General info

Russia (Россия) is officially known as Russian Federation. It is the largest country in the world and the ninth by population with 143 million people. The economy is the ninth largest by GDP and sixth by purchasing power in 2014. Russia is one of the largest producers of oil and natural gas.

Here are some sites that can provide you with more information.

President of Russia

http://eng.kremlin.ru/

The Russian Government

http://government.ru/en/

Embassy of the Russian Federation in Washington DC

http://www.russianembassy.org/

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia

Wikitravel

http://wikitravel.org/en/Russia

CIA

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html