Russian Federation
General Country Information
Capital: Moscow
Population: 139,390,205 (July 2010)
Form of Government: Federal Semi-presidential Republic
Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone - main lines: 44.2 million (2008)
Telephone - mobile: 187.5 million (2008)
Internet hosts: 7.663 million (2009)
Internet users: 45.25 million (2008)
Country Ranking
DOI* 2005/2006: 0.52
World Rank 2005/2006: 51
*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI.
Disability Organizations and Contact Information:
All Russian Society of the Blind
Novaya Ploschad, 14
Moscow, 101999
Russia
http://www.vos.org.ru
Email: oms@vos.org.ru
Tel: +7-95-923-6160
Fax: +7-95-923-9149
All Russian Society of the Deaf
1905 Goda ul, 10-A
Moscow 123022
Russia
http://www.vog.su
Email: presidentvog@deafnet.ru
Tel: +7-95 255-6706
Fax: +7-95-253-2812
All Russian Society of Disabled People - DPI National Assembly
Udaltsova 11,
117415 Moscow
Russia
Email: spu.voi@mail.ru / id.voi@relcom.ru
Tel: +7-09-59350064
Fax: +7-09-69350064
Novosibirsk Center for Independent Living
15 Frunze Street
Novosibirsk 630091
Russia
Email: ncil@finist.nsk.su
Tel: +7-383-20-4547 / +7-3832-24-3801
Fax: +7-383-24-3801