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STAT	Russia	Turkey
Full name	Russian Federation	Republic of Turkey
Land border length	20,017 km Ranked 2nd. 8 times more than Turkey	2,648 km Ranked 69th.
National anthems	Gosudarstvenny Gimn Rossiyskoy Federatsii ( State Hymn of the Russian Federation )	\u0130stikl\u00e2l Mar\u015f\u0131 ( The March of Independence )
National identity card	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).	The N\u00fcfus C\u00fczdan\u0131 is compulsory right after birth without photograph, at the age of 15 a photograph must be sticked on. It has to be carried at all times and it is often photocopied by bureaus, banks, etc.
Neighboring countries and territories	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)	Armenia (L) Azerbaijan (L) Bulgaria Cyprus (M) Egypt (M) Georgia Greece Iran (L) Iraq (L) Romania (M) Russia (M) Syria Ukraine (M) Northern Cyprus (M) Turkey has a Maritime border with Northern Cyprus, which all other countries consider to be part of Cyprus
Overview	<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>	<p>Once the centre of the Ottoman Empire, the modern secular republic was established in the 1920s by nationalist leader Kemal Ataturk.</p> <p>Straddling the continents of Europe and Asia, Turkey&#039;s strategically important location has given it major influence in the region - and control over the entrance to the Black Sea.</p> <p>Turkey&#039;s progress towards democracy and a market economy was halting in the decades following the death of President Ataturk in 1938. The army saw itself as the guarantor of the constitution, and ousted governments on a number of occasions when it thought they were challenging secular values. </p><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17988453">Full Article</a>

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