The name of empire was Russian but it does not mean it was run by Russians. It was euro centric that sale of Alaska was in French language the diplomatic language of Russian imperial court. Same with Soviets. Putin is first true Russian and look at his approach.Maybe more brutal. There was a lot of ethnic cleansing in the conquered territories. For example, the Circassian people of the Caucasuses, the entirety of them were shipped (by the Russian Empire) to the Ottoman Empire. The Balkars were entirely shipped to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Chechens and Ingush were not spared the brutality. But later Russian allowed resettlement. The irony is, Stalin was from the Caucasuses.
Countries with even $10T GDP will have hard time with Sochi scale Olympics and Chechnya is Mega version of it.
This term to make people good will deny progress of alot of girls or even finish the sports. it is like saying earlier gymnast were not good. I am not referring to sport abilities.
Kadyrov Invites Russians to Chechnya for New Year
"I look at gymnasts not only as athletes. I want them to become good people." Interview with Mustafina
— Do you think you managed to monetize your Olympic success? Did you receive any advertising offers?
- Unfortunately, those were not the times. I never had any advertising contracts. There is no point in thinking about it now - there never were and never have been.
I just didn't increase my popularity level in any way, so now I understand what it led to. I don't regret it, it was the way it was.