“Russia” is Moscow and Saint Petersberg, both of which are populated by white Europeans. The majority of the Asian land mass that “Russia” occupies is populated by non-white ethnic peoples, all of whom the Russian Tsars conquered, and upon whom the Russian state has no rightful claim.
Essentially, these peoples are regarded by the “Russians” as being of inferior stock, and thus they are treated as slaves by the Russian state.
Note that the majority of “Russia’s” military onscripts, which the Kremlin has used to invade Ukraine, are not from Moscow or Saint Petersberg, but from the Eastern territories - Mongols, Chechens, etc.
If you go to Moscow and St. Petersburg, you’d never think there was a war on.