A country of Europe and Asia.

Russia is currently the country "in charge" of Chechnya. Russia has been warring with Chechnya for hundreds of years, and is currently the only force preventing Chechnya from gaining independence and recognition as a separate, individual country.

a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia an others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991

formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia

a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital; powerful in 17-18th centuries under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great when Saint Petersburg was the capital; overthrown by revolution in 1917

a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state

a co-founder of JA-YE Europe

a federal republic occupying eastern and northeastern Europe and all of northern Asia

a great country with a great history

Russia overtook Botswana as the largest exporter of diamonds by volume in 2003. It's diamond production and trade figures were secret until recently.

Russia (, Rossiya; pronounced ), alsoFrom Article 1 of Constitution of Russia: "The names "Russian Federation" and "Russia" shall be equivalent." the Russian Federation (Росси́йская Федера́ция, Rossiyskaya Federatsiya; , ), is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of Asia and Europe. With an area of 17,075,400 km², Russia is the largest country in the world, covering almost twice the territory of the next-largest country, Canada, and has the world's eighth-largest population. Russia shares land borders with the following countries (counter-clockwise from northwest to southeast): Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, and North Korea.