broadly speaking, no country is more similar to canada than the russian federation, in terms of size, of geography, of history and of population. there are dramatic shared histories, including a shared opposition to fascism. i have long advocated for closer ties between russia and canada.

but the flip side of the similarity lies in it's darker analogies, as well. as canada's treatment of quebec has immense similarities to russia's treatment of ukraine, canada and russia have similar histories in how their respective colonial governments have treated their respective mongoloid indigenous populations - siberian groups in russia and indigenous groups in canada, who have immense genetic, cultural and religious overlaps.