Area: 17,075,200 km2
Population: 141,377,752(July 2007 est)
Mineral Resource:
Aluminum,bauxite,cobalt,diamond,nickel,platinum,tin,

copper,lead,gold,molybdenum,tunsten.
Mining Factoids:
*Russia possesses a siginificant percentage of the

world's mineral resources,and in 2008 accounted for

about 14% of the world's total mineral extraction