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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 land area, and extends across eleven time zones; sharing land borders with fourteen countries. [d] Russia is the most populous country in Europe and the ninth-most populous country in the world.
Former names: Russia Today (2005–2009) ... website: RT, formerly Russia Today ... reflect the Russian government's official position on the events in our country ...
According to the 1991 amendment to the 1978 constitution, the President of Russia was the head of the executive branch and headed the Council of Ministers of Russia. According to the current 1993 constitution, the president is not a part of the government of Russia, which exercises executive power. However, the president appoints the prime ...
Russian Federation (official, English), Российская Федерация (official Russian), Russia, (official and common name, ambiguous, English), Russland, (German), Россия (Rossiya) (common, Russian), RF (initialism), Russian Empire (name under monarchy), Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic (former name, 1918–1936 ...
An enlargeable map of Russia. Pronunciation: / ˈ r ʌ ʃ ə / ⓘ Common English country name: Russia; Official English country name: The Russian Federation; Common endonym(s): Россия (Rossiya) Official endonym(s): Российская Федерация (Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) Adjectival(s): Russian; Demonym(s): Etymology: Name of Russia
The dominant customary international law standard of statehood is the declarative theory of statehood, which was codified by the Montevideo Convention of 1933. The Convention defines the state as a person of international law if it "possess[es] the following qualifications: (a) a permanent population; (b) a defined territory; (c) government; and (d) a capacity to enter into relations with the ...
One shows a wounded man, whose name CNN is withholding for his own safety, dragged by men in fatigues from outside a military hospital in the southern Russian city of Yeysk, in Krasnodar region.
Mark Woods, a Baptist Union of Great Britain minister and contributing editor to Christian Today, provides specific examples of how the Church has backed the expansion of Russian power into Crimea and eastern Ukraine. [460] Some Russian Orthodox believers consider Putin a corrupt and brutal strongman or even a tyrant.