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			* About 2 million years ago, representatives of Homo erectus migrated to the Taman Peninsula in southern Russia. - Wikipedia
	* Area: 17,098,242 sq km - CIA World Factbook		* Area: 17,098,242 sq km - CIA World Factbook
			* As of 2025, the total fertility rate across Russia is estimated to be 1.37 children born per woman, which is below the replacement rate of 2.1 and among the lowest in the world. - Wikipedia
	* Background: Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy emerged from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and gradually conquered and absorbed surrounding principalities. - CIA World Factbook		* Background: Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy emerged from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and gradually conquered and absorbed surrounding principalities. - CIA World Factbook
	* Background: In the early 17th century, a new ROMANOV dynasty continued this policy of expansion across Siberia to the Pacific. - CIA World Factbook		* Background: In the early 17th century, a new ROMANOV dynasty continued this policy of expansion across Siberia to the Pacific. - CIA World Factbook
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	* Ethnic groups: Russian 77.7%, Tatar 3.7%, Ukrainian 1.4%, Bashkir 1.1%, Chuvash 1%, Chechen 1%, other 10.2%, unspecified 3.9% (2010 est.) - CIA World Factbook		* Ethnic groups: Russian 77.7%, Tatar 3.7%, Ukrainian 1.4%, Bashkir 1.1%, Chuvash 1%, Chechen 1%, other 10.2%, unspecified 3.9% (2010 est.) - CIA World Factbook
	* Expenditures: 7% of GDP (2024 est.) - CIA World Factbook		* Expenditures: 7% of GDP (2024 est.) - CIA World Factbook
			* Flint tools, some 1.5 million years old, have been discovered in the North Caucasus. - Wikipedia
			* Fossils of Denny, an archaic human hybrid that was half Neanderthal and half Denisovan, and lived some 90,000 years ago, was also found within the latter cave. - Wikipedia
	* Government type: semi-presidential federation - CIA World Factbook		* Government type: semi-presidential federation - CIA World Factbook
	* Head of government: Premier Mikhail Vladimirovich MISHUSTIN (since 16 January 2020) - CIA World Factbook		* Head of government: Premier Mikhail Vladimirovich MISHUSTIN (since 16 January 2020) - CIA World Factbook
			* In 2009, it recorded annual population growth for the first time in fifteen years, and subsequently experienced annual population growth due to declining death rates, increased birth rates, and increased immigration. - Wikipedia
			* It is the most populous country in Europe and ninth-most populous country in the world. - Wikipedia
	* Languages: Russian (official) 85.7%, Tatar 3.2%, Chechen 1%, other 10.1% (2010 est.) - CIA World Factbook		* Languages: Russian (official) 85.7%, Tatar 3.2%, Chechen 1%, other 10.1% (2010 est.) - CIA World Factbook
	* Legal system: civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts - CIA World Factbook		* Legal system: civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts - CIA World Factbook
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	* Personnel: estimated 1.1-1.2 million active Armed Forces; estimated 350,000 Federal National Guard Troops (2025) - CIA World Factbook		* Personnel: estimated 1.1-1.2 million active Armed Forces; estimated 350,000 Federal National Guard Troops (2025) - CIA World Factbook
	* Population: 140,134,279 (2025 est.) - CIA World Factbook		* Population: 140,134,279 (2025 est.) - CIA World Factbook
