I have a very keen interest in Turkmenistan, in addition to Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan; and Turkmenistan because of these countries formerly being part of Imperial Russia and later by the Soviet Union, and these formerly being governed by Russia.

I think these countries in Central Asia should continue to be a part of Russia. At least the citizens of these countries still speak Russian during daily communication amongst each other.

Photo of Kyrgyz Police and guardsmen walking in true Soviet/Russian fashion-such as when Russia and many other former Soviet countries hold a ‘Changing Of The Guard’:

Statues of Lenin and Stalin are still present throughout Kyrgyzstan (a silver lining for yours truly) such as depicted in the pictures below: