Russia / The Russian Federation is located in the Eastern Europe that is being stretched across Northern Asia. It is considered to be the largest country in the world by area and the 9th most populous nation in the World. Moscow being the capital of Russia, other major cities are Saint Petersburg, Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Chelyabinsk, Simferopol and Nizhny.