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  • Once the preeminent republic of the U.S.S.R., Russia became an independent country after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991.
  • Recognized territory of Russia is shown in dark green; claimed but internationally unrecognized territory is shown in light green.[a].
  • Russia accuses Western and Ukrainian spies of preparing ‘false-flag’ chemical attack. Putin just announced Russia’s own Monroe Doctrine ANALYSIS.
  • Checkmate for Russia as global chess ban upheld. Russia's chess team is to remain banned from international competitions, officials have ruled.
  • Much of Russia is made up of rolling, treeless plains called steppes. Siberia, which occupies three-quarters of Russia, is dominated by sprawling pine forests...
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  • In 2014, Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula as well as large portions of two eastern Ukrainian oblasts.
  • The Russian Federation (Российская Федерация, Rossiyskaya Federatsiya), commonly known as Russia (Rossiya), is a transcontinental country extending over much...
  • Violence spreads far beyond Israeli-Palestinian conflict — Lavrov. Belarus, Russia plan to sign treaty on security guarantees — foreign minister.