			* Radiocarbon dated specimens from Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains estimate the oldest Denisovan specimen lived 195–122,700 years ago. - Wikipedia
	* Religions: Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2% (2006 est.) - CIA World Factbook		* Religions: Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2% (2006 est.) - CIA World Factbook
			* Russia also made pioneering contributions to science, technology, and space exploration. - Wikipedia
			* Russia had an estimated population of 146.0 million in 2025 (143.6 million excluding Crimea and Sevastopol), down from 147.2 million in the 2021 census. - Wikipedia
			* Russia has heavily influenced classical music, ballet, theatre, mathematics, sport, painting, and cinema. - Wikipedia
			* Russia is home to 32 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, 21 of which are cultural, while 31 lie on the tentative list. - Wikipedia
			* Russia was home to some of the last surviving Neanderthals, from about 45,000 years ago, found in Mezmaiskaya cave. - Wikipedia
			* Russia's national symbol, the double-headed eagle, dates back to the Tsardom period and is featured in its coat of arms and heraldry. - Wikipedia
			* Russia's population peaked at over 148 million in 1993, having subsequently declined due to its death rate exceeding its birth rate, which some analysts have called a demographic crisis. - Wikipedia
			* Russian culture reflects a long, gradual, and complex amalgamation of various elements that coincided with centuries of development, expansion, and interaction with different peoples, artistic movements, and cultures. - Wikipedia
			* Russian writers and philosophers have played an important role in the development of European literature and thought. - Wikipedia
			* Subsequently, it has one of the oldest populations in the world, with a median age of 41.9 years. - Wikipedia
	* Terrain: broad plain with low hills west of Urals; vast coniferous forest and tundra in Siberia; uplands and mountains along southern border regions - CIA World Factbook		* Terrain: broad plain with low hills west of Urals; vast coniferous forest and tundra in Siberia; uplands and mountains along southern border regions - CIA World Factbook
			* The Russian Bear and Mother Russia are often used as national personifications of the country. - Wikipedia
			* The country is highly urbanised, with two-thirds of the population living in urban areas. - Wikipedia
			* The discovery of high concentration cultural remains of anatomically modern humans, from at least 40,000 years ago, was found at Kostyonki–Borshchyovo, and at Sungir, dating back to 34,600 years ago—both in western Russia. - Wikipedia
			* The earliest evidence of human settlement in Russia dates to the Oldowan period during the early Lower Paleolithic. - Wikipedia
			* The first trace of an early modern human in Russia dates back to 45,000 years, in Western Siberia. - Wikipedia
			* The large global Russian diaspora has also played a major role in spreading Russian culture throughout the world. - Wikipedia
	* Urbanization: 75.3% of total population (2023) - CIA World Factbook		* Urbanization: 75.3% of total population (2023) - CIA World Factbook
			* With a population density of 8.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (22 inhabitants/mi2), Russia is one of the world's most sparsely populated countries, with the vast majority of its people concentrated within its western part. - Wikipedia

