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STAT	Estonia	Russia
Full name	Republic of Estonia	Russian Federation
Land border length	633 km Ranked 133th.	20,017 km Ranked 2nd. 32 times more than Estonia
National anthems	Mu isamaa, mu \u00f5nn ja r\u00f5\u00f5m ( My Fatherland, My Happiness and Joy )	Gosudarstvenny Gimn Rossiyskoy Federatsii ( State Hymn of the Russian Federation )
National identity card	Compulsory by law, but there is no penalty for not having one. Many electronic services are available (legally binding digital signatures, internet banking, internet voting, strong authentication to government and private websites). Citizens carrying ID cards are not required to carry drivers licence and registration.	Internal passport is compulsory at 14 (but there is no penalty for not having one until the age of 16) and reissued with a new photograph at 20, 45. Although there are no laws in Russia requiring to carry a proof of identity, in certain places, such as Moscow, it is sensible to carry a passport at all times as lack of an ID during ad-hoc police checks is sufficient grounds for detention. A passport is also required for travel by long-range trains and airlines. There are a couple of operations that require an internal passport, (e.g. all notarial operations, land to high value assets).
National tree	Pedunculate Oak	Birch tree
Neighboring countries and territories	Finland (M) Latvia Russia Sweden (M)	Azerbaijan Belarus (L) China Estonia Finland Georgia Japan (M) Kazakhstan North Korea Latvia (L) Lithuania Mongolia (L) Norway Poland Sweden (M) Turkey (M) Ukraine United States (M) Abkhazia South Ossetia (L)
Overview	<p>A small and heavily forested country, Estonia is the most northerly of the three former Soviet Baltic republics.</p> <p>Not much more than a decade after it regained its independence following the collapse of the USSR, the republic was welcomed as an EU member in May 2004. The move came just weeks after it joined Nato.</p> <p>These historic developments would have been extremely hard to imagine in not-so-distant Soviet times.</p><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17220810">Full Article</a>	<p>Russia emerged from a decade of post-Soviet economic and political turmoil to reassert itself as a world power. </p> <p>Income from vast natural resources, above all oil and gas, have helped Russia overcome the economic collapse of 1998. The state-run gas monopoly Gazprom is the world&#039;s largest producer and exporter, and supplies a growing share of Europe&#039;s needs. </p> <p>Economic strength has allowed Vladimir Putin - Russia&#039;s dominant political figure since 2000 - to enhance state control over political institutions and the media, buoyed by extensive public support for his policies. </p><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17839672">Full Article</a>

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