>>7344468>They are still doing it, although not to the same degree.>we are the minority of people in power.This is more of a maintenance cost though. If the Russian government wouldn't have done that then a lot of regions would revolt and splinter the country up into their own small republics.
>Even now they are calling us a multiethnic state,This is so that Russia would look good on the international stage (social currency and investment attraction) and not give other powers an excuse to invade Russia. Japan for example had feminism pushed down their thoughts after they lost against the USA. Now Japan is suffering for it years later like any other country. If they were to overthrow feminism then the entire world would boycott Japan in an instant. If Russia did not declare themselves a multiethnic state then it would give others an opportunity to play the racism-card and rally the entire world against Russia. It's more of a pragmatic thing. It's hard to say if this stance is something the government and the rich in Russia actually believe or just theater to keep things calm.