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	* Background: In the early 17th century, a new ROMANOV dynasty continued this policy of expansion across Siberia to the Pacific. - CIA World Factbook		* Background: In the early 17th century, a new ROMANOV dynasty continued this policy of expansion across Siberia to the Pacific. - CIA World Factbook
	* Background: Under PETER I (1682-1725), hegemony was extended to the Baltic Sea and the country was renamed the Russian Empire. - CIA World Factbook		* Background: Under PETER I (1682-1725), hegemony was extended to the Baltic Sea and the country was renamed the Russian Empire. - CIA World Factbook
			* Branches: Armed Forces of the Russian Federation: Ground Forces (SV), Aerospace Forces (VKS), Navy (VMF); separate or independent troop branches include the Airborne Forces (VDV), Missile Troops of Strategic Purpose (RVSN; commonly to as Strategic Rocket Forces), Special Operations Forces, and Unmanned Systems Forces ; ; Federal National Guard Troops Service of the Russian Federation (FSVNG, National Guard, Russian Guard, or Rosgvardiya); ; Federal Security Services (FSB): Federal Border Guard Service (includes land and maritime forces) (2025) - CIA World Factbook
	* Capital: Moscow - CIA World Factbook		* Capital: Moscow - CIA World Factbook
	* Chief of state: President Vladimir Vladimirovich PUTIN (since 7 May 2012) - CIA World Factbook		* Chief of state: President Vladimir Vladimirovich PUTIN (since 7 May 2012) - CIA World Factbook
	* Climate: ranges from steppes in the south through humid continental in much of European Russia; subarctic in Siberia to tundra climate in the polar north; winters vary from cool along Black Sea coast to frigid in Siberia; summers vary from warm in the steppes to cool along Arctic coast - CIA World Factbook		* Climate: ranges from steppes in the south through humid continental in much of European Russia; subarctic in Siberia to tundra climate in the polar north; winters vary from cool along Black Sea coast to frigid in Siberia; summers vary from warm in the steppes to cool along Arctic coast - CIA World Factbook
			* Equipment: the Russian Federation's military and paramilitary services are equipped with domestically produced weapons systems, although in recent years Russia has imported military hardware from external suppliers such as Iran and North Korea to support its war on Ukraine; the Russian defense industry is capable of producing a full range of advanced air, land, missile, and naval systems; Russia is one of the world's largest exporters of military hardware (2025) - CIA World Factbook
	* Ethnic groups: Russian 77.7%, Tatar 3.7%, Ukrainian 1.4%, Bashkir 1.1%, Chuvash 1%, Chechen 1%, other 10.2%, unspecified 3.9% (2010 est.) - CIA World Factbook		* Ethnic groups: Russian 77.7%, Tatar 3.7%, Ukrainian 1.4%, Bashkir 1.1%, Chuvash 1%, Chechen 1%, other 10.2%, unspecified 3.9% (2010 est.) - CIA World Factbook
			* Expenditures: 7% of GDP (2024 est.) - CIA World Factbook
	* Government type: semi-presidential federation - CIA World Factbook		* Government type: semi-presidential federation - CIA World Factbook
	* Head of government: Premier Mikhail Vladimirovich MISHUSTIN (since 16 January 2020) - CIA World Factbook		* Head of government: Premier Mikhail Vladimirovich MISHUSTIN (since 16 January 2020) - CIA World Factbook
	* Languages: Russian (official) 85.7%, Tatar 3.2%, Chechen 1%, other 10.1% (2010 est.) - CIA World Factbook		* Languages: Russian (official) 85.7%, Tatar 3.2%, Chechen 1%, other 10.1% (2010 est.) - CIA World Factbook
	* Legal system: civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts - CIA World Factbook		* Legal system: civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts - CIA World Factbook
			* Life expectancy: 72.3 years (2024 est.) - CIA World Factbook
			* Literacy: 99.9% (2021 est.) - CIA World Factbook
	* Location: North Asia bordering the Arctic Ocean, extending from Eastern Europe (the portion west of the Urals) to the North Pacific Ocean - CIA World Factbook		* Location: North Asia bordering the Arctic Ocean, extending from Eastern Europe (the portion west of the Urals) to the North Pacific Ocean - CIA World Factbook
			* Major urban areas: 12.680 million MOSCOW (capital), 5.561 million Saint Petersburg, 1.695 million Novosibirsk, 1.528 million Yekaterinburg, 1.292 million Kazan, 1.251 million Nizhniy Novgorod (2023) - CIA World Factbook
			* Median age: 42.3 years (2025 est.) - CIA World Factbook
	* Natural resources: wide natural-resource base including major deposits of oil, natural gas, coal, and many strategic minerals, bauxite, reserves of rare earth elements, timber - CIA World Factbook		* Natural resources: wide natural-resource base including major deposits of oil, natural gas, coal, and many strategic minerals, bauxite, reserves of rare earth elements, timber - CIA World Factbook
			* Personnel: estimated 1.1-1.2 million active Armed Forces; estimated 350,000 Federal National Guard Troops (2025) - CIA World Factbook
			* Population: 140,134,279 (2025 est.) - CIA World Factbook
	* Religions: Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2% (2006 est.) - CIA World Factbook		* Religions: Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2% (2006 est.) - CIA World Factbook
	* Terrain: broad plain with low hills west of Urals; vast coniferous forest and tundra in Siberia; uplands and mountains along southern border regions - CIA World Factbook		* Terrain: broad plain with low hills west of Urals; vast coniferous forest and tundra in Siberia; uplands and mountains along southern border regions - CIA World Factbook
			* Urbanization: 75.3% of total population (2023) - CIA World Factbook

