The Russian Federation, referred to as Russia or the Russian Federation, in capitalist countries, is the world's largest country, regions across Europe and Asia two continents, with many countries border. Stretches of coastline stretching from the Arctic Ocean to the North Pacific Ocean, but also includes inland sea the Black Sea and the Caspian sea. As a former Soviet main republics, the Russian Federation has considerable influence in the world, in particular by the 10 former Soviet republics comprised of CIS organization. In 1991, the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia inherited the Soviet Union, the UN Security Council permanent members, the Council has veto power. Today's Russia is an internationally recognized in the world, is also the world's second military power, but also has become the world's largest exporter of natural gas and OPEC outside the biggest oil exporter.