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"""Russia is now about to become our biggest market in Europe""" I have read things like that a few times recently. Since when is Russia considered a part of E
by Derbasti 15y ago
"""Russia is now about to become our biggest market in Europe"""
I have read things like that a few times recently. Since when is Russia considered a part of Europe? They have this small Exclave in Europe, but really the bulk of Russia is Asian. I mean, you could probably hide Europe somewhere in Siberia and no one would notice!
Saying that Russia is about to become the biggest market in Europe is like saying that the US is about to become the biggest market in Ohio. It just doesn't make sense.
- guard-of-terra 15y agoThe legal boundaries of Europe is mountains of Ural. Five Russian federal districts are located before the Urals: Northwestern, Central, Southern, North Caucasus, Volga. Only two are located beyond. European ones total for 105 mln of population, so even if we could only count those the picture would not be dramatically different.
- eCa 15y agoExactly. Almost 80% of the Russian population lives in Europe [1]. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Russia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Russia
- middus 15y agoI'd say for at least a few hundred years!? http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Europe_polar_stereographic_Caucasus_Urals_boundary.svg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Europe_po...