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Russia is a member of the G20, the OSCE, and the APEC. It is also the leading member of organisations such as the CIS, [292] the EAEU, [293] the CSTO, [294] the SCO, [295] and BRICS. [296] Russia maintains close relations with neighbouring Belarus, which is a part of the Union State, a supranational confederation of the two states. [297]
Russia's research and development budget is the world's ninth-highest, with an expenditure of approximately 422 billion rubles on domestic research and development. [131] In 2019, Russia was ranked tenth worldwide in the number of scientific publications. [132] Russia ranked 45th in the Global Innovation Index in 2021. [133]
Of these five, three are located in the present-day Russian Federation (or Russia): the monuments of Saint Petersburg (then called Leningrad), Kizhi Pogost, and Moscow Kremlin and Red Square. [ 4 ] As of 2024 [update] , there are 32 World Heritage Sites in Russia, with a further 31 sites on the tentative list.
A system of "dual power" emerged, in which the Provisional Government held nominal power, though increasingly opposed by the Petrograd Soviet, their chief adversary, controlled by the Mensheviks and Socialist Revolutionaries (both democratic socialist parties politically to the right of the Bolsheviks).
Russia is a transcontinental country extending across the whole of northern Asia and 40% of Europe; it spans 11 time zones and incorporates a great range of environments and landforms. With 143 million people, Russia is the ninth most populated country.
[10] Over time, Russian companies moved to software development, an activity which enjoyed higher margins. [1] Local companies cater to the specific needs of the Russian market, such as ERP software developed by 1C Company with a focus on Russian accounting rules. [11] Kaspersky Labs is described as the flagship company of the Russian IT ...
Russia, a country in Eurasia known in several languages as Rusia; Rusia, a name formerly applied to several mediaeval and early modern states, see Names of Rus', Russia and Ruthenia; Rusia, Poland, a rural settlement in Poland; Magda Rusia, Georgian gymnast
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world by land area, and extends across eleven time zones; sharing land borders with fourteen countries. Russia is the most populous country in Europe and the ninth-most populous country in the world.