====== Russia ====== **Russia** is the largest country in the world by land area, spanning parts of northern [[Asia]] and [[Europe]], both. ===== History ===== ==== Soviet Union ==== Russia was the largest and most influential state of the former [[Soviet Union|Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]] (USSR). === Bolshevik Revolution === == Forces Behind the Bolshevik Revolution == * 2001 - Wall Street and the Bolshevik Revolution by [[Antony Sutton]] lays out the case that the international banking establishment and [[Wall Street]] in particular financed the [[Bolshevik Revolution]] for its own purposes.((2001 | [[Antony Sutton]] | [[https://www.voltairenet.org/IMG/pdf/Sutton_Wall_Street_and_the_bolshevik_revolution-5.pdf|WALL STREETAND THEBOLSHEVIKREVOLUTION]])) ==== Russian Federation ==== === Conflict with Ukraine and the West === On March 15, 2022, Russia announced sanctions on 277 members of Canadian Parliament.((Dugan, K. (2022, March 15). //Russia imposes sanctions on US, Canadian officials: See the complete “stop list.”// FOX13 News Memphis. https://archive.ph/Arjia)) While 61 Members of Parliament were not included on the list, key members of government including Prime Minister [[covid-19_pandemic:politics:Justin Trudeau]] were.((//March 15th Parliament Members not sanctioned by Russia-Sanctioned MPs and others.// Campfire Wiki; Operation Uplift. Retrieved April 4, 2022, from https://www.campfire.wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=march_15th_parliament_members_not_sanctioned_by_russia-sanctioned_mps_and_others.pdf))