Are you sure it wasn't asking for the North Eastern country? If so, here's that answer.
That would be the United States! Russia is a massive country and spans the northern portion of Eurasia reaching from eastern Europe to the Kamchatka Peninsula in northeast Asia. That peninsula is bordered by the Bering Strait, the body of water that separates Russia from the State of Alaska.
I would say it is better ways of predicting hurricanes and automobiles that use no fossil fuels. I could be wrong but I hope this information helps you my friend :D
