I think you have a misreading concerning the careers of the two players. Sweden Elit is a much better streamlined league with a higher density of talent. Sweden is stronger than Russia (twice as many NHL players) and their best players are condensed into a 21-team league when MHL is made up of 33 teams.
So Sweden Elit U20 is clearly stronger than Russia Elit U20 (MHL). As already said, Bedard is the only player who achieved exceptional status in WHL. He's a prospect of the caliber of a Shane Wright and a Connor McDavid at the same age. One floor above Matthew Savoie. Even if I consider them to be very close, a Center is more valuable than a Winger.
Russian players approaching the course of Michkov there were some (Kucherov, Buchnevich). Bedard is unheard of in Western Canada.
So much wrong in your post.
1."Sweden Elit is a much better streamlined league with a higher density of talent". Wrong. No matter if you mean the men's league or the U20.
2."Sweden is stronger than Russia (twice as many NHL players)" LOL Wrong. Who cares how many NHL players? Really? If that is your measuring stick you are already out to lunch.
3."and their best players are condensed into a 21-team league when MHL is made up of 33 teams." Wrong. Because you completely disregard the details.
-There are foreigners in the J20 Nationell. Three of them are top 10 in scoring. It is good for the league, but for your argument about Sweden's best players not so much.
-The best J20 Nationell has to offer among their top scorers are some later round picks here and there. Most though are undrafted 19 year olds. The MHL top scorers list is much more loaded with talent. The MHL is lead in PPG by players who already lay in the KHL or VHL against men and do some shorter stints in the MHL for different reasons. The players who lead the PPG list of players who play in the MHL only are projected first rounders for the upcoming NHL drafts like Ovchinnikov and Kisakov.
-The swedish league plays a around 40 games season. The MHL players are at 50 GP now.
-The SHL is considerably weaker than the KHL. Most of talented Swedes play there and not in the J20 Nationell. The jump form the MHL to the KHL is much tougher. The MHL is a better compettition overall by a margin.
The size of the league is quite irrelevant here. The talent level of Swedes playing in the U20 league overall is way below the MHL.
4."So Sweden Elit U20 is clearly stronger than Russia Elit U20 (MHL)". That is truly hilarious. The opposite is the case. And it's not even worth arguing.
5."As already said, Bedard is the only player who achieved exceptional status in WHL" That does not mean squat. We all know he is that kind of talent. Nobody tries to deny that So what?
6."He's a prospect of the caliber of a Shane Wright and a Connor McDavid at the same age." So what? Michkov is easily in that tier.
7."a Center is more valuable than a Winger." That has nothing to do with which player is better. It might affect their draft position, not who is the better player.
8."Russian players approaching the course of Michkov there were some (Kucherov, Buchnevich)". Comparing Michkov to Buchnevich is laughable. Michkov has beaten Kucherov's record and is cruising further away. That's the whole buzz, that he might be a generational level talent. At this point he is going into territory where no one was before him at that age in that league.
Bedard is without question an exceptional talent to watch. He and Michkov will probably go first and second in the draft, but to say that Bedard has shown anything of substance compared to Michkov is off the charts wrong at this point. Michkov is a dominating goal scorer in a Top 2 junior league if not the best junior league. Bedard is younger and gets the benfit of a doubt of course both because of age and the simple circumstance that it is not his fault he could not play yet. He has yet to play in the WHL. His couple of games in the swedish U20 league are too small of a sample size and the league is not that representative.
