Starting from the city mentioned, what is the first country encountered when moving North, South, East and West after leaving the border of the country in which the city is located.
Only land and coast borders are considered, not territorial waters.
Not including oversees territories (e.g. Greenland) or Antarctica
Movement continues along a line of latitude or longitude until a country landmass is encountered so travel may go around the poles and 'reverse' direction!
You need to read the instructions. Keep going south and if nothing is encountered (excluding Antarctica) then you go around the south pole and keep going until the next landmass reached - which is Russia!