Russia
18 Nov 2010
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General information
(Source: CIA World Factbook)
- Capital: Moscow
- Head of government: President Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev
- Inhabitants: 140,041,247 (July 2009 est.)
- GDP/per capita: US$ 15,200 (2009 est.)
- Economic growth: -8.5% (2009 est.)
- Main languages: Russian, many minority languages
- School life expectancy: 14 years
- Education expenditures: 3.8% of GDP (2005)
- Internet users: 45.25 million (2008)
Higher education
- Number of students in higher education: 5.7 million (2001-2002)
- Number of institutions: 700 state institutions, several hundred private institutions
- Number of students in the Netherlands: 502 (2009)
