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Russian Federation (Capital: Moscow)

Recently, the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation paid a visit to India. 

  • He attended the 25th Session of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation (IRIGC-TEC) 
The image show the Russia map along with neighbouring countries.

Political Features

  • Location: Spans across Eastern Europe and Northern Asia.
    • Largest country in the world by land area. 
  • Bordering Countries: Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, (Lithuania and Poland with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, and Azerbaijan in the West; Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, and North Korea in the south
    • Maritime Boundaries: Arctic Ocean (North); Pacific Ocean (South) 

Geographical Features

  • Mountains: Ural (boundary between Europe and Asia); Elbrus (highest peak). 
  • Rivers: Dniper, Volga; Ob, etc. 
  • Lake: Onega; Baikal (largest Freshwater lake in the world)
  • Strait: Bering (Bordering Alaska, USA)
  • Bordering Seas: Baltic; Caspian; Okhotsk; Black, etc.
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