Russia

Russia

Part # 1 Cities and other places in Russia.

Part # 2 People who live in Russia.

Part # 3 Some innovation going on in Russia.

Part # 1 Cities and other places in Russia

Russia is the world’s largest country

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Sources https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-worldfactbook/rankorder/2147rank.html?countryName=Russia&countryCode=rs&regionCode=cas&rank=1#rs http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/russia-facts/

Time zones in Russia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8357630.stm

http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/city-guides/st-petersburg-photos-traveler

There are more than 200 bridges in St. Petersburg

Wild horses in the Rostovsky nature reserve

http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/your-russia-photos/#/rostovsky-horses-russia_43676_600x450.jpg

Wild horses in the Rostovsky nature reserve

http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/your-russia-photos/#/kamchatka-brown-bear_43657_600x450.jpg

A male brown bear at Kurilskoye Lake, Kamchatka

The bridge to Russky Island in Russia’s Far East.

http://www.economist.com/node/21562240

Russia has plans to construct a high-speed railway and highway that spans across Russia and Siberia and over the Bering Strait to Alaska. http://inhabitat.com/russia-has-ambitious-plans-to-build-a-superhighway-to-alaska/

Part # 2 People who live in Russia

142 million people live in Russia. The population is projected to fall to 127 million people by 2050.

http://www.businessinsider.com/17-mind-blowing-facts-about-russia-2014-3?op=1&IR=T https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html

The earliest human settlements in Russia date back to around year 500, as Scandinavians moved south to areas around the upper Volga River.

The Scandinavian settlers mixed with Slavs from the west. http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/russia/#russia-st-basils.jpg

ttp://www.nzz.ch/aktuell/wirtschaft/wirtschaftsnachrichten/russland-entdeckt-seinen-osten-1.17560770

The area of Tschukotka in eastern Russia amounts to about 33% of Russia.

Just 6.3 million people, about 5% of the population, live here.

The Russian culture: Strong power distance and uncertainty avoidance combined with low individualism

http://geert-hofstede.com/russia.html

Expatriate leaders in Russia must combine a high degree of control and authority [high power distance] with employee-centered leadership behavior [low individualism].

For many Western expatriates, the idea of being authoritarian and simultaneously maintaining close personal relationships feels like a contradiction. https://hbr.org/2010/12/how-expatriates-in-russia-are

35% of Russia's wealth is in the hands of just 110 people.

Source http://blogs.wsj.com/emergingeurope/2013/10/09/who-wants-to-be-a-russian-billionaire/

Wealth distribution in Russia’s adult population    

93.7% has less than $10,000 in wealth.

5.6% has between $10,000 and $100,000.

0.6% has between $100,000 and $1 million.

0.1%, or about 84,000 people, has over $1 million.

http://blogs.wsj.com/emergingeurope/2013/10/09/who-wants-to-be-a-russian-billionaire/

Russia’s state-owned enterprises account for over half the Moscow Exchange’s value, and more than 50% of Russians rely on the government for salaries or social benefits. http://hbr.org/2014/01/the-new-rules-of-globalization/ar/2

Russians express their emotions passionately and their disagreements openly

https://www.washingtonpost.com/ne ws/wonk/wp/2016/05/11/the-secretto-disagreeing-with-people-from-20different-countries-in-one-chart/

On the map of Internet freedom, Russia ranks as partly free

https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/2014/argentina

Russia

https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/freedom-net-2014#.VhT-vHrtmkq

World press freedom index 2015

http://index.rsf.org/

http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21570835-nordic-countries-are-probably-best-governed-world-secret-their

People have low trust in Russian institutions

In Russia, it takes a very long time to get a construction permit

https://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/How_Russia_could_be_more_productive_2435 http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/mgi/research/productivity_competitiveness_and_growth/lean_russia_sustaining_economic_growth

Russia ranks # 136 out of 175 countries on the corruption perceptions index

http://www.transparency.org/cpi2014/results

As part of a broader open government initiative, the city of Moscow is beginning to publish a dashboard of around 50 key performance indicators relating to the city’s health, education, safety, business conditions, and transportation outcomes.

The dashboard acts as a scorecard for citizens, showing the city’s performance against these metrics. http://www.mckinsey.com/Insights/Public_Sector/Government_by_design_Four_principles_for_a_better_public_sector

Part # 3 Some innovation going on in Russia

Search

http://www.yandex.ru/

http://ok.ru/ http://vk.com/

http://www.ozon.ru/, known as the “Amazon of Russia.”

http://nginx.org/ powers about 1 out of 7 websites – making it the number 2 web server on the planet.

http://tech.eu/features/186/ignorance-is-remiss/

http://activity.alfabank.ru/ https://rocketbank.ru/ Mobile only bank with no physical branches.

Some telecommunications companies that work in Russia http://www.mts.ru/ http://www.vimpelcom.com/ http://www.megafon.ru/ http://smarts.ru/ http://skylink.ru/

http://sk.ru/ http://www.economist.com/node/21558602

https://www.anews.com/