Russian Federation bogus issues

Since the early 1990s, bogus stamps for various Russian republics, oblasts and regions have appeared. Except for those states that declared independence when the Soviet Union ended in 1991, the entities involved have previously used and still use Russian stamps only. Further, some of those independent countries have been plagued by fake or illegal stamps, too.

The earliest bogus "issues" were overprints on obsolete Russian definitives or multiples, including a topical subject. Since then, topicals only have appeared in sheetlets and souvenir sheets, often with an incomprehensible range of "denominations" without a currency symbol.

These include but are not limited to:
 * Adjaria or АДЖАРИЯ.
 * Adygea, ADIGEY or АДЫГЕР
 * Altai, ALTAY, ALTAJ or  АЛТАЙ
 * Amurskaya or АМУРСКАЯ.
 * Antarctic territory
 * Bashkortostan, BASHKIRIA, Башкортостан or БАШКИРИЯ.
 * Batum, or Batumi. There are earlier issues that are genuine.
 * Buryatia, BURIATIA or БУРЯАТИА.
 * Chechnya. CHECHENIA or ЧЕЧЕНСКАЯ РЕСПУБЛИКА. However, there are legitimate issues also.
 * Cherkessia Karachay-Cherkessia
 * Chuvashia
 * Crimea
 * Dagestan or ДАГЕСТАН
 * Eastern Siberia
 * Evenkia or ЗВЕНКИЯ or З.А.О.
 * Franz Josef Land
 * Gaugazia
 * Ingushetia
 * Ishkeria/Ichkeria
 * Jewish Republic
 * Kabard-Balkaria
 * Kalmykia, or КАЛМЫКИЯ.
 * Kamchatka
 * Karalkapakia
 * Karelia, KARJALA or КАРЕЛИЯ
 * Khakassia
 * Kolguev Island
 * Kolyma
 * Komi, or КОМИ.
 * Kunishir Island
 * Kuril Islands
 * Mari-El
 * Mordovia
 * North Ossetia
 * Novaya Zemlya
 * Novosibirsk Islands
 * Ossetia
 * Sacha-Yakutia*
 * Sakhalin
 * Spitsbergen
 * Tatarstan, or ТАТАРСТАТ.
 * Tuva, TOUVA or ТЫВА
 * Udmurtia or  УДМУРТИЯ

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