiwan $ 296,400,000,000 31 Dec 2008 5 India $ 250,000,000,000 31 Dec 2008 est. 6 France $ 204,400,000,000 2008 7 Korea, South $ 201,200,000,000 31 Dec 2008 8 Brazil $ 197,400,000,000 31 Dec 2008 est. 9 Singapore $ 168,800,000,000 31 Dec 2008 est. 10 Hong Kong $ 165,900,000,000 31 Dec 2008 11 Algeria $ 150,500,000,000 31 Dec 2008 est. 12 Germany $ 136,200,000,000 31 Dec 2007 est. 13 Thailand $ 106,300,000,000 31 Dec 2008 est. 14 Malaysia $ 104,400,000,000 31 Dec 2008 est.

51. Hoff and Stiglitz: Greater ratio of natural resources to industrial assets decreases political constituency for the rule of law and the likelihood that it will emerge Natural resource sector is less contract-intensive No rule of law – easier to borrow money, renege on the debts, strip assets, hide them abroad

54. Rank Country Military expenditures (% of GDP) Date of Information 1 Oman 11.40 2005 est. 2 Qatar 10.00 2005 est. 3 Saudi Arabia 10.00 2005 est. 4 Iraq 8.60 2006 5 Jordan 8.60 2006 6 Israel 7.30 2006 7 Yemen 6.60 2006 10 Macedonia 6.00 2005 est. 12 Syria 5.90 2005 est. 13 Angola 5.70 2006 16 Kuwait 5.30 2006 17 Turkey 5.30 2005 est. 20 Singapore 4.90 2005 est. 22 Bahrain 4.50 2006 25 China 4.30 2006 28 United States 4.06 2005 est. 30 Russia 3.90 2005

56. International Atomic Energy Agency www.iaea.org Russia expands nuclear and hydropower generation to export more fossil fuels