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Dated events for '''Russia''', generated from the archive. Each line is one headline as it was recorded.

=== 2026-08-25 ===
* The Kremlin called reports of a new mobilization in Russia 'informational hoaxes'. - meduza

=== 2026-08-24 ===
* A new drone was found in Romania after Russia's attack on Ukraine - ukrinform
* Video: Russia launches rocket into space with military satellite - aljazeera

=== 2026-08-14 ===
* Russia dismisses idea of Black Sea ceasefire - Reuters

=== 2026-06-29 ===
* Russia is burning, but don’t expect Putin to blink - CNN

=== 2026-06-15 ===
* Russia’s slow defeat – and Australia’s hard lesson - Lowy Institute

=== 2026-06-06 ===
* Gaza is a step away from catastrophe - ynet.co.il

=== 2026-06-03 ===
* Dispatch from Kyiv: Russia is more vulnerable than it might seem - Atlantic Council

=== 2026-05-11 ===
* Things are not going so well for Russia - Al Jazeera

=== 2026-05-01 ===
* Recalling Damascus on the Hudson - The Broadsheet

=== 2026-04-26 ===
* Damascus, Scatter Brain, and New Faces - The Trek

=== 2026-04-17 ===
* Damascus, MD - gnews

=== 2026-04-15 ===
* Discover - Twin Cities PBS

=== 2026-04-14 ===
* The Sea of Azov: Ukraine’s loss but hardly Russia’s gain - Al Jazeera

=== 2026-03-25 ===
* Acknowledgments - Pew Research Center
* The Choking of Hormuz - The New York Times

=== 2026-03-06 ===
* The Iran War Heralds Russia’s Further Weakening - Manara Magazine

=== 2026-03-05 ===
* Whither Palestine and the Palestinians? - Arab Center Washington DC

=== 2026-02-27 ===
* Shipping Tribune - shippingtribune.com

=== 2026-02-10 ===
* Cutting Through the Fog of War (and Peace) in Syria - The Washington Institute

=== 2026-01-31 ===
* Upcoming Trilateral Naval Exercise by Iran, China, and Russia - WANA News Agency

=== 2026-01-23 ===
* Russia’s Wary Embrace of Trump’s Transatlantic Disruption - Council on Foreign Relations

=== 2026-01-15 ===
* Statement from Spain and France on Turkey. - haber7.com

=== 2025-12-29 ===
* The Strange Fear of Russia - Geopolitical Futures

=== 2025-12-28 ===
* Iran Says It Launched Three Satellites Into Space From Russia - Bloomberg.com

=== 2025-12-12 ===
* Msayleh - Human Rights Watch

=== 2025-12-08 ===
* Baraa in Syria - Al Jazeera
* Fall of Assad, Rise of Realism: What Holds Russia and Iran Together - ISPI
* Zelenskyy again rules out handing over territory to Russia - NBC News

=== 2025-11-29 ===
* Russia Bombards Ukraine for Nearly 10 Hours in a Deadly Assault - The New York Times

=== 2025-11-26 ===
* Top U.S. Negotiator Warned Europeans That Russia Is Stockpiling Missiles - The New York Times

=== 2025-11-21 ===
* Russia Eyes Return to Southern Syria - Foundation for Defense of Democracies - gnews

=== 2025-11-19 ===
* Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research (SPND) - Iran Watch

=== 2025-11-18 ===
* Hamas - Middle East Institute

=== 2025-10-26 ===
* Javad Naeimi: Mossad Spy or a Victim? - WANA News Agency

=== 2025-10-21 ===
* Post-Assad pragmatism: The new logic of Russia-Syria relations - The New Arab
* Russia/Ukraine: Blackout in Chernihiv exposes Russia’s unlawful attacks on civilian infrastructure - Amnesty International

=== 2025-10-15 ===
* Syria’s New Leaders Are Talking to a Former Enemy: Russia - The New York Times

=== 2025-10-13 ===
* Poor Syria - Arab American Institute

=== 2025-10-11 ===
* Russia-Ukraine war news: Russia strikes Kyiv, targeting power grid, causing power outage for 800K - ABC7 Bay Area

