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THINK RUSSIA!

opportunities and how we can help

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Background - The Country

Russia UK

Area: 17,057,000 km² Area: 219,331 km²

Population: 141m Population: 60.2m

Inhabitants/km²: 8.3 Inhabitants/km²: 275

Moscow London

Area: 1,000 km² Area: 1,579 km²

Population: 10.4m Population: 7.5m

Inhabitants/km²: 10,400

Inhabitants/km²: 4,750

Huge Country – Big Cities

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Russia – surprising changes

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• GDP – Composition by sector

Economy – Key Sectors

GDP – Composition by sector

Coal, oil, gas, chemicals, metals, aircraft, space vehicles, radar, missile, electronic components, shipbuilding, road and rail transport equipment, communications equipment, agricultural machinery, tractors, construction equipment, electric power generating and transmitting equipment, medical and scientific instruments, consumer durables, textiles, foodstuffs, handicrafts…

Our engagement with Russia

Foreign Secretary

Business Secretary

Lord Mayor Duke of York

UKTI Russia Events:London Region Mission, 21-23 Sept

Inward Mission of Sheremetievo, Domodedovo, Basic Element Airports to the UK, Sept 2011

R&D, Healthcare and energy visit to Tomsk and Novosibirsk, Sept 2011

Inward mission by the Olympic Games Transport Directorate on Olympic logistics, Oct 2011

Inward Mission to EIConnect Power, Nov 2011

Intergovernmental Steering Committee, Nov 2011

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UK Trade with Russia

CONTACT US

British Embassy MoscowSmolenskaya Naberezhnaya 10Moscow 121099Telephone: (7) (495) 956 7200Fax: (7) (495) 956 7480E-mail:commercial.moscow@fco.gov.uk

British Consulate-GeneralSt.PetersburgPl. Proletarskoy Diktatury 5Smolninskiy RaionSt Petersburg 191124Telephone: (7) (812) 320 3200Fax: (7) (812) 320 3222E-mail:commercial.stpetersburg@fco.gov.uk

British Consulate-GeneralEkaterinburgUl. Gogolya 15 aEkaterinburg 620075Telephone: (7) (343) 3794931Fax: (7) (343) 3592901E-mail:commercial.ekaterinburg@fco.gov.uk