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Well, if you're talking about the old USSR, which was thoroughly dominated by ethnic russians, it's the 'Communist Empire' as the 'Party' was paramount over all else.

Is it's the current RF then it's 'Putin's Empire' as his will is as supreme as Stalin's ever was.

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On Fri, 6/3/16, Greg Chalik <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [TML] semi-OT: uniform
 To: "xxxxxx@simplelists.com" <xxxxxx@simplelists.com>
 Date: Friday, June 3, 2016, 2:51 AM

 The etymology of empire (n.) is early 14c.,
 from Old French empire "rule, authority,
 kingdom, imperial rule" (11c.), from Latin
 imperium "a rule, a command; authority,
 control, power; supreme power, sole dominion; military
 authority; a dominion, realm," from
 imperare "to command," from
 assimilated form of in- "in" (see in-
 (2)) + parare "to order, prepare"

 So in what way
 is the Russian Federation an 'empire'?