Inter-ethnic animosity saps effectiveness of Russia’s army in Ukraine
Russia’s 2022 re-invasion of Ukraine has damaged not only bilateral relations between the two majority–Eastern Slavic neighbors but…
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Clash between Tuvin and ethnic Russian soldiers at Russian training academy turns violent
Sixty ethnic Tuvin professional soldiers clashed with about 100 ethnic Russian professional soldiers at a sergeants training academy…
Russia’s constitution must declare ethnic Russians country’s only ‘state-forming people,’ Korovin says
Valery Korovin, a member of the Izborsky Club, has asked Russia's Civic Chamber of which he is also…
Ethnic clashes replacing ‘dedovshchina’ abuse in Russian military units, Moscow paper says
Russians and many in the West have come to believe that “dedovshchina,” the notorious practice in which draftees…
Leningrad governor attