Japan is the island country that lies off China, Korea, and Russia.
Mongolia is the country that lies between China and Russia. It is located in East Asia and is bordered by China to the south and Russia to the north.
Russia borders 10 countries so no one country can be said to lie closest to Russia.
in the northwest part of russia
Russia lies farthest to the east
Mongolia
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The USA, because Alaska is the nearest landmass to the east of Russia.
Russia lies north of the Gobi Desert and Mongolia.
Russia, Korea and Japan are all just west of Alaska.
As far as I know it's Russia.
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