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An official government translation of the Constitution of Russia from Russian to English uses the term "constituent entities of the Russian Federation". For example, Article 5 reads: "The Russian Federation shall consist of republics, krais, oblasts, cities of federal significance, an autonomous oblast, and autonomous okrugs, which shall have equal rights as constituent entities of the Russian ...
The following is a list of 83 of the 89 [1] federal subjects of Russia in order of population according to the 2010 and 2021 Russian Census. The totals of all federal subjects do not include nationals living abroad at the time of census.
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]
Three capitals are too small to make the list: Naryan-Mar (pop. 25,795), Magas (pop. 15,279), and Anadyr (pop. 15,079). Pyatigorsk is the administrative centre of North Caucasian Federal District but not of any federal subject. Cities in grey are in areas annexed by Russia that the international community considers illegally occupied by Russia. [1]
For example, Switzerland was a UNGA non-member observer state from 1948 to 2002, until becoming a full member of the UN on September 10, 2002. Currently, there are two non-member observer states, namely the Holy See and the State of Palestine. They are both referred to as "non-member States having received a standing invitation to participate ...
Federalism and Democratisation in Russia. Manchester University Press. pp. 24– 25. ISBN 978-0-7190-5869-1. Roeder, Philip (2007). Where Nation-States Come From: Institutional Change in the Age of Nationalism. Princeton University Press. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-691-12728-6. Sotiriou, Stylianos (2019). Politics and International Relations in Eurasia ...
On 18 March 2014, as a part of the annexation of Crimea and following the establishment of the Republic of Crimea (an independent entity that was recognized only by Russia), a treaty was signed between Russia and the Republic of Crimea incorporating the Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol as constituent members of the Russian ...
The Russian Federation, commonly known as Russia, is the most extensive country in the world, covering 17,075,400 square kilometres (6,592,800 sq mi), more than an eighth of the Earth's land area. [1]