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0 pointsisaacfrond4y ago0 comments

Yes it is

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po1nt4y ago

You confuse geographic location with bureaucratic convention

spyke1124y ago

But it's not really, Russia is part of the continent, and not a member of the union. [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe

yakubin4y ago

There is a long tradition, especially in England, of distinguishing between Europe (the continent) and the islands of Britain and Ireland. It's very prominent in English literature of past centuries.

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