=== 2025-10-08 ===
* Why Merkel's Ukraine remarks pleased Russia, angered Poland - DW.com

=== 2025-10-01 ===
* Focus on the Druze - Jewish Policy Center
* Gas and Geopolitics in the Eastern Mediterranean - Arab Center Washington DC

=== 2025-09-26 ===
* Israel - General Debate

=== 2025-09-24 ===
* Returning to Yarmouk - Jewish Currents
* Russia/Ukraine Sanctions Update - Month of September 2025 - Mayer Brown

=== 2025-09-18 ===
* China and Russia: Exploring Ties Between Two Authoritarian Powers - Council on Foreign Relations

=== 2025-09-17 ===
* Ecocide, Imperialism and Palestine Liberation - Transnational Institute
* History of the Kaaba - TRT World

=== 2025-09-09 ===
* Russia/Ukraine: Conflict Moving Towards Escalation, Not Resolution - Teneo

=== 2025-09-05 ===
* Discontent Amid Despair - Riddle Russia

=== 2025-09-01 ===
* Russia, China, Pakistan defy snapback: Iranian Diplomat - Armenpress

=== 2025-08-31 ===
* Ukraine planning new strikes deep inside Russia, says Zelenskyy - Al Jazeera

=== 2025-08-29 ===
* Russia hits out at Macron for calling Putin an 'ogre' - Le Monde.fr

=== 2025-08-28 ===
* Americans Widely Pessimistic About Ukraine-Russia Peace Deal - Gallup News
* Russia advances in Kupiansk, rejects US push for Zelenskyy-Putin summit - Al Jazeera
* Understanding the ‘China Factor’ in the Russia-Ukraine War - PeaceRep

=== 2025-08-26 ===
* Despite huge manpower losses, how is Russia replenishing its military? - Al Jazeera
* Ukraine, Land Swaps, and Patriotic Assassination - Cato Institute

=== 2025-08-25 ===
* Talking and Fighting Intersect in Gaza - The Soufan Center

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* Area: 17,098,242 sq km - CIA World Factbook
* Background: Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy emerged from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and gradually conquered and absorbed surrounding principalities. - CIA World Factbook
* Background: In the early 17th century, a new ROMANOV dynasty continued this policy of expansion across Siberia to the Pacific. - CIA World Factbook
* Background: Under PETER I (1682-1725), hegemony was extended to the Baltic Sea and the country was renamed the Russian Empire. - CIA World Factbook
* Capital: Moscow - CIA World Factbook
* Chief of state: President Vladimir Vladimirovich PUTIN (since 7 May 2012) - CIA World Factbook
* Climate: ranges from steppes in the south through humid continental in much of European Russia; subarctic in Siberia to tundra climate in the polar north; winters vary from cool along Black Sea coast to frigid in Siberia; summers vary from warm in the steppes to cool along Arctic coast - CIA World Factbook
* Ethnic groups: Russian 77.7%, Tatar 3.7%, Ukrainian 1.4%, Bashkir 1.1%, Chuvash 1%, Chechen 1%, other 10.2%, unspecified 3.9% (2010 est.) - CIA World Factbook
* Government type: semi-presidential federation - CIA World Factbook
* Head of government: Premier Mikhail Vladimirovich MISHUSTIN (since 16 January 2020) - CIA World Factbook
* Languages: Russian (official) 85.7%, Tatar 3.2%, Chechen 1%, other 10.1% (2010 est.) - CIA World Factbook
* Legal system: civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts - CIA World Factbook
* Location: North Asia bordering the Arctic Ocean, extending from Eastern Europe (the portion west of the Urals) to the North Pacific Ocean - CIA World Factbook
* Natural resources: wide natural-resource base including major deposits of oil, natural gas, coal, and many strategic minerals, bauxite, reserves of rare earth elements, timber - CIA World Factbook
* Religions: Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2% (2006 est.) - CIA World Factbook
* Terrain: broad plain with low hills west of Urals; vast coniferous forest and tundra in Siberia; uplands and mountains along southern border regions - CIA World Factbook

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