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2004-MAY-21

BELARUS (Minsk)	Republic of BELARUS :	President Alexander Lukashenko
WHITE RUSSIANS (New York)	WHITE EMIGRES Organizations Outside Russia :	Metropolitan Laurus Shkurla
UNION STATE (Moscow)	Union State of Russia and Belarus : USRB :	Pavel Borodin
RUSSIA (Moscow)	Russian Federation : RF :	President Vladimir Putin
INDEPENDENT STATES (Minsk + Moscow)	Commonwealth of Independent States : CIS :	Secretary Yury Yarov

Other Entities with similar names

Russian Federation : RF

(Moscow)

	Russian Federation : RF
Flag or logo since 1993-12-11*	Rossiyskaya Federatsiya : RF – Российская Федерация : РФ (ru)	Emblem or Symbol*

President Vladimir Putin
(ruler of RUSSIA since 1999-12-31)





Capitals & administrative places*:	Moscow (Moskva)
Official & national languages:	*Russian (ru) .*

Mainland:

RUSSIA

RUSSIAN Federation (Moscow)

7 Federated Divisions:

CENTRAL RUSSIA

CENTRAL Federal District (Moscow)

Local:

TSENTRALNY Federalny okrug : ЦЕНТРАЛЬНЫЙ Федеральный округ (ru) (Moskva)

FAR EASTERN

FAR EASTERN Federal District (Khabarovsk)

Local:

DALNEVOSTOCHNY Federalny okrug : ДАЛЬНЕВОСТОЧНЫЙ Федеральный округ (ru) (Khabarovsk)

NORTHWESTERN RUSSIA

NORTHWESTERN Federal District (Saint Petersburg)

Local:

SEVERO-ZAPADNIY Federalny okrug : СЕ́ВЕРО-ЗА́ПАДНЫЙ Федера́льный О́круг (ru) (Sankt-Peterburg)

SIBERIA

SIBERIAN Federal District (Novosibirsk)

Local:

SIBIRSKIY Federalny okrug : СИБИРСКИЙ Федеральный округ (ru) (Novosibirsk)

SOUTHERN RUSSIA

SOUTHERN Federal District (Rostov-on-Don)

Local:

YUZHNIY Federalny okrug : ЮЖНЫЙ Федеральный округ (ru) (Rostov-na-Donu)

URAL

URAL Federal District (Ekaterinburg)

Local:

URALSKIY Federalny okrug : УРАЛЬСКИЙ Федеральный округ (ru) (Yekaterinburg)

VOLGA

VOLGA Federal District (Nizhni Novgorod)

Local:

PRIVOLZHSKIY Federalny okrug : ПРИВО́ЛЖСКИЙ Федера́льный О́круг (ru) (Nizhni Novgorod)

1 Territory:

BLACK SEA FLEET

Base of BLACK SEA FLEET [Ukrainian Lease to Russia] (Sevastopol)

Local:

Russkiy CHERNOMORSKI FLOT : ЧЕРНОМОРСКИЙ ФЛОТ (ru) (Sevastopol´)

4 Condominiums:

BAIKONUR

City of BAIKONUR [Kazakh Leased Territory of the Russian Federal City of Baykonur] (Baikonur)

Local:

BAYKONUR Gorod Federalnogo : БАЙКОНУР Город Федерального (ru) + BAIQOŃYR Qalasy : БАЙҚОҢЫР қаласы (kk) (Baykonur)

DNIESTER VALLEY

Joint Control Commission of the DNIESTER VALLEY Security Zone [OSCE Mission to Moldova] (Bender)

Local:

Ob´yedinennaya Kontrol´naya Komissiya : Zona bezopasnosti DNESTR DOLINA – Объединенная Контрольная Комиссия : Зона безопасности ДНЕСТР ДОЛИНА (ru) + Comisia Unificată de Control : Zona de securitate al VĂII NISTRULUI – Кomисиa ЬЮнификaтă де Контрол : Zoнa де секьюритатэ аль ВAИИ НISTRЬЮЛЬЮИ (mo) (Bender)

SAIMAA CANAL AND MALY VYSOTSKY ISLAND

Zones of SAIMAA CANAL AND MALY VYSOTSKY ISLAND [Finnish Lease to Russia] (Saima Canal)

Local:

SAIMAAN KANAVA JA RAVANSAARI Alue (fi) + SAYMENSKIY KANAL I MALYY VYSOTSKIY OSTROV Zona : САЙМЕНСКИЙ КАНАЛ И МАЛЫЙ ВЫСОЦКИЙ ОСТРОВ Зона (ru) (Saimaan Kanava)

UNOMIG ZONE

United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia : UNOMIG (Gali)

