Post Soviet Era
Although Russian colonialism formally ended in 1991 with the political independence of the former Republics, in practice Russian capital still dominates those territories and can be said to maintain a neo-colonial relationship to them, much as the US and European countries still control their former overseas colonies. Russian settlers who arrived in Soviet times still tend to identify culturally and intellectually with Moscow and Russia, rather than the nations they live in.
It is also argued by some that some parts of the current Russian state, such as Chechnya, are colonial possesions of Russia.
Read more about this topic: Russian Colonialism
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The mist in my face,
When the snows begin, and the blasts denote
I am nearing the place,
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