Revealing deep rifts in Russian society, online detractors target the new Miss Russia, an ethnic Tatar, for her exotic looks. Elmira Abdrazakova from Mezhdurechensk smiles after winning the "Miss Russia" annual national beauty pageant at the Barvikha Luxury Village Concert Hall, outside Moscow, on March 2, 2013. (Maxim Shemetov/Reuters) Officially Russia prides itself on being a diverse, multicultural country.