[isaacfrond]

Yes it is

[po1nt]

You confuse geographic location with bureaucratic convention

[spyke112]

But it's not really, Russia is part of the continent, and not a member of the union. [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe

[yakubin]

There is a long tradition, especially in England, of distinguishing between Europe (the continent) and the islands of Britain and Ireland. It's very prominent in English literature of past centuries.