Russia has been all over the headlines recently.
Earlier this year, it was for the Sochi Winter Olympics. More recently, it's because president Vladimir Putin has been flexing his muscles again, this time in Crimea.
As the world's eighth largest economy Russia can't be ignored.
The sheer scale of its pipelines, for instance, its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, or its population decline are mind-boggling.
We put together some key facts about Russia.
Russia has the same surface area as Pluto.
Russia has a surface area of 17 million km2, compared with 16.6 million km2 for Pluto.
Source: UniverseToday
Russia's pipelines could loop around Earth more than six times.
Russia's pipelines, including condensate, gas, liquid petroleum gas, oil water, and refined products, are 259,913 kilometers long. The Earth, meanwhile, is 40,075 kilometers in circumference.
Source: The World Fact Book
Russia accounts for half the global stockpile of highly enriched uranium (HEU).
Russia has 695 tonnes of highly enriched uranium (HEU), the most of any country in the world. The U.S. has the world's second largest stockpile at 604 tonnes.
Source: International Panel on Fissile Materials
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