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So Americans are supposed to go to war with Russians because of that?Why does Russia suck?Why does Russia suck?Oh they distrust Russia, but it ain’t the Brit’s concern. Besides the Brits couldn’t put up much of a fight anyway.LOL.
Why in the Hell are Brits in Estonia?
NATO has been threatening Russia for a long time. Apparently they want WWIII.
Why in the Hell are Brits in Estonia?
Exactly!!
No reason for the Baltics to distrust Russia, eh?
Did we learn nothing from WWII?
Oh they distrust Russia, but it ain’t the Brit’s concern
The presence of British soldiers indicates that it is......
Did we learn nothing from WWII?
Besides Russia sucks?
oh boy....
"Russia" (Ulus of Juchi) in numbers , statistic, facts . comments ?
"just some numbers :
The territory of Russia is 17.075.260 square meters. km and mainly lies north of 55 ° N.
Approximately 85% of the territory is not suitable for permanent comfortable living of the population. permafrost (areas of Siberia and the Far East) occupies 60% of the territory of Russia, swamps and wetlands almost 22%, rivers and lakes about 4%. Another part of the land is periodically flooded, part is occupied by mountains and forests, a little under ravines, part under deserts and solonchaks.
According to the State Statistics Committee's report for 2005, in Russia 2.2 million square meters of agricultural land are cultivated or used in agriculture. km, of which only 1.2 million for arable land, 0.2 million square kilometers are occupied by settlements of all types in the country. km, for industrial facilities and for military purposes 0.2 million, for other 0.1 million.
For a happy life, the Russians still have 2.561.289 square meters. km.
This is 15% of the territory ie. real Russia is slightly larger than Sudan, but less than Kazakhstan.
Average temperatures in January, in different regions, from 0 to -50 ° C, in July from 1 to 25 ° C, precipitation falls from 150 to 2000 mm per year.
At temperatures below -5 ° C, the maintenance costs of the infrastructure with each degree below zero increase exponentially.
Snow removal in the thickness of 40 cm in St. Petersburg takes more than 30 days.
Russia accounts for less than 2% of global GDP. The main export items (according to the Federal Customs Service) are gas and oil (70%), primary metals (15%), roundwood (10%), everything else, including equipment, weapons and technology - less than 5%.
According to soil scientists, 17.8% of agricultural land is subject to water erosion, 8.4% of wind erosion, 12.3% of wetlands and wetlands occupy wetlands and wetlands, and saline soils - 20.1%.
The land, not subject to all these misfortunes, in Russia is only 0.91 million square meters. km.
The agricultural season in most of Russia is 2-3 months (in Europe or the US 8-9 months). The average annual yield of cereals in Russia (on non-chernozems) is about 17 centners, in Germany, France and Great Britain (on nonchernozem) - 70 quintals per hectare, in Sweden - 60, in Ireland - 85, in Ukraine (on chernozems) - 24 in all.
The Russian state border stretches for 58,322 km and has 424 border crossings.
The total number of settlements is 157.895, of which more than 30.000 are still without telephone communication.
Most of the 39,000 abandoned villages and settlements are in the Central Federal District, the Northwest, the Far North, Siberia and the Far East.
In Russia only 65% of housing has been gasified.
Up to 75% of Russia's food needs are covered by imports.
78.7% of Russians consider cooperation with law enforcement bodies as unacceptable.
Russia consumes more than 20% of all heroin produced in the world.
The volume of the Russian market of heroin alone is estimated at $ 13 billion annually.
Every day in Russia, 100 people die because of a drug overdose.
In 2009, 786 terrorist acts were committed in Russia. Since the beginning of 2010, already 427.
The flying time of NATO strike aviation from the borders of Estonia and Latvia to St. Petersburg does not exceed 4 minutes, to Moscow - no more than 18.
Life in Russia is satisfied with two categories of people: those who are not in the know and those who are in the share.
63% of Russians with incomes above the national average would like their children to study and work abroad.
35% want their children to live abroad permanently.
At 2.000 vacancies for janitors opened in St. Petersburg in early 2010, there were fewer than 10 applicants.
The proposed salary is 12.000 rub / month.
The increase in the cost of travel in the St. Petersburg metro since 2003 is 35% per year.
Last year, more than 50 tons of explosives were seized at Russian airports.
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"The average Russian consumes 18 liters of alcohol per year. According to the conclusion of UN experts, the annual consumption of 8 liters of alcohol per capita leads to a serious degradation of the population.
In Russia, a pack of cigarettes can be bought for 30 cents, a bottle of beer, which can be bought at every corner 24 hours a day, is cheaper than a bottle of drinking water.
Only 1% of the water consumed by Russians meets the world quality standards.
in Russia there are 51,230 people who were exposed to radiation as a result of the Chernobyl accident.
The State Duma and the Federation Council meet 12 billionaires, whose overall condition is estimated at 41 billion dollars.
Russia has 62 billionaires with a combined capital of $ 297 billion. Russian billionaires pay the lowest taxes in the world (13%) that their colleagues in France and Sweden (57%), in Denmark (61%) or Italy (66%) %).
26% of Russians have an outstanding loan.
143,000 people were deprived of the right to travel abroad due to problems with their debts.
According to the Rosgosstrakh CSR, in Russia the annual income is more than $ 1 million from 160,000 people, the annual income of more than $ 100,000 has 440,000 families
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"In Moscow, more than 12 million people actually live, of which 3,720,000 Russians. In the capital of the Russian State, Russians are a national minority.
In Russia, over 23,000,000 people profess Islam and officially consider themselves Muslims. Over the past 15 years, the number of Muslims in Russia has increased by 40%.
In Moscow, Azerbaijanis live more than in Baku, and there are more Tatars than in Kazan.
By the middle of the century, at least one out of every four Russians will be a Muslim.
Muslim leaders are calling for the removal of Orthodox symbols from the emblem of Russia. If the number of Muslims grows at the current rate, then the Muslim community can raise the issue of introducing the post of vice-president in the country, professing Islam.
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Truly Orthodox in Russia - no more than 4.5%, i.е. no more than 6 million people.
At least once a month, 8% of the parishioners attend the Orthodox Church, at least once a year - 18%, less often - 15%, and not attending - 59%.
Communion at least once a month - 2%. Several times a year - 6%. Once a year and less often - 10%. 21% of respondents could not answer the question, what is the "sacrament".
In Russia there are 2,338 children's homes registered. They contain 55.126 orphans.
A little more than 60 million rubles were allocated to prevent child neglect.
87 million rubles are spent on sterilization of stray animals in Moscow. budgetary funds annually. At 13,000 rubles for a dog.
On 27 million rubles more than on homeless children.
About 30,000 people suffer from dog bites every year in Moscow.
More than 40% of products sold in Moscow are falsified. Most often, forgery of vegetable and butter, condensed milk, tea, coffee, mineral water, stewed beef, honey and confectionery products are detected.
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The number of elevators that have served their time is 36% in Moscow, 49% in Petersburg.
In Moscow there are 257 public (free) toilets, in St. Petersburg - 275, i.е. One toilet for 25,000 residents, not counting tourists. And they all close at seven in the evening. In ancient Rome there were 144 public toilets.
