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RUSSIA: By SimoTheFinlandized - 2021 CE
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Russia (Russian: Россия), officially called the Russian
Federation (Russian: Российская Федерация) is a
country that is in Eastern Europe and in North Asia.
It is the largest country in the world by land area.
About 146.7 million people live in Russia according
to the 2019 census. The capital city of Russia is
Moscow, and the official language is Russian.
This the largest country in the world, followed by
Canada, the United States, and China. Russia shares
land borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia,
Lithuania and Poland (both via Kaliningrad Oblast),
Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan,
China, Mongolia, and North Korea. It also has borders
over water with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk, and the
United States by the Bering Strait. This is the country in
the world with the most land borders. The Eastern
Orthodox Church is the largest religion in Russia.
Russia is a very large and diverse country. From
1922 to 1991, it used to be the main part of the Soviet
Union. It was a country based on Communism, but today
its government is a federal semi-presidential republic. It
has elements of democracy. The President is chosen by
direct election, but challenging candidates do not have
access to the mass media, and so have almost no chance
of winning. Its current President is Vladimir Putin. The
President rules the country, and the Russian Parliament
plays a secondary role.
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