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English: Map of the Russia highlighting the general area of Southern Russia, showing the Southern Federal District in blue and the North Caucasian Federal District in Red Date 30 January 2015
Map showing location of Russia's Southern Federal District, in southwestern Russia. ( Crimea , whose annexation by Russia from Ukraine is mostly unrecognized internationally, is shown in orange.) Coordinates: 47°N 42°E / 47°N 42°E /
Southern Russia or the South of Russia (Russian: Юг России, IPA: [juk rɐˈsʲiɪ]) is a colloquial term for the southernmost geographic portion of European Russia. The term is generally used to refer to the region of Russia's Southern Federal District and North Caucasian Federal District .
The federal districts of Russia were established by a decree issued by President Vladimir Putin on 13 May 2000 to facilitate the federal government's control of the then 89 federal subjects across the country. [9] [10] On 19 January 2010, the new North Caucasian Federal District split from the Southern Federal District. [8]
The Southern Military District is the smallest military district in Russia by geographic size. The district contains 13 federal subjects of Russia: Adygea, Astrakhan Oblast, Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Kalmykia, Karachay-Cherkessia, Krasnodar Krai, North Ossetia-Alania, Rostov Oblast, Stavropol Krai and Volgograd Oblast.
The U.S. Navy deployed warships and aircraft to track a Russian naval flotilla after the Russian vessels sailed just 26 nautical miles off of South Florida’s coast on Tuesday.
Russian security forces were deployed along the demarcation lines with Georgia. Many international journalists and media companies, such as Al Jazeera, BBC and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, as well as non-governmental organizations, have referred to Abkhazia and South Ossetia as Russian-occupied territories. [22] [23] [24] [25]
The procedure for uniting regions of Russia (in a broader sense - the procedure for the formation in the Russian Federation of a new entity not related to the admission of a foreign state or part of it into the Russian Federation) is established by the Federal Constitutional Law of December 17, 2001 No. 6-FKZ “On the procedure for admission ...