.....1.by using the poorest and non russ regions to recruit...

.....1.by using the poorest and non russ regions to recruit heavily from
2..by forcing them to use russian rather than their native langiuages in education courts etc (as they di in Ukraine when it was in the USSR )
3.BY STOPPING ALLINDPENDANT MEDIA REPORTING
4.by disallowing pace candidates from running in elections
5.By gaoling opposition figures and gaoling anyone opposing the war
6. by killing opponents
7.By changing the law to wreck the constitution and allow decdes of power to the same President
8. By killing critics abroad

has happened pretty easy actually