The worst part is that ethic minorities there look up to Russians as their overlords, they are even more brainwashed as being second class citizens than they were during Soviet times.
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-...