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Well, the majority of Russia's population does reside on the European continent.
by morsch 15y ago
Well, the majority of Russia's population does reside on the European continent.
- iconfinder 15y agoBut it's no the same as the European Union which is the economic and political union. The correct label would be "Europe".
- Radim 15y agoEquating EU with Europe is a common fallacy. EU is a political entity (recent), Europe a geographical entity (ancient). There is an overlap of people who live within both, but that's not the case with Russia.
- morsch 15y agoI simply understood the EU label on that TechCrunch page to refer to Europe, not the political entity. I don't think that's an unreasonable way to read it in a journalistic context. There is no other readily available shorthand for referring to the continent, particularly since EUR refers to the currency.