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RT published this video item, entitled “Russian Accounts Chamber chairman talks to RT about the COVID pandemic & its impact on economies” – below is their description.
Alexei Kudrin, the head of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation, speaks to RT about Russia’s response to the pandemic as the virus continues to wreak havoc on people and the economy
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The video item below is a piece of English language content from RT (formerly Russia Today). RT is a Russian state-funded broadcaster.
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country located in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east, and from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea in the south.
Russia spans more than one-eighth of the Earth’s inhabited land area, stretching eleven time zones, and bordering 16 sovereign nations. Moscow is the country’s capital.
The Soviet Union was dissolved in 1991 and since 1993 Russia been governed as a federal semi-presidential republic. Russia is a major great power, with the world’s second-most powerful military, and the fourth-highest military expenditure. As a recognised nuclear-weapon state, the country possesses the world’s largest stockpile of nuclear weapons.
