The Russians have their own brand of radicals to deal with, the Muslim separatists that are leading the wave of bombings and hostage situation that have led to very aggressive SWAT-like takedowns. There is no, ZERO, tolerance anywhere in Russia for any kind of “gay-rights” activism, and it is crushed with the same ferocity as any other disruption of public order there. Regardless of what economic base the Russian state is founded upon, the rulers in that country are still Russians, and though the Cossacks have long since passed into history, their successors are still very much entrenched in the fabric of Russia.
The Cossacks are still around. In fact, many uniformed Cossacks are working security at Sochi. The Kuban Cossacks and others were officially recreated in 1990.
http://i.imgur.com/sdeeJg5.jpg
Putin is a big fan of the Cossacks as a national pride thing for Russia, so they now have military academies, lots of real and ceremonial duties, a dozen different uniforms; while at the same time there are Cossack groups that practice all their old traditions, sort of like Civil War reenactments, except semi-officially.
So yep, riding horseback and using submachine guns.
