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>spend its entire existence insisting it's a large country meant for all peoples in the region, with equal rights for everyone, and totally not an empire
>as soon as it falls apart, Russians take off the mask and get pissed at anyone who leaves, and tries to keep as much non-Russian territory as possible, because it "belongs to them"
Do you think Russia fucked up by trying to be seen as the successor, and not just a component of the union? I think they wouldn't be chasing former, vapid glories and would also have better relations with their neighbors