00:00:00 - Russia is the largest country in the world, with a territory of more than 17 million square kilometers.
00:00:11 - It's located in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia.
00:00:16 - It has bordered with 16 states and its borderline is the longest in the world, 60,000 kilometers long.
00:00:27 - Russia is a democratic federal state with a Republican front of government.
00:00:32 - The current constitution of Russia was approved in the National Referendum held on December 12, 1993.
00:00:43 - The head of state is the president-elect by the sentences of Russia for a period of four years.
00:00:51 - In March 2004, Vladimir Putin was re-elected for a second four-year term.
00:00:59 - The president at the same time is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
00:01:09 - A secretary power in the country is excecitated by the government, headed by the prime minister, while his legislative power rests with the federal assembly, which consists of two chambers, the Federation Council Upper House and the State Duma Lower House.
00:01:30 - The Russian Federation is made up of 21 republics, 6 territories, 48 regions, the cities of federal importance Moscow and St. Petersburg, an autonomous region and 9 autonomous districts.
00:01:50 - The largest coal is the capital of Russia, more than 10 millions inhabitants.
00:01:57 - Large cities with more than 1 million inhabitants are St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk,
