And so did this secret thing in the country that has been the world's #1 center of Russian attention for years, is filled with Russian sympathisers (including tens of thousands in organized armed groups) and intelligence agents, and is ever threatened by a Russian conquest (which did happen eventually, and they knew it would for a long time and yet didn't destroy the documents)? Why, of course!
And so did this secret thing in the country that has been the world's #1 center of Russian attention for years, is filled with Russian sympathisers (including tens of thousands in organized armed groups) and intelligence agents, and is ever threatened by a Russian conquest (which did happen eventually, and they knew it would for a long time and yet didn't destroy the documents)? Why, of course!