Russia (also the Russian Federation) is a transcontinental country extending over much of northern Eurasia (Europe and Asia).

With an area of 17,075,400 km, Russia is the largest country in the world, covering almost twice the total area of the next-largest country, Canada, and has large mineral and energy resources combined with the world's ninth-largest population.

Russia is considered to be an energy superpower. Russia is internationally recognised as continuing the legal personality of the Soviet Union and is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. It is also one of the five recognised nuclear weapons states and possesses the world's largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction. Russia is the leading nation of the Commonwealth of Independent States, and a member of the G8 as well as other international organizations.

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