which countries does russia border?
Ukraine Belarus Kazakhstan Poland Lithuania Azerbaijan Mongolia North Korea Georgia Norway
contradiction
 = = = Direct connections between Russia and China = = = 

entailment
 Russia sought support for its recognition from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation . However , because of concerns about separatist regions in SCO states ( especially China ) , the organisation did not support recognition . 

entailment
 = = = Russia to China via Mongolia = = = 

contradiction
 Belarus borders five countries : Latvia to the north , Lithuania to the northwest , Poland to the west , Russia to the north and the east , and Ukraine to the south . Treaties in 1995 and 1996 demarcated Belarus 's borders with Latvia and Lithuania , but Belarus failed to ratify a 1997 treaty establishing the Belarus @-@ Ukraine border . Belarus and Lithuania ratified final border demarcation documents in February 2007 . 

entailment
 Beginning with the reformist administration of Kiselyov , the two countries experienced a series of profound changes , political , social , as well as cultural . 
