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canttouchmypingas t1_j5iz00m wrote

Russia has over 190 ethnic groups, it's a federation not an ethnostate

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FormerKarmaKing t1_j5jfwy0 wrote

Yup. According to the Tatar video I just watched, 15% of Russia is compromised of ethnic minorities of which the Tatars are largest.

Both political scientists and Russian leaders have cited this diversity and the large land mass without natural defenses as why Russia gravitates towards strong-man leadership.

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RichestTeaPossible t1_j5pwt9x wrote

I think that past informs its present. The EU would not invade, and if NATO really wanted too, they would not. It’s better to keep the team. Similarly, friend tell me of the nationality section in the surveys they wrote in school as already filled out as Russia, she was descended from Kalingrad Germans deported to north-east Altai.

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canttouchmypingas t1_j5jgy24 wrote

There is no purpose to your latter political anecdote other than to inject your own opinion

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