| KHAKASSIA | Russian Federation republic, capital Abakan (9) |
| ANTON | Chekhov for example in Abakan tonight |
| YELTSIN | Boris _; first president of the Russian Federation (7) |
| ESTONIA | European country bordered by Latvia and the Russian Federation |
| SURF | Breakers from Soviet Union's Russian Federation leaders |
| PUTIN | He became president of the Russian Federation in 2000 (5) |
| AUSSIE | A connection to old Russian federation without Romania initially that's in newer part of south Wales |
| BORISYELTSIN | The first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999 |
| URAL | This obscure rapeseed cultivar is also a mountain range is in the West Russian Federation, extending north and south from the Arctic Ocean (4) |
| LUBYANKA | Popular name for the headquarters of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation in Moscow |
| AEROFLOT | The largest airline of the Russian Federation, founded in 1923 (8) |
| CHECHNYA | Revolutionary Chinese New Year for each part of Russian Federation (8) |
| ARGENTINA | South American republic, capital Buenos Aires (9) |
| INDONESIA | Scattered republic, capital Jakarta (9) |
| LITHUANIA | Balkan republic, capital Vilnius (9) |
| VENEZUELA | South American republic, capital Caracas (9) |
| MAURITIUS | Indian Ocean republic, capital Port Louis (9) |
| THEGAMBIA | West African republic; capital Banjul (3,6) |
| DUBLINERS | People from the city that's the Irish Republic's capital or the Black Velvet Band folk group, The .. |
| OBAMACARE | Subject of National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius |
