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For questions about or involving the Russian Federation, successor of the Soviet Union. Located in Eurasia, Russia is the largest country by land mass, and it operates as a semi-presidential republic. For questions about the Soviet Union (USSR), use tag: [soviet-union].

The Russian Federation is a country in and Asia. Russia's Federal Assembly is .

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How can Russia enforce the Wikimedia fines?

There have been quite a few articles online (such as this one) about the Russian government issuing fines to the Wikimedia foundation for not taking down Wikipedia pages on the war in Ukraine. These also mention that Wikimedia is fighting them in…
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Does the opposition figure with the highest chance to challenge Putin always end up disqualified?

In Russia, since Putin took [part in] power (say since 2000), is it always the case that opposition leaders that were attaining high popularity (relative to other opposition figures), or at least high momentum (rapid increase) in gaining such…
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Provided that Russia has sufficiently deterrent nuclear weapons, why does Russian still fear being invaded?

Assumptions Russia's nuclear weapons sufficiently deter its opponents. Russia suffers from a persecution complex. Evidence for Russia's fear Russia itself has hankered after buffer zones and states like Belarus and Ukraine. The European Plain…
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Has Sergei Lukyanenko revealed something about his political opinions since 2012?

Has Sergei Lukyanenko (Russian science fiction and fantasy author) made any statement or given a public interview about his political opinions after the article I Will Vote For Putin he wrote in 2012? Primarily I am interested in his opinions on…
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Why does Russia have multiple deputy prime ministers?

Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Why does Russia have multiple deputy prime ministers? I mean, in other countries, they generally have one prime minister, some ministers, and under ministers, they have state ministers or deputy…
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Was there any change in perception of Militia/Police in Russia after the renaming?

A while back, Russia renamed their cops from Militsia into Politsia (Police). Are there any surveys showing whether the brand name change (as opposed to any specific meaningful changes to the organization) had any effect on the perception in the…
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How does Putin control the opposition parties in Russia?

The "systemic opposition" is mainly composed by the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF), the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), A Just Russia — For Truth (SRZP), New People and other minor parties; these political groups, while…
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Is there any precedent of the Russian president skipping a debate during the presidential elections?

The Kremlin confirmed Tuesday that President Vladimir Putin will not take the stage to debate his rivals in Russia's March presidential election. “Everyone can see Putin’s statements on all aspects of Russians’ lives on a virtually daily basis,”…
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Why was Alexei Kudrin nominated by Putin as the Chairman of Accounts Chamber?

First of all, Alexei Kudrin is an independent politician. Secondly, he has a spat with Dimitry Medvedev and lost his job as the Minister of Finance. Why was Alexei Kudrin nominated by Putin as the Chairman of Accounts Chamber?
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Which one is the next country most likely to be partly or fully annexed by Russia?

After Ukraine and Georgia, Which one is the next country most likely to be partly or fully annexed by Russia?
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Has Putin's photo ops included wearing fluoro?

Apart from sport-related photo ops, one of the most frequent photo ops in Australia is the wearing of fluoro (Australian shortening of "fluorescent vest") by then PM Tony Abbott, preferably with a hard hat as well. I'm under the impression that…
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What are the reasons of the immense popularity of Yekaterina Mizulina in Russia?

Yekaterina Mizulina is the daughter of Russian legislature member and senator Yelena Mizulina. Yelena Mizulina is the head of the Legislature's Committe for Family, Women and Children. She is known for her traditionalist and anti-male legislation,…
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Why the huge Olympic games scandals with Russian doping?

I recently discussed the Olympic games with people, and I heard an argument in favor of Russia: "Yes, the whole world uses doping, they say, scandals with our sportsmens -- this is a purely a political game of the West to humiliate Russia." Is the…
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Which KGB people captured the post-Soviet state?

In this Interview, Luke Harding, a journalist, said that: But what’s happened in the kind of post-Soviet era is that it’s been hijacked by a group of basically KGB people, who have captured the state and run it for their own purposes. Are there…
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Can Russia prevent people from leaving the country?

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nhl/news/matvei-michkov-play-nhl-russian-prospect-2023-24/lirjxhuhtbqmpxtxuslji5sx Michkov is currently signed with SKA St. Petersburg through the 2025-26 season. It takes him three seasons past his draft…
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