It sounds like a good idea but would this actually work? Russia itself while it pretends not to be is a very ethnically diverse region. The people living in certain sections of this area are very very different. Along with the fact that the population density varies from region to region how would with even give proper representation to those within the northern regions? Suggestions like this should be taken lightly as other nations have undergone similar "democratic" unifications such as ethopia and india which have lead to the further establishment of their systemic castes. In Ethopia we are starting to see the start of their civil war due to these underlying issues. While the current government claims it to be a regional conflict the underlying issues are much more severe.