Russian Muslim 93.4%, Russian Orthodox 2.5%, Armenian Orthodox 2.3%, other 1.8% (1995 est.) note: religious affiliation is still nominal in Azerbaijan; percentages for actual practicing adherents are much lower www.exxun.com/Azerbaijan/c_pp.html
Russian Belarusian 81.2%, Russian 11.4%, Polish 3.9%, Ukrainian 2.4%, other 1.1% (1999 census) www.exxun.com/Belarus/c_pp.html
Russian ... Belarus, which will increase gradually through 2009, and a requirement that Belarusian duties on re-exported Russian oil be shared with Russia - 80% will go to Russia in 2008, and 85% in ... www.exxun.com/Belarus/e_ec.html
Russian After centuries of Danish, Swedish, German, and Russian rule, Estonia attained independence in 1918. Forcibly incorporated into the USSR in 1940 - an action never recognized by the US - it regained its freedom ... www.exxun.com/Estonia/a_fg.html
Russian Estonian 67.9%, Russian 25.6%, Ukrainian 2.1%, Belarusian 1.3%, Finn 0.9%, other 2.2% (2000 census) www.exxun.com/Estonia/c_pp.html
Russian ... STRANDBERG]; Estonian People's Union (Rahvaliit) [Villu REILJAN]; Estonian Reform Party (Reformierakond) [Andrus ANSIP]; Estonian United Russian People's Party or EUVRP [Yevgeniy TOMBERG]; Social Democratic Party (formerly People's Party Moodukad ... www.exxun.com/Estonia/d_gv.html
Russian ... appending prepared a unilateral declaration referencing Soviet occupation and territorial losses; Russia demands better accommodation of Russian-speaking population in Estonia; Estonian citizen groups continue to press for realignment of the boundary ... www.exxun.com/Estonia/i_ti.html
Russian Finnish 92% (official), Swedish 5.6% (official), other 2.4% (small Sami- and Russian-speaking minorities) (2003) www.exxun.com/Finland/c_pp.html
Russian ... South Ossetia. These two territories remain outside the control of the central government and are ruled by de facto, unrecognized governments, supported by Russia. Russian-led peacekeeping operations continue in both regions www.exxun.com/Georgia/a_fg.html
Russian Georgian 71% (official), Russian 9%, Armenian 7%, Azeri 6%, other 7% note: Abkhaz is the official language in Abkhazia www.exxun.com/Georgia/c_pp.html
Russian a CIS peacekeeping force of Russian troops is deployed in the Abkhazia region of Georgia together with a UN military observer group; a Russian peacekeeping battalion is deployed in South Ossetia www.exxun.com/Georgia/h_ml.html
Russian German 91.5%, Turkish 2.4%, other 6.1% (made up largely of Greek, Italian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish) www.exxun.com/Germany/c_pp.html
Russian Kazakh (Qazaq, state language) 64.4%, Russian (official, used in everyday business, designated the "language of interethnic communication") 95% (2001 est.) www.exxun.com/Kazakhstan/c_pp.html
Russian general assessment: NA domestic: NA international: country code - 850; satellite earth stations - 2 (1 Intelsat - Indian Ocean, 1 Russian - Indian Ocean region); other international connections through Moscow and Beijing www.exxun.com/Korea_North/f_cm.html
Russian Kyrgyz 64.9%, Uzbek 13.8%, Russian 12.5%, Dungan 1.1%, Ukrainian 1%, Uygur 1%, other 5.7% (1999 census) www.exxun.com/Kyrgyzstan/c_pp.html
Russian based on French and Russian laws; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction www.exxun.com/Kyrgyzstan/d_gv.html
Russian ... Latvia reestablished its independence in 1991 following the breakup of the Soviet Union. Although the last Russian troops left in 1994, the status of the Russian minority (some 30% of the population ... www.exxun.com/Latvia/a_fg.html
Russian Latvian 57.7%, Russian 29.6%, Belarusian 4.1%, Ukrainian 2.7%, Polish 2.5%, Lithuanian 1.4%, other 2% (2002) www.exxun.com/Latvia/c_pp.html
Russian Headquarters for the Protection of Russian Schools (SHTAB) [Aleksandr KAZAKOV] www.exxun.com/Latvia/d_gv.html
Russian ... of Liechtenstein was established within the Holy Roman Empire in 1719. Occupied by both French and Russian troops during the Napoleanic wars, it became a sovereign state in 1806 and joined the ... www.exxun.com/Liechtenstein/a_fg.html
Russian ... not recognize this proclamation until September of 1991 (following the abortive coup in Moscow). The last Russian troops withdrew in 1993. Lithuania subsequently restructured its economy for integration into western European institutions ... www.exxun.com/Lithuania/a_fg.html
Russian Roman Catholic 79%, Russian Orthodox 4.1%, Protestant (including Lutheran and Evangelical Christian Baptist) 1.9%, other or unspecified 5.5%, none 9.5% (2001 census) www.exxun.com/Lithuania/c_pp.html
Russian ... that has conducted the most trade with Russia, has grown rapidly since rebounding from the 1998 Russian financial crisis. Unemployment fell to 3.2% in 2007 while wages continued to grow at double ... www.exxun.com/Lithuania/e_ec.html
Russian ... Russia in May 2003 and by Lithuania in 1999; Lithuania operates a simplified transit regime for Russian nationals traveling from the Kaliningrad coastal exclave into Russia, while still conforming, as a EU ... www.exxun.com/Lithuania/i_ti.html
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