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Russia:

Imports/Exports:
Russia have the largest natural reserves in the world with gas, second
largest with coals, and the eighth largest oils reserved.
80% exports trade are actually from Russia with oil, natural gas, metals,
timber, and defense equipment.
Russia uses these reserves to secure both its economic and political
interests.
The EU is by far Russias biggest trading partner, accounting for 46.8% of
its overall trade in 2010, and by far the most important investor for Russia. It is
estimated that up to 75% of foreign direct investment in Russia came from EU
member states.
List:
Current Account Balance: US$181.7 billion or 4.9% of GDP
Trade to GDP Ratio: 43.3%
Total value of exports: US$429.4 billion
Primary exports: oil, natural gas, metals, timber
Primary exports partners: EU (44.8%), United States (6.0%), China
(5.8%), Turkey (4.9%), Ukraine (3.7%)
Total value of imports: US$247.7 billion
Primary imports: machinery, transport equipment, plastics, medicines, iron
and steel, consumer goods, meat
Primary imports partners: EU (50.2%), China (14.1%), Ukraine (5.3%),
Japan (3.8%), Belarus (3.4%)
Military:
Russia military contains 845,000 troops, 22,250 tanks, and 1,399 combat
air forces in their amies
Russia has a military pact with Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
and Tajikistan through the Collective Security Treaty Organization, formed in
1992.
The Airborne Assault Forces, which comprises about 35,000 troops and
whose commander answers directly to Putin, as Russia's elite crisis-reaction
force.
All of the navy's large vessels, including its flagship and sole aircraft
carrier, the non-nuclear Kuznetsov, are holdovers from the Cold War.

Kleptocracy:
Government by those who seek chiefly status and personal gain at the
expense of the governed.
Tax Haven:
A country or independent area where taxes are levied at a low rate.
Approximately 61% of Russias $403 billion in outward Foreign Direct
Investment (FDI) is held in tax havens

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