Russia is a continental Empire in the full sense of its essence and content. The European Union, too ,could be called a continental Empire, but it is a vassal of the Empire with the name of the United States . What about the United States? And the US is a Maritime transcontinental Empire . It's not complete enough. Although it has a vassal in the form of the Saudis. Why? Yes, because unlike Russia, it does not have in its composition inside (!!!) dominion of other republics with Muslim population. Only Russia and China have Muslim republics in their composition. With that, only in Russia they are not oppressed, relative to China, the state. Why? Yes, because Russia since the time of the kings follows the old Jewish asked:"the Best of the goys - kill.".. If it is impossible to kill, the government chooses one clan or genus the most numerous and makes it oppressors of other small genera and self-withdraws for a while for internecine genders in the region. And everything is set so that childbirth oppresses itself .( Example - Chechnya)