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List of countries where Russian is an official language

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This is a list of countries and territories where Russian is an official language:

Countries where Russian is an official language

Country	Population 2010^[1]	Native Russian speakers	Est. total speakers	Status of Russian	More info
Total					Russian language
Belarus	9,480,178	x	x	2-nd state language	Languages of Belarus
Kazakhstan	17,736,896	x	x	official
Kyrgyzstan	5,418,300		x	2-nd official	Languages of Kyrgyzstan
Russia	142,914,509	x	x	State language	Languages of Russia
Tajikistan	7,616,400	x	x	official inter-ethnic communication	Languages of Tajikistan

Regions where Russian is an official language

Region	Country	Status	Native Russian speakers	Est. total speakers	Status of Russian	More info
Abkhazia	Georgia	De facto independent^[2]^[3]	x	x	Official	Languages of Abkhazia
South Ossetia	Georgia	De facto independent^[3]^[4]	x	x	Official	Languages of South Ossetia
Transnistria	Moldova	De facto independent	x	x	Official	Languages of Transnistria
Gagauzia	Moldova	Autonomous region	x	x		Languages of Moldova
A number of municipalities in County Tulcea and Constanta	Romania		x	x		Languages of Romania
Russian Economic Zone in Spitsbergen	Norway		x	x		Demographics of Svalbard

Organisations with Russian as an official language

United Nations

CIS
Eurasian Economic Community
Collective Security Treaty Organisation
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty

Other

In addition to the above mentioned countries in which Russian is an official language, there are several other countries where Russian, though not official, is an important secondary language.^{[further explanation needed]} These include: