Russia, [b] or the Russian Federation, [c] 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. [d] It is the world's ninth-most populous country and Europe's most populous country.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other top officials. CBS News intelligence and national security reporter Olivia Gazis reports.
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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. Wikipedia
