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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

TL;DR

- Russia is a transcontinental Eurasian state, successor to the Soviet Union and the world's largest country by area, a permanent UN Security Council member and nuclear-armed great power.
- What is Russia's legal status as successor to the USSR?
- Which treaties saw Russia gain territory from Qing China?
- How did the international community respond legally to the 2022 invasion of Ukraine?
- What was the Sino-Soviet split?

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## Timeline

1. 26 December 1991

   It emerged as the legal continuator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics following the latter's dissolution on , inheriting the USSR's permanent seat o…

2. 12 December 1993

   Its governing charter is the Constitution of 1993, adopted by referendum on after President Boris Yeltsin's violent confrontation with the Supreme Soviet, e…

3. 1 July 2020

   Constitutional amendments approved in a nationwide vote on reset presidential term limits, enabling Vladimir Putin — president since 2000 (with the 2008–201…

4. 24 February 2022

   Its post-Soviet conduct in the "near abroad" includes the 2008 war with Georgia, the annexation of Crimea in March 2014 following the Euromaidan revolution,…

5. 2 March 2022

   Its post-Soviet conduct in the "near abroad" includes the 2008 war with Georgia, the annexation of Crimea in March 2014 following the Euromaidan revolution,…

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