A community portal about Russia with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Russia, also the Russian Federation, is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of Eurasia. With an area of 17,075,400 square kilometres...
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A community portal about Russia with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Russia, also the Russian Federation, is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of Eurasia. With an area of 17,075,400 square kilometres, Russia is the largest country in the world by land mass, and covers almost twice the territory of the next-largest country, Canada. It has the world's eighth largest population. Russia shares land borders with the following countries: Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, and North Korea. It is also close to the United States and Japan across relatively small stretches of water.
RBC, 24.07.2008, Moscow 12:59:50.Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's proposal that Russia set up a military base in Venezuela, combined with information released this week on the possible deployment of Russian bombers in Cuba, may provoke an overly negative reaction from the US, the RBC Daily newspaper reported today. Washington may fail to understand the intricacies of Moscow's diplomatic game, in which Russia seeks to receive an additional trump card in an attempt to decide in its favor the... Read Full Story
RBC, 22.07.2008, Moscow 12:59:22.Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has called for an expansion of Russian-Venezuelan relations in the oil industry, as well as for further military and technical cooperation, the Mayak radio station reported today. The two countries must become strategic partners in these areas, Chavez noted following his arrival in Moscow. Such a policy will guarantee Venezuela's sovereignty, which is being threatened by the US, Chavez said. The Venezuelan President is set to... Read Full Story
Hello, I found this study on Russians and their so called desire to all leave the country. Like I suspected already while living in Russia, they do not have anymore desire to leave than other counties do... ------------------------------------------------- Roughly a half of Russians don’t want to go overseas but a third of the nation (35 percent) favors traveling over the world. No more than 8 percent of respondents are ready to emigrate for permanent residence, signaled the poll of All... Read Full Story
RBC, 17.07.2008, Moscow 13:35:23.Russia will support Serbia's appeal to the UN Security Council in order for the International Court of Justice to review the situation in Kosovo, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said following talks with his Serbian counterpart Vuk Jeremic. The Russian official pointed out that each country had a right to get an opinion of the highest international court on any matter, adding that Russia would insist on the rule of law. RBC, 18.07.2008, Moscow 10:57:56... Read Full Story
While the United Nations Security Council hears arguments from Georgia and Russia about the violation of Georgian airspace, on the territory of the breakaway republic of South Ossetia people die on the streets as a result of shelling, allegedly from over the Georgian border. Now you know why Russia is involved. If Russia was not involved Georgia would have already attacked. Kyle & Svet comments always welcome.
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