| RUSSIA | "Crime and Punishment" country |
| RUSSIA | "From ___ with Love" (Bond film) |
| RUSSIA | "The ___ House" (John le Carré Cold War spy novel) |
| RUSSIA | "___ on Ice," 2000 song by rock band Porcupine Tree from their album "Lightbulb Sun" |
| RUSSIA | 2014 Winter Olympics host |
| RUSSIA | 23-Across's realm |
| RUSSIA | 64-Across's realm |
| RUSSIA | About a ninth of Earth's land |
| RUSSIA | Bear country |
| RUSSIA | Birthplace of matryoshka dolls |
| RUSSIA | Cosmonaut's home |
| RUSSIA | Country banned from the 2018 Winter Olympics |
| RUSSIA | Country led by Vladimir Putin |
| RUSSIA | Country that Saint Petersburg is in |
| RUSSIA | Country that seized 8-Down in 2014 |
| RUSSIA | Country that spans both Europe and Asia |
| RUSSIA | Country that spends roubles and kopeks |
| RUSSIA | Country the Tsar ruled |
| RUSSIA | Country using roubles |
| RUSSIA | Country where Natalia Goncharova was born |
| RUSSIA | Country where Vladimir Putin is president |
| RUSSIA | Country where the Dnieper River starts |
| RUSSIA | Country which hosts the Formula 1 race at the Sochi Autodrom |
| RUSSIA | Country who sent two tortoises to the Moon in 1968 |
| RUSSIA | Country whose capital is Moscow |
| RUSSIA | Country, capital Moscow |
| RUSSIA | Don's place |
| RUSSIA | Efrem Zimbalist's birthplace |
| RUSSIA | Eurasian country which has the highest forest cover with 2,997,157 square miles of area |
| RUSSIA | European country that hosted the 2018 24-Across |
| RUSSIA | Finland neighbor |
| RUSSIA | Heard someone in a hurry in the country |
| RUSSIA | Host nation of the 2018 24-Across |
| RUSSIA | Host nation of the 2018 FIFA World Cup |
| RUSSIA | Isaac Asimov's birthplace |
| RUSSIA | John le Carré's Cold War thriller "The ___ House" |
| RUSSIA | Kazan's country |
| RUSSIA | Largest European country by area |
| RUSSIA | Largest country by area |
| RUSSIA | Largest country by area in the northern hemisphere |
| RUSSIA | Largest country in the world |
| RUSSIA | Le Carre's ___ House |
| RUSSIA | Mendeleev's homeland |
| RUSSIA | More than one-ninth of the earth's land |
| RUSSIA | Moscow its capital |
| RUSSIA | Moscow's country |
| RUSSIA | Moscow's land |
| RUSSIA | Moscow's nation |
| RUSSIA | Moscow’s land |
| RUSSIA | Moscow’s location |
| RUSSIA | Nation in a Fleming title |
| RUSSIA | Neighbor of Georgia |
| RUSSIA | Neighbor of Norway and North Korea |
| RUSSIA | Nikita Khrushchev led this country, 1953-64 |
| RUSSIA | Only non-Scandanavian country bordering Finland |
| RUSSIA | Only non-Scandinavian country bordering Finland |
| RUSSIA | Part of CIS |
| RUSSIA | Powerhouse in Olympic weightlifting |
| RUSSIA | Putin's land |
| RUSSIA | Putin's place |
| RUSSIA | See 3-Down |
| RUSSIA | Seller of Alaska, 1867 |
| RUSSIA | Siberia makes up about 77 percent of this country |
| RUSSIA | Smolensk locale |
| RUSSIA | The USA purchased Alaska from Imperial __ |
| RUSSIA | The bear is its symbol |
| RUSSIA | The capital of this country is Moscow |
| RUSSIA | The largest country in the world |
| RUSSIA | The largest country; adding ractopamine is banned |
| RUSSIA | The world's largest country by area |
| RUSSIA | This country spans eleven time zones |
| RUSSIA | Transcontinental nation |
| RUSSIA | Ukraine neighbor |
| RUSSIA | Vladimir Putin's country |
| RUSSIA | Where 24-Down is |
| RUSSIA | Where Catherine the Great ruled |
| RUSSIA | Where Tatiana Romanova lovingly (but falsely) came from under directions of SMERSH |
| RUSSIA | Where Yeltsin ruled |
| RUSSIA | Where rubles are spent |
| RUSSIA | Where to buy nesting dolls |
| RUSSIA | World's largest country |