Description: NATO Scared? After Massive Nuclear Exercise, Russia Launches New Military Mission With A Twist, Russian Jets To Wreak Havoc In Israel? Putin Aide’s Big Announcement On Iran Ties Amid Attack Fear, Russia Touts New Defence Treaty Ties With Iran, North Korea Vows To Stand With Putin 'Till Victory'
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Russia ( i / ˈ r ʌ ʃ ə / ; Russian : Росси́я , tr. Rossiya ; IPA: [rɐˈsʲijə] ), also officially known as the Russian Federation ( Russian : Росси́йская Федера́ция , tr. Rossiyskaya Federatsiya ; IPA: [rɐˈsʲijskəjə fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨjə] ), is a sovereign state in northern Eurasia . It is a federal semi-presidential republic. At 17,125,200 square kilometres (6,612,100 sq mi) , Russia is the largest country in the world , covering more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area. Russia is the world's
Extending across the entirety of northern Asia and much of Eastern Europe, Russia spans eleven time zones and incorporates a wide range of environments and landforms. From northwest to southeast, Russia shares land borders with Norway , Finland , Estonia , Latvia , Lithuania and Poland (both with Kaliningrad Oblast ), Belarus , Ukraine , Georgia , Azerbaijan , Kazakhstan , China , Mongolia , and North Korea . It shares maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk and the U.S. state of Alaska across the