DESTEP-Analysis

By group:Ankie Withag, Ángela González Gutiérrez,

Sandra Latoń, Tanguy Duret and Remco Klein

Content

• Demographics• Government• Geography of Russia• Economics• Physical Infrastructure• Communications

Infrastructure

Demographics• The population of Russia is 140,041,247

• The median age of the population of Russia is 38.5 years.

• The age structure of Russia is as follows:0-14 years: 14.8% 15-64 years: 71.5% 65 years and over: 13.7%

• 73% urban / 27% rural.

• 15.08% (2007) percent lives below the poverty line.

Government• Russia gained its

independence from the Soviet Union, on 24 August 1991.

• The chief of state is President Dmitry Medvedev.

• The head of government is Premier Vladimir Putin

• After the collapse of the USSR, the cosmetics industry exploded.

Geography• The largest cities in Russia, by population, are:

City Population• Moscow 10,562,099 • Saint Petersburg 4,600,310• Novosibirsk 1,409,137 • Yekaterinburg 1,341,264 • Nizhny Novgorod 1,278,803 • Kazan 1,136,566 • Samara 1,135,310 • Omsk 1,127,700 • Chelyabinsk 1,095,900• Rostov-on-Don 1,049,000

Economics• The GDP per capita of Russia is $15,100 at purchasing power parity

(2009).

• The labor force in Russia works proportionately in:- agriculture: 10%- industry: 31.9%- services: 58.1%

• A survey by Ernst & Young shows that in Russia, 1.3% of GDP is spent on cosmetics, compared to 0.5% in Western Europe.

• Russia has undergone significant changes since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Physical Infrastructure

• Harbors: St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Murmansk, Arkhangel'sk, Novorossiysk, Vladivostok and Nakhodka.

• Airports: Russia has some 630 improved airport facilities. 50 of which are capable of accommodating international flights.

• The country also has an extensive oil and gas pipeline system

Map of Russia

Communications Infrastructure

• Broadcast media: - 6 national, 3,300 national, regional, and local TV

stations.

- 2,400 public and commercial radio stations. - 45.25 million internet users.

- 400 daily newspapers.

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