Read some about Kadyrov and his henchmen, also called Kadyrovites. Quite interesting and terrifying from the perspective of a somewhat healthy democracy.

My sources are my own, I have met few different ethnic minorities from there and the level of brainwashing they been trough in public schools and local tv is astounding. Contrast that to how China treats it minorities (except Uyghurs) and it's a paradise in comparison.

Even Tatars one of the biggest groups don't learn their own language in schools enough to preserve it.

- The head of Russia’s republic of Tatarstan will lose the title of “president”:

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/12/23/russias-tatarstan-...