RUSSIA

Russia, also known as the Russian Federation, is the largest country in the world in terms of area. It spans across Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. Among the European countries, Russia has the highest population. The Russian Federation emerged as a separate nation after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Since 1993, Russia has been governed as a federal semi-presidential republic.

The longest-serving president of Russia is Vladamir Putin. The economy of Russia is the sixth-largest in the world by GDP. The country possesses the largest stockpile of nuclear weapons in the...