monetDB is a sort of drop-in replacement for a regular database with all expected features and good compatibility.
On other hand ClickHouse will be incompatible with most of existing tools and it's better to learn well its limitations and workaround technics in advance. But once you dump into it substantial amounts of time series data you'll find it 10+ times faster and 2-3 times smaller than monet.
It doesn't. Even link you provided says about that. In fact, according to many historians, the only reason which made Mongolian expansion possible, was high degree of infighting and corruption within seized territories. This concerns not only Rus, but Bulgars, Khwarezm, etc. By establishing strong "fair" law they stopped long lasted inner-conflicts and "made life better".
Reasoning. Internet became regulated in Russia, and what? How does this relate to hacking on V8 engine, for example? (They have such teem in Saint Petersburg)
This article appeared just to support sentiment and noise around how bad/evil Russia is doing. No matter of truth or plausibility, all kind of noise just works.
On other hand ClickHouse will be incompatible with most of existing tools and it's better to learn well its limitations and workaround technics in advance. But once you dump into it substantial amounts of time series data you'll find it 10+ times faster and 2-3 times smaller than monet.