Russia

COUNTRY RESEARCH QUESTIONS for MUN: First, you will need to learn about your country so you can address the issues raised at the conference as a real UN delegate from that country. To represent your country accurately, start by answering the following questions: It is a federal semi-presidential democratic republic, comprising 83 federal subjects.
 * What sort of government does your country have?


 * What types of ideologies (political, religious or other) influence your country’s government?


 * Which domestic issues might influence your country’s foreign policy?


 * What are some major events in your country’s history? Why are they important?


 * Which ethnicities, religions and languages can be found in your country?


 * Where is your country located and how does its geography affect its political relationships?

Russia shares borders with the following countries (from northwest to southeast): Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both via Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, and North Korea. It also has maritime borders with Japan (by the Sea of Okhotsk) and the United States (by the Bering Strait).
 * Which countries share a border with your country?


 * Which countries are considered allies of your country?

1. Latvia 49% 2. Lithuania 48% 3. Georgia 38% 4. Estonia 32% 5. USA 23% 6. Ukraine 13% 7. Afghanistan 12% 8. Iraq 10% 9. Japan 6% 10. Iran 6%
 * Which countries are considered enemies of your country?
 * What are the characteristics of your country’s economy?


 * What is your country’s gross domestic product (GDP)? How does this compare to other countries in the world?


 * When did your country become a member of the UN?


 * Does your country belong to any intergovernmental organizations outside the UN system such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)?

Russia is a member of the G8, G20, the Council of Europe, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Eurasian Economic Community, and is the leading member of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
 * Does your country belong to any regional organizations such as the European Union (EU), the African Union (AU) or the Organization of American States (OAS)?


 * //Health Facts://**

· Curiously, in the Health Ministry's announcement this time, despite past lurid media accounts, childhood illness wasn't blamed on alcoholic parents creating substandard health environments, or increasing drug abuse, or sexually transmitted diseases among young teenagers, or even smoking and fast food but surprisingly, on an increase in the school workload and an ensuing greater amount of time without fresh air and exercise. A whopping "up to 75 percent of children" were said to be suffering from high blood pressure and related conditions, a statement that was difficult to assess, since such a high number of children truly suffering from serious hypertonia would have led to greater numbers of deaths.

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