Russia - Wikipedia As the successor state of the Soviet Union, it retains its seat as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council and is a member state of several international organisations Russia is also home to 32 UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Russia | History, Flag, Population, Map, President, Facts | Britannica 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
History of Russia - Wikipedia Russia retained its nuclear arsenal but lost its superpower status Scrapping the central planning and state-ownership of property of the Soviet era in the 1990s, new leaders, led by President Vladimir Putin, took political and economic power after 2000 and engaged in an assertive foreign policy
Russia — Facts, Capital, Population, Flag Profile RUSSIA IS THE LARGEST of the fifteen geopolitical entities that emerged in 1991 from the Soviet Union Covering more than 17 million square kilometers in Europe and Asia, Russia succeeded the Soviet Union as the largest country in the world
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