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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.

  2. 2 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.

  3. 1 day ago · Before Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, many, including Kyiv, were skeptical that a major war could return to Europe. More than two years on, another shift once unthinkable is ...

  4. Jan 31, 2022 · Russia has sent more than 100,000 troops to the Ukrainian border, and President Vladimir V. Putin has demanded that NATO never admit Ukraine as a member — all part of his effort to protect and ...

  5. Russia Threat Reaches ‘Across Europe,’ U.K. Leader Tells Summit. More than 45 European leaders, including President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, met in England on Thursday.

  6. 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...

  7. Jun 26, 2023 · President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia made his first public comments since a paramilitary revolt was called off on Saturday, saying in an angry, five-minute speech that the uprising led by...

  8. Dec 14, 2023 · Russia-Ukraine war: Putin tells Russia his war objectives are unchanged. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said peace with Ukraine will only take place "when we achieve our objectives". He...

  9. Mar 25, 2024 · Russia - the largest country on earth - emerged from a decade of post-Soviet economic and political turmoil to seek to reassert itself as a world power.

  10. Dec 17, 2021 · Russia has undergone significant changes since the collapse of the Soviet Union, moving from a centrally planned economy towards a more market-based system. Both economic growth and reform have stalled in recent years, however, and Russia remains a predominantly statist economy with a high concentration of wealth in officials' hands.

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