based on an estimated national population of 144.8 million at beginning of April 2018 (from Russian Federal State Statistics Service figures)

Dear Sir/Madam. The postal administration of the RUSSIAN FEDERATION asks me to inform you of the following: “I would like to draw your attention to our postal administration’s grave concern about the production and distribution of postage stamps ostensibly issued by various regions of the Russian Federation.

Travel to Russia requires an entry visa. The Consular Division of the Embassy issues different categories of visas to Russia based upon the purpose of the trip and the duration of stay in Russia.

BUSINESS VISA. It’s recommended that the US citizens apply for a 3-year multiple-entry business visa regardless of the dates of entry/exit, number of entries or period of stay stated in the invitation issued by the Federal Migration Service of the Russian Federation (FMS) or the host organization.

Russian Federation Embassy and Consulate Locator – Official Information about Russian Embassies and Consulates Worldwide, Russian Visa Requirements.

Russian Archives Online provides access to and licenses for commercial use archival photograph, films, images and audio from Russia and …

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The Crimean peninsula was annexed from Ukraine by the Russian Federation in February–March 2014. Since then, it has been administered as two Russian federal subjects—the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol.

The Russian Federation emerged as a great power in the early twenty-first century, also considered to be an energy superpower. The country is considered the Soviet Union’s successor state in diplomatic matters, and is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.

The name Russia is derived from Rus’, a medieval state populated mostly by the East Slavs.However, this proper name became more prominent in the later history, and the country typically was called by its inhabitants “Русская Земля” (russkaja zemlja), which can be translated as “Russian Land” or “Land of Rus'”.