Was Russia brutally ruling an occupied USSR?

Question

Was Russia brutally ruling an occupied USSR?

Answer 1

I dont know if this is what you are getting at but i dont think Russia is trying to controll all of what was or may have been under the USSR (which is now Russia)  

Answer 2

Yes, it was the Russians who ran the old Soviet Union and brutally repressed the people in many of the now "breakaway provinces".  

Answer 3

Russia was the U.S.S.R...

Answer 4

yes

Answer 5

What? Idiot Russia was the U.S.S.R.!

Answer 6

Its all a matter of opinion. Osama Bin Laden was a freedom fighter at one stage, now he's a terrorist. Saakashvili of Georgia invaded S. Ossetia killing 2000 innocent civilians and when Russia retalliated, he's become a victim of oppression. He's even given a billion dollars to re-arm and recuperate from his losses. What an idiotic world we live in.

Answer 7

maybe? what does that mean?

Answer 8

No Lenin was a Jew and Stalin was a Georgian, Russians are a Slavic race and they where as oppressed as everyone else in the USSR.

Answer 9

People from the independent republics say so... and I believe they know it better than anyone else...