Russia Communications

Country Name: Russian Federation

Capital City: Moscow

Population: 142,893,540 (2006)

Population Growth: -0.37% (2006)

Currency: Russian ruble (RUR)

Languages: Russian

Area: 17,075,200 sq km

Inflation Rate: 9.8% (2006 est.)

Unemployment Rate: 7.6%

Domain extension: .ru

COMMUNICATIONS OF RUSSIA

Telephones - main lines in use:

40.1 million (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

120 million (2005)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 323, FM 1,500 est., shortwave 62 (2004)

Television broadcast stations:

7,306 (1998)

Internet country code:

.ru

Internet hosts:

1,979,924 (2006)

Internet users:

23.7 million (2005)

International dialing code: