Conventional Long Form Name of country: Russian Federation Capital City(ies): Moscow Type of Government: federation Date of Independence: 24 August 1991 National Holiday(s): Russia Day, 12 June Executive Branch/Powers: Legislative Branch/Powers: Judicial Branch/Powers: Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal Ambassador to U.S.: Ambassador Sergey Ivanovich KISLYAK Embassy in U.S.: 2650 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20007 Consulates in U.S.: Houston, New York, San Francisco, Seattle U.S. Ambassador: Ambassador Michael A. MCFAUL U.S. Embassy: Bolshoy Deviatinskiy Pereulok No. 8, 121099 Moscow U.S. Consulates: Saint Petersburg, Vladivostok, Yekaterinburg Representative to U.N.:
the colors may have been based on those of the Dutch flag; despite many popular interpretations, there is no official meaning assigned to the colors of the Russian flag; this flag inspired other Slav countries to adopt horizontal tricolors of the same colors but in different arrangements, and so red, blue, and white became the Pan-Slav colors