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Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world by area, extending across eleven time zones and sharing land borders with fourteen countries. It is the world's ninth-most populous country and Europe's most populous country.
6 days ago · Russia, country that stretches over a vast expanse of eastern Europe and northern Asia. 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. The capital of Russia is Moscow.
The Sticking Points That Kept Russia and Ukraine Apart. Documents from 2022 shed new light on what prevented Ukraine and Russia from ending the war — and what would complicate a future...
6 days ago · The Biden administration is taking new measures aimed at stopping China from helping the Kremlin sustain its war effort against Ukraine. U.S. officials hope European nations will take similar steps.
3 days ago · Stay on top of Russia latest developments on the ground with Al Jazeera’s fact-based news, exclusive video footage, photos and updated maps.
6 days ago · Russia’s invasion of Ukraine started the deadliest war on European soil in more than 70 years. Follow this page for reports from the ground, the political wrangling on both sides of the front...
May 17, 2024 · Russia's invasion began with dozens of missile strikes on cities all over Ukraine before dawn on 24 February 2022. Russian ground troops moved in quickly and within a few weeks were in...
Russia - BBC News. 5 hrs ago. Russian missile strike kills 9 in Zelensky's hometown - officials. Another 29 people are injured in the missile attack on the southern city of Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine...
Jan 10, 2022 · The U.S. and Russia remain far apart in talks on Ukraine, but Russians say they have no plans to invade. Russia’s vague threats and ominous warnings make its red lines hard to see.
May 23, 2024 · In 2014, Russia purported to annex Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula and occupied large portions of two eastern Ukrainian oblasts. In sporadic fighting over the next eight years, more than 14,000 civilians were killed or wounded as a result of the Russian invasion in eastern Ukraine.
