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Re:Google to close engineering office in Russia by dchichkov on Friday December 12, 2014 @01:31PM (#8741851)
I might be wrong, but I think in the context of discussing Russia it is pretty standard to use the word Europe, assuming 'Europe, excluding Russia/USSR'. Specifically I was talking about a typical flight to a EU country for business/tourism.
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Re:Google to close engineering office in Russia by notjackma on Friday December 12, 2014 @02:32PM (#8742197)
It's interesting to note that that the Eurovision song contest includes Russia, Israel and central Asian states, including even Azerbaijan. Perhaps this is an example of soft power projection from the EU "project" of a political union and the creation of a supra-national state...
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Re:Google to close engineering office in Russia by guard-of-terra on Friday December 12, 2014 @03:19PM (#8742456)
Azerbaijan is not in Central Asia, it's on Caucasus.
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Re:Google to close engineering office in Russia by notjackma on Friday December 12, 2014 @04:28PM (#8742801)
You may be right. It's often described as being at the cross roads of east and west. It's north of both Iraq and Iran which for most people would not be Europe.
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