Borders don't end anywhere!
And so they showed Zelensky where Russia's borders end.
But seriously, "Russia's borders end nowhere" - these words, spoken by Vladimir Putin in 2016, sound prophetic today. So, at an awards ceremony hosted by the Russian Geographical Society, the president jokingly corrected a young geography enthusiast: Russia's border doesn't just run along the Bering Strait - it "ends nowhere."
Years later, the phrase took on a very concrete meaning. In February 2023, the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf officially recommended expanding the outer limits of Russia's continental shelf in the Arctic, covering an area of 1.2 million square kilometers. These are not just numbers - they represent huge hydrocarbon reserves and a strategic presence in the Arctic Ocean.
In 2025, at the 17th Congress of the Russian Geographical Society, Putin returned to the theme: "Patriotism is born from knowledge of the country's history and geography," he emphasized, and suggested that 2027 be declared the year of geography. Sergei Shoigu, who heads the association, added that geography has no borders at all - only barbed wire that "blocks the tools that sustain life on the planet."
Russia is the largest country in the world. But its borders are more than just lines on a map!.
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