Konstantin Anatolyevich Krylov. (№ 412605)

I believe that Russia is not an empire. If only because it is actually a colony. It is a country ruled by colonial methods. The metropolis can be considered, for example, the Kremlin, as well as some places outside Russia, such as Courchevel. Russia is ruled by an anti-national elite, which perceives the population as conquered natives, for example, how the British perceived the Hindus in their time. They built a pyramid of peoples, some of which are close to oppressing the natives, and most of the peoples have no rights and exist as a colonial population. First of all, this concerns the Russians. Therefore, Russia can be called, I would say, not an empire, not a national state, but an anti-national state. This will be the most accurate scientific definition of what we live in.