Yeah i read about it somewhere, but Dagestanis themselves seems fine with that, not supporting their fellow russian athletes who aren't from North Caucasus, so whatever, it's fair i think, i find very interesting how separatism (Dagestan, Ossetia, Chechnya etc all wanted independence at some point) affects sports and culture there. I wonder if Khabib is the one to unify Russia when it comes to MMA.
No such thing in Brazil when it comes to MMA/most sports, it's a thing in soccer though
The problem is 2 Checnen wars.
Most of Caucasus supported Chechens inb first war, but after seeing it brought only death and misfirtune and that Chechnya started to become center of Jihadism, narco and human trafficicking, they changed their minds.
Most Dagestani and others want to live in peace and not war.
Still there are a lot of cultural differences that provide a lot of conflict.
When guys from Caucasus go to big russian cities like Moscow and etc, most of them start acting
badly - pressing their islamic beleifs.
They see most girls who are dressed lightly as prostitutes and that they are free to take by force.
And they like to fight and provoke fights as well.
Also, lot of them are doing criminal business - drugs, extorsion, smuggling, etc,
since a lot of them are too priud to work simple jobs like market, etc.
So there are conflicts between russians and caucasians, although Putin made a lot
for it to disappear, it still runs.
