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• n  a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991
• n  formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia
• n  a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital; powerful in the 17th and 18th centuries under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great when Saint Petersburg was the capital; overthrown by revolution in 1917
• n  a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state

• Soviet Union
• Russia
• Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• USSR
• Soviet Russia
• Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic
• Russian Federation

News & Articles

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• Russia faces security challenges at Sochi Olympics
  Russia faces security challenges at Sochi Olympics
  June 12, 2013 - WPXI Pittsburgh
• Russia's Gorbachev hospitalized in Moscow
  Russia's former Soviet leader goes in for medical testing.
  June 12, 2013 - GlobalPost
• Russia facing security challenges at Sochi Games
  SOCHI, Russia (AP) - Drones hovering overhead, robotic vehicles roaming Olympic venues to search for explosives, high-speed patrol boats sweeping the Black Sea coast - Russian officials say they will be using cutting-edge technology to make sure the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi will be "the safest Olympics in history.''
  June 11, 2013 - Sports Illustrated

Quotes

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• President Bush in Times Online
  If we start the steady progress on these issues, I'm absolutely confident that the United States, working in tandem with the European Union, with Russia, with all the Arab States in the region -- I'm absolutely certain that we can make significant... Barack Obama http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHQ0yfPaaXFGqLKymRgcres0I2nuA AFP http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hpQ12NzCM8x4H5qGFNYH264vyYiQ&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGICTORKkK4zhrpPiUNZtu6yVVo4g Jan 27, 2009 85203 113526 russia Russia has invaded a sovereign neighbouring state and threatens a democratic government elected by its people. Such an action is unacceptable in the 21st century," said Mr Bush.
• Hillary Rodham Clinton in Pakistan Daily Mail
  We continue to object to and criticise actions by Russia which we believe are wrong and on the top of the list is the invasion and occupation of Georgia,Clinton said shortly after arriving in the capital Tbilisi as part of a regional tour.