Not only all of these things are factually untrue (Russia is gloriously diverse and there's a strong tradition of non-Slavic nationalism in ethnic republics like Tuva, Tatarstan and Yakutia), but they also directly contradict everything Putin has even said on the subject. https://t.co/gXdlJoTFDg

— Alexey Kovalev (@Alexey__Kovalev) August 6, 2018