Pretty obvious that Russia is a European country. I don't know why any school would try to teach you otherwise and it's also considered that by every official institution everywhere. Like 80% of it's population live on the European side, along with nearly all it's biggest cities are located on the European side. Plus the country's main cultural, religious, artistical and historical ties are European. It's origin is European and they are a member of the 'Council of Europe'. There's little Asian about it really, except that there's a bigger piece of land on the Asian side where some Asian minorities live.
Anyway, OT: If this is Fifa week, I am disappointed. Not such a huge boost for the PS4. XBox's boost is due the launches in various countries of course, let's see how it'll hold.