Many think that Russia and Norway do not share a border from cursory glances at a map but theirs is a border crossing full of ...
The uploaded FCDO list has added Russia, Ukraine, Iran, Sudan, Lebanon and Israel, along with Belarus and the Palestinian territories. All of these countries are represented by grey on the map ...
Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimea in 2014 - a move rejected by Ukraine and many countries as illegal. Ukrainians and their government have since often objected to world maps showing Crimea as part ...
You would be forgiven for believing the Russia and Norway do not share a border, or that travel between the two countries would have to come via Sweden or Finland from a cursory glance at a map.