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    Posted 13 Nov 2024

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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.
    • Tags :
    • Russia
    • India-Russia relation
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