Russian Federation

In December 1991, the Soviet Union was formally dissolved. Russia, now the Russian Federation, joined ten Soviet republics to form the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
 * Its first issue was released in January 1992, a skiing commemorative set. It was inscribed РОССИА / ROSSIJA.
 * Definitives soon followed, similarly inscribed.
 * In late 2006, inscriptions were changed to РОССИА / RUSSIA.

 File:Russia 1995.jpg|1995 constitution issue with label. File:Russia Altai.jpg|2007 Altai Kray. File:Russia 2020 film.jpg|2020 Streltsov movie. 

Bogus issues
Since 1991, many bogus issues were and are being produced by private parties supposedly for republics, oblasts and regions that never seceded from the Soviet Union. Those have used and continue to use Russian stamps only. See: Russian bogus issues for a list of reported "issues" and links to internal pages.