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					 			      	Geography of Russia and Map of Russia - Worldatlas
					 			      	 
 Russia, the world's largest country, obviously defies a "brief description," as it covers 9 time zones, all climate zones except tropical, with land that stretches almost halfway around the planet and a population of 138,082,178. http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/asia/ru.htm
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					 			      	Russia News - Reuters
					 			      	 
 Find late breaking world news from every corner of the globe at Reuters.com, your online source for international news coverage. http://www.reuters.com/places/russia
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					 			      	Russian Education System - Study Russian
					 			      	 
 Details and comparision of the education system in Russia. http://www.studyrussian.com/russian-course/study-university-moscow/russian-education-system.html
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					 			      	The Crisis of Russian Health Care and Attempts at Reform - RAND
					 			      	 
 A search for new forms of development in all spheres of public health care and health promotion is currently being conducted in Russia. http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/CF124/CF124.chap5.html
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					 			      	Cities in Russia, Russian Cities Map - Maps of World
					 			      	 
 Russian cities map showing the major cities in Russia like Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Kazan, Volgograd, Saratov and many more. http://www.mapsofworld.com/russia/cities-map.html
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					 			      	Russia Military Strength
					 			      	 
 2015 Military Power and Ranked Strength of Russia. http://www.globalfirepower.com/country-military-strength-detail.asp?country_id=russia
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					 			      	The Russian Military - CFR
					 			      	 
 The Russian military suffered years of neglect after the Soviet collapse and no longer casts the shadow of a global superpower. However, the Russian armed forces are in the midst of a historic overhaul with significant consequences for Eurasian politics and security. http://www.cfr.org/russian-federation/russian-military/p33758
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					 			      	World Health Organization: Russian Federation
					 			      	 
 WHO country health profile of Russian Federation provides key statistics, information, news, features and journal articles on the country's public health issues and services. http://www.who.int/countries/rus/en/
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					 			      	Russia's Population Is Still Growing, But Trouble Lies Ahead - Forbes
					 			      	 
 Rosstat just released its latest tranche of demographic data, including its first estimate of Russia's population as of January 1, 2015. http://www.forbes.com/sites/markadomanis/2015/01/23/russias-population-is-still-growing-but-trouble-lies-ahead/
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					 			      	Russian GDP - Bloomberg Business
					 			      	 
 Russias economy shrank the most since 2009 after a currency crisis jolted consumer demand, while a selloff in oil threatens to drag the country into a deeper recession. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-10/russian-economy-shrinks-4-6-as-oil-slump-risks-deeper-recession
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					 			      	Russian Economy Shows Signs of a Bottom - WSJ
					 			      	 
 Russia's economy contracted again in September but capital investment and industrial production data indicated a bottom may be near. http://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-economy-shows-signs-of-a-bottom-1445273634
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					 			      	Russia - The Guardian
					 			      	 
 The guardian discusses news in Russia. http://www.theguardian.com/world/russia
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					 			      	Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
					 			      	 
 Russia, also officially known as the Russian Federation, is a sovereign state in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic. At 17,125,200 square kilometres (6,612,100 sq mi), Russia is the largest country in the world, covering more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area. Russia is the world's ninth most populous country with over 144 million people at the end of 2015. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia