I would bet a lot of Russians would consider at least the ukraine a part of Russia. Thus, the noise lately from putin growling about another arms race, while the ukrainians duke it out as to the long term future of their country and its long-standing "alliance" with mother russia.
EIK wrote: "In Russia when they say 'in Europe' it means 'outside of Russia'. It’s kind of fuzzy, but Ukraine, Poland, Czech, etc. (I would say Eastern Europe or 'former Soviet block') doesn’t fit definition as well."