After all, there must be a reason why it’s called the Russian FEDERATION.
You are 100 years behind the curve. That's exactly what Wartburg, Loeb & Kuhn had in mind when they invested $B in todays money in 1917 to topple Russian Empire by financing communist coup. (Trotsky, Lenin and murderous gang). Russia was split into republics, and republics further divided into autonomous republics and regions. Not 179 but more than 70, close to your plan. Some 60-80 million were murdered in the process and it almost worked.