<s>
GOST	B-General_Concept
7.67	I-General_Concept
is	O
GOST	B-Algorithm
standard	O
for	O
country	B-General_Concept
codes	I-General_Concept
and	O
codes	O
of	O
Russian	O
federal	O
subjects	O
(	O
regions	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
standard	O
defines	O
country	O
names	O
in	O
Russian	O
and	O
English	O
language	O
,	O
Cyrillic	O
three-letter	O
country	B-General_Concept
codes	I-General_Concept
,	O
Latin	O
three	O
-	O
and	O
two-letter	O
country	B-General_Concept
codes	I-General_Concept
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
numeric	O
country	B-General_Concept
codes	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latter	O
three	O
are	O
the	O
same	O
as	O
ISO	O
3166	O
codes	O
(	O
though	O
,	O
in	O
practice	O
,	O
differences	O
can	O
arise	O
due	O
to	O
changes	O
in	O
ISO	O
3166	O
that	O
are	O
still	O
not	O
introduced	O
in	O
GOST	B-General_Concept
7.67	I-General_Concept
,	O
for	O
example	O
three-letter	O
code	O
for	O
Romania	O
ROM	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
changed	O
to	O
ROU	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
updated	O
GOST	B-Algorithm
was	O
based	O
on	O
ISO	O
3166-1:1997	O
standard	O
and	O
replaced	O
the	O
earlier	O
version	O
GOST	B-Algorithm
7.67-1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
codes	O
for	O
certain	O
Russian	O
regions	O
in	O
GOST	B-General_Concept
7.67	I-General_Concept
differ	O
from	O
ISO	O
3166-2:RU	O
regional	O
codes	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
RU-SPB	O
vs.	O
RU-SPE	O
respectively	O
for	O
Saint-Petersburg	O
.	O
</s>
