🇷🇺 Russia Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

🇷🇺 Russia RU / RUS #1

Nomad Score 56.0

Cities 21

Region G20, BRICS, Slavic Countries, Arctic Circle, Black Sea Region, Caspian Region, Europe, Europe, Eastern Europe, Eurasian Economic Union

Currency RUB

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Federal semi-presidential republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 22/100

Press Freedom (2025) 24.6/100 #171

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.170

HDI 0.832

Regional Blocs EEU

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Federal semi-presidential republic

Title	Name
President of Russia	Vladimir Putin
Prime Minister of Russia	Mikhail Mishustin

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 22 / 100

Interpretation High corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 24.6 / 100

Global Rank #171 / 180

Rank Change -9 vs previous year

RSF Zone EEAC

Political #177 12.1

Economic #140 33.0

Legal #166 23.4

Social #162 30.8

Safety #170 23.6

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.170

Liberal 0.056

Participatory 0.124

Deliberative 0.059

Egalitarian 0.130

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	24.6	171	12.1	33.0	23.4	30.8	23.6
2024	29.9	162	19.9	33.7	31.4	37.3	27.0
2023	34.8	164	32.4	36.2	34.5	38.9	31.8
2022	38.8	155	36.4	34.8	44.6	51.3	27.0
2021	51.3	150	-	-	-	-	47.0
2020	51.1	149	-	-	-	-	46.9
2019	49.7	149	-	-	-	-	53.8
2018	50.0	148	-	-	-	-	44.2
2017	50.6	148	-	-	-	-	44.4
2016	51.0	148	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	55.0	152	-	-	-	-	39.6
2014	57.2	148	-	-	-	-	-
2013	56.6	148	-	-	-	-	-
2012	66.0	142	-	-	-	-	-
2010	49.9	140	-	-	-	-	-
2009	60.9	153	-	-	-	-	-
2008	47.5	141	-	-	-	-	-
2007	56.9	144	-	-	-	-	-
2006	52.5	147	-	-	-	-	-
2005	48.7	138	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index

🧭 CONTINUE EXPLORING RUSSIA