| Location | Eastern Europe, Northern Asia |
| Area | 17 125 191 sq. km (10 641 100 sq. mile |
| Neighbors | Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belorussia, Ukraine, Georgia, South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, North Korea, China, Japan (maritime border) |
| Population | 146.8 million |
| Capital | Moscow (population 12.3 million) |
| Number of regions | 85 |
| Language | Russian & English |
| Political system | Federal Semi-Presidential Republic |
| Currency | Russian ruble (RUR) |
| Number of time zones | 11 |
| Local time zone | Kaliningrad (GMT +2 Moscow (GMT +3) Yekaterinburg (GMT +5) Krasnoyarsk (GMT +7) Vladivostok (GMT +10) Kamchatka (GMT +12) |
| Number of climate zones | 5 |
| Temperature measuring scale | Celsius |
| System of measures | metric |
| International dialing code | +7 |