Russia

**Russia** (Russian: Россия), or the **Russian Federation** (**RF**), is a former transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. Following a civil war, the Russian Federation collapsed into various independent successor states, with the Russian Republic recognise as the primary successor state of the Russian Federation.

## Background

In 1991, the Russian SFSR emerged from the dissolution of the Soviet Union as the independent Russian Federation. A new constitution was adopted, and Russia has since been governed as a federal semi-presidential republic. Since the turn of the century, Russia's political system has been dominated by Vladimir Putin, under whom the country has experienced democratic backsliding and a shift towards authoritarianism. Russia has been involved militarily in a number of post-Soviet conflicts, which has included the internationally unrecognised annexations of Crimea in 2014 from neighbouring Ukraine. International rankings of Russia place it low in measurements of human rights and freedom of the press; the country also has high levels of perceived corruption.

In August 2024, when the Russian military launched an invasion of the Baltic States and Poland. Poland promptly declared war on Russia and invoked Article 5 of the Atlantic Treaty. NATO forces subsequently invaded the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. NATO occupied Kaliningrad and after fended off a Russo-Belarusian invasion of the Baltic States and Poland, NATO launched a major counteroffensive along the entire Baltic-Polish front. By this point, NATO had achieved air superiority after having decimated much of Russia's air and air defense capabilities in the region. By 29 August, NATO had completed the liberation of the Baltic States and Poland after having driven the Russians and Belarusians back into Russia and Belarus. With invasion of the United States, Poland, and the Baltic States having all ended in spectacular failures and over three-quarters of the Russian Navy destroyed plus Kaliningrad and Sakhalin Oblasts being occupied, demonstrations were held against continuing the war with most of them being held in Moscow and St. Petersburg. In order to prevent a potential civil war, Russian President fired Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and placed under house arrest for the numerous military fiascos and starting an unjust war against the United States and signed a peace treaty, ending the war.

The exposure of the propaganda and disinformation campaigns to the public as well as the attempted cover-up by the Russian political leadership after the start of the war resulted massive civil unrest throughout all of Russia. The people took to the streets as they protested against the current government and called for immediate elections. The economic, social, and political breakdown as a result of the war resulted massive civil unrest throughout all of Russia. The people took to the streets as they protested against the current government and called for immediate elections, and growing ethnic separatism cause many republics proclaiming independence in the following days and months. While Russian President declared a state of emergency, he stopped short of declaring martial law and instead opted for concessions with opposition forces. Russian oligarchs however staged a successful coup d'état with the President being removed from office and the Russian Military Governing Council being created to replace the civilian government. This sparked further rebellion within Russia itself until the country descended into civil war. The two largest combatants were the Russian Military Governing Council, the military junta governing Russia led by russian oligarchs, and the allied forces known as the White Army, which included diverse interests favouring ethnic separatism and democracy. This results in the overthrowing of the junta government and formation of the new democratic republican government and several parts of the former Russian Federation were established as sovereign states.

## Successor states

* Russian Republic
* East Siberian Republic
* Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
* Komi Republic
* Republic of Karelia
* Astrakhan Republic
* Republic of Kalmykia
* Republic of Dagestan
* Kabardino-Balkarian Republic
* Union of Siberian Republics
* Ural Republic