So it is with landscapes around the world—their physical features imprison ... These rules of geography are especially clear in Russia, where power is hard to defend, and where for centuries ...

Many people think of maps in terms of their basic purpose: showing a country’s geography ... a single map can reveal the most important thing about a country. In the case of Russia, it is ...

are located in the far south of Russia. These areas have very little precipitation and so few plants can grow here. This map shows the location of the different biomes across Russia. Simon ...

Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including ...

Isabel van Brugen is a Newsweek Reporter based in Kuala Lumpur. Her focus is reporting on the Russia-Ukraine war. Isabel joined Newsweek in 2021 and had previously worked with news outlets ...