Publisher's Note
Some friends of ours are currently on vacation in Russia,
which got me to thinking, "I wonder what it's like
to be an accountant in Russia?" I have no idea.
It wasn't all that long ago that International Financial
Reporting Standards were adopted by the Russian
Finance Ministry, so it's probably been a rather
challenging profession as of late! If you have any
first-hand knowledge of accounting in the Russian Federation,
please e-mail me
so we can share it with AccountingWEB readers.
In the meantime, here are some key Russian facts:-
Population: 142 million
- Largest city (and capital): Moscow
- Second largest city:
St. Petersburg
- Size: the largest country in the world by more than 2.5 million square miles
- Ethnic groups:
Russian 79.8%,
Tatar 3.8%,
Ukrainian 2%,
other 14.4%
Rob Nance
Publisher
AccountingWEB, Inc.
publisher@accountingweb.com
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