Local:

United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia : UNOMIG (en) + Missiya Organizatsii Ob´yedinonnykh Natsiy po nablyudeniyu v Gruzii – MOONNG : Миссия Организации Объединённых Наций по Наблюдению в Грузии : МООННГ (ru) (Gal)

3 Assisted Countries

ABKHAZIA

ABKHAZIAN Republic (Sukhumi)

President Vladislav Ardzinba

SOUTH OSSETIA

Republic of SOUTH OSSETIA [Nominally part of North Ossetia] (Tskhinvali)

President Eduard Kokoity

TRANSNISTRIA

Transnistrian Moldavian Republic : TMR [Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic : PMR] (Tiraspol)

President Igor Smirnov

Military entities abroad, special or locally shared:

AKHALKALAKI BASE

Russian Military Base of AKHALKALAKI (Akhalkalaki)

Local:

Baza AKHALKALAKI : База АХАЛКАЛАКИ (ru) (Akhalkalaki)

BALKHASH STATION

Sary Shagan Radar Node : BALKHASH Radar Station (Sary Shagan)

Local:

BALKHASH Radiolokatsionnaya Stantsiya : БАЛХАШ Радиолокационная Cтанция (ru) (Sary Shagan)

BATUMI BASE

Russian Military Base of BATUMI (Batumi Base)

Local:

Baza BATUMI : База БАТУМИ (tu) (Baza Batumi)

BLACK SEA FLEET

Base of BLACK SEA FLEET [Ukrainian Lease to Russia] (Sevastopol)

Local:

Russkiy CHERNOMORSKI FLOT : ЧЕРНОМОРСКИЙ ФЛОТ (ru) (Sevastopol´)

COBASNA

COBASNA Ammunition Depot (Cobasna)

Local:

KOLBASNA sklad boyepripasov : КОЛБАСНА склад боеприпасов (ru) + Sklad boyeprypasiv KOBASNA : Склад боєприпасів КОБАСНА (uk) + Depozit de muniții COBASNA : Депозит де муниции КОБАСНА (mo) (Cobasna)

FARKHOR

FARKHOR Air Base (Farkhor)

Local:

FARKHOR Air Base (en) + Pojgohi Havoii FARXOR : Пойгоҳи Ҳавоии ФАРХОР (tg) + FARKHOR Aviabaza : ФАРХОР Aвиабаза (ru) (Farkhor)

GABALA STATION

GABALA Radar Station [Azerbaijan Lease to Russia] (Gabala Radar Station)

Local:

GABALINSKAYA Radiolokatsionnaya Stantsiya : ГАБАЛИНСКАЯ Радиолокационная Станция (ru) + QƏBƏLƏ Raketdən Müdafiə Kompleksinin (az) (Galinskaya Radiolokatsionnaya Stantsiya)

GANTSEVICHI STATION

GANTSEVICHI Radar Station : Hantsavichy Radar Station (Volga)

Local:

GANTSEVICHAK Radiolokatsionnaya Stantsiya : ГАНЦЕВИЧАХ Pадиолокационная Cтанция (ru) + HANCAVIČY Radyjolakacyjnaja Stancyja : ГАНЦАВІЧЫ Pадыёлакацыйная Cтанцыя (be) (Volha)

GUDAUTA BASE

Russian Military Base of GUDAUTA (Gudauta Base)

Local:

Baza GUDAUTA : База ГУДАУТА (ru) (Baza Gudauta)

KANT BASE

KANT Air Base (Kant Air Base)

Local:

Aviabaza KANT : Авиабаза КАНТ (ru) (Aviabaza Kant)

RUSSIAN WAR MEMORIALS

Association for WAR MEMORIALS (Moscow)

Local:

Assotsiatsiya Voyennykh Memorialov – AVM : Ассоциация военных мемориалов – ABM (ru) (Moskva)

SUVOROV MEMORIAL

Suvorov Memorial near Teufelsbrucke in Uri : SUVOROV MONUMENT (Suvorov Monument)

Local:

SUWOROW-DENKMAL in der Schöllenen-Schlucht (de) + Pamyatnik Suvorov : Памятник Суворов – SUVOROV MEMORIAL : СУВОРОВ МЕМОРИАЛ (ru) (Suworow-Denkmal)

TARTUS BASE

Russian Naval Facility of TARTUS (Tartus Base)

Local:

Punkt Material´no-Tekhnicheskogo Obespecheniya VMF Rossii v Sirii : TARTUS Bazy : Пункт Mатериально-Tехнического Oбеспечения ВМФ России в Сирии : ТАРТУС базы (ru) (Tartus Bazy)