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New Zealand and Russia commenced officials’-level political consultations in October 2002 in Wellington and the most recent round was held in Moscow in April 2007. The talks are a regular feature of the bilateral relationship.
New Zealand and Russia signed a Joint Statement on Antarctic Cooperation in November 2005. The statement proposes consultation on Antarctic subjects of common interest, the exchange of Antarctic scientific and technical personnel, and collaboration between the two national Antarctic programmes. This was the first bilateral Antarctic Cooperation Statement that Russia had signed with any country.
New Zealand is fully supportive of Russia’s bid for membership of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and has been actively engaged in the Working Party discussions in the WTO. New Zealand and Russia concluded a bilateral Goods Market Access deal in November 2003 and a Services Market Access deal in November 2004 in the context of Russia’s accession to the WTO.
The
Russian community in New Zealand is estimated to be in the order of 5000
people. Over 3100 Russians visited New Zealand last year for holidays,
study, sport, work and business reasons. top of page
Land Area - 17,075,000 square kilometres (63 x New Zealand)
Population
- 142.2 million (2007 est.)
Capital City -
Moscow
Language - Russian
Political system - Multiparty republic with a 2 chamber
legislature consisting of the Federation Council (upper house), and State
Duma (lower house), and an Executive
Last election
- December 2007 (Parliament); March 2008 (President)
Next election
due - December 2011 (Parliament), March 2012 (President)
Head of State - Dmitry Medvedev, President
Head of Government - Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister
GDP -
US$ 1.539 trillion (2006)
Real
GDP growth - 6.4%
Exports
- US$245.3 billion
Imports
- US$125.1 billion
Main exports
- Fuels and energy, metals, machinery and equipment, chemicals
Current account balance - US$86.6 billion
Inflation
- 12.7%
New Zealand Trade (to year ended December 2007)
NZ
Exports (FOB) - NZ$156.4 million
Main Exports - Butter, sheepmeat, fish and cheese
NZ Imports
(CIF) - NZ$12.7 million
Main Imports
- Fishing vessels, chemicalstop of page
New Zealand Embassy Moscow, Russian Federation
Embassy of the Russian Federation, Wellington
The Safetravel website provides a travel advisory for travellers to the Russian Federation [external link].
