Quote Originally Posted by gokufusionss1
massive chunks were conquered by the tzars (mostly ivan the terrible) that's why it's a federation. You can say the exact same thing about the USA. Chechnya IS part of russia!
Wrong. You're basically justifying blatant imperialism, America's genocide against Native Americans, Russia's genocide against other minorities such as Chechens and Ossetians, and that whole "Manifest Destiny" bs.

Just ask the Chechens if they think they are a part of Russia or want to be.

But what they think doesn't matter to you, right?