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Political Data
Head of State (President):	Boris Yeltsin
Prime Minister:	Sergei Kiriyenko
Deputy Prime Ministers:	Boris Nemtsov Victor Khristenko
Finance Minister:	Mikhail Zadornov
Foreign Minister:	Yevgeny Primakov
Minister of the Interior:	Sergei Stepashin
Minister of Defence:	Igor Sergeev
Transport Minister:	Nikolai Aksenenko
Economic Data
GDP:	(1995) Rubles 1,630 bln (1996) Rubles 2,256 bln Source: IMF
Economic Growth Rate:	(March 1998) +0.1% change on year earlier Source: The Economist
Consumer Price Inflation Rate:	(Mar. 1998) +8.6% change on year earlier Source: The Economist
Unemployment Rate:	N/A
Interest Rate:	(22 April 1998 - Short-term) 30.00% per annum
Exchange Rates:	[Rubles per US dollar / Official Rate - Period Average] (1996) 5.1210 (1997) 5.7850 (Jan. 1998) 5.9951 Source: IMF (22 April 1998 - The Economist) 6.00
Current Account: (latest 12 months)	(1997 3rd quarter) +7.5 US$ bln Source: The Econoimist

Prepared by Gina Stephens, University of Toronto G8 Research Group, May 1998.

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