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Foreign relations of Russia
- Russia in the Council of EuropeRussia was expelled from the Council of Europe on the 16th of March 2022. It had joined in 1996.
- Arctic policy of RussiaIn August 2007, a Russian expedition planted a flag on the seabed at the North Pole.
- International sanctions during the Russian invasion of UkraineRussia's central bank held $630 billion in reserves before the invasion, and Western nations froze them.
- Soviet Union and the United NationsThe Soviet Union walked out of the Security Council in 1950 and accidentally let the Korean War vote pass.
- Foreign relations of RussiaTwo days before the USSR ended, twelve European nations named Russia its heir. It would inherit the Soviet UN seat.
- Reactions to the 2022 Russian invasion of UkraineOf 31,000 Russians called about the invasion of Ukraine, 29,400 hung up when they heard the question.
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia)One Russian ambassador has a single job: the Georgian-Abkhaz settlement. The Foreign Ministry keeps several such posts.
- Russia and the United NationsBoris Yeltsin simply sat down in the Soviet Union's Security Council seat. No UN vote was held on it in 1992.
- Second Cold WarIn May 1998, George Kennan warned that expanding NATO was "the beginning of a new cold war".
- Great GameBritain and Russia spent decades in the Great Game but never fought each other directly.
- Russian undesirable organizations lawRussia's 2015 law lets prosecutors ban foreign groups, and working with one can mean prison.