Quote Originally Posted by Sarmatian View Post
Hardly. Even though Russian nationalists like to think that, Imperial Russia was just as oppressive as USSR later was.
Comparing the scale of victims, I would say that the Empire falls utterly short of the USSR.

Quote Originally Posted by Sarmatian View Post
Well, if Kazakhstan is the worst central Asian republic in that regard, it illustrates my point even better.
As you may have noticed, I didn't dispute your point, which is basically correct. I exposed inadequacy of the evidence/proof you chose to exemplify it with.

Quote Originally Posted by Pannonian View Post
If I ever move anywhere, I hope I'll be moving elsewhere in western Europe or somewhere else high up in the list of countries with open government and low corruption, and preferably not anywhere that has ever been part of the Ottoman empire.
On the low corruption in the UK:
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...-russian-buyer
And on the UK as a perennial stalwart bulwark of democracy and freedom:
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/07/18/eu...alute-footage/
Brenus will find a proper name for the adult teaching infants to do such things.