橫跨歐亞兩洲,是全球領土面積最大的國家。大部分領土位於亞洲,但超過七成的人口住在靠近歐洲區域,要歸類為亞洲國家或歐洲國家都可以,聯合國則將其列在東歐。為全球前12大經濟體,人均GDP剛好達1萬美元。
冷戰後雖改成民主共和,捨棄共產主義,但現任領袖普丁的統治風格偏獨裁,仍被大多西方國家視為對手。是傳統的世界軍事強國,擁有全世界規模最大的核武器庫,目前在烏克蘭東部、亞美尼亞、南奧賽提亞、非洲東部和中亞國家皆有駐軍。為聯合國常任理事國,對全球局勢有重大影響力。
Year Founded: 1991
Spanning the two continents of Europe and Asia, the Russian federation is the largest country by area in the world. Mostly located in Asia yet with over 70% of its population residing in the area closest to Europe, it can be categorized as an Asian or European country, but the United Nations lists it as part of Eastern Europe. It has the 12th largest economy in the world with a GDP per capita of 10,000 USD.
Although Russia renounced communism and transformed itself into a democratic republic after the Cold War, Putin, the current leader, still leans more towards dictatorship and is considered an adversary by most Western countries. A military powerhouse in the traditional sense, Russia has the largest storage of nuclear weapons in the world with armed forces currently stationed in Eastern Ukraine, Armenia, South Ossetia, Eastern Africa, and Central Asian countries. Russia is a permanent member of the United Nations and extremely influential globally.