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Russia is a great powerand a regional power. The country is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council; a member state of the G20, SCO, BRICS, APEC, OSCE, and WTO; and the leading member state of post-Soviet organisations such as CIS, CSTO, and EAEU/EEU. Russia is home to 30 UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Russian is an East Slavic language of the wider Indo-European family. It is a descendant of Old East Slavic, a language used in Kievan Rus', which was a loose conglomerate of East Slavic tribes from the late 9th to the mid-13th centuries.
3 days ago · Russia, country that stretches over a vast expanse of eastern Europe and northern Asia. Once the preeminent republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.; commonly known as the Soviet Union ), Russia became an independent country after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991.
Jul 9, 2024 · Russian language, principal state and cultural language of Russia. Russian is the primary language of the overwhelming majority of people in Russia and is also used as a second language in other former republics of the Soviet Union.
2 days ago · Russia declares state of emergency in Novorossiisk as forest fires spread. The southern Russian city of Novorossiisk on the Black Sea declared a state of emergency on Sunday as forest fires...
May 17, 2024 · Russian forces have crossed the international border to the north of Ukraine's second biggest city Kharkiv and have made what analysts are calling "tactically significant advances".
6 days ago · U.S. officials warned Germany that they had learned of the plot, and officials in Germany took measures to step up protection for Armin Papperger, the chief executive of a German arms manufacturer ...
Jul 8, 2024 · 25 December 1991 (from the Soviet Union; Russian SFSR renamed Russian Federation); notable earlier dates: 1157 (Principality of Vladimir-Suzdal created); 16 January 1547 (Tsardom of Muscovy established); 22 October 1721 (Russian Empire proclaimed); 30 December 1922 (Soviet Union established)
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. Income from vast natural resources, above...
May 17, 2024 · Russian forces have crossed the international border to the north of Ukraine's second biggest city Kharkiv and have made what analysts are calling "tactically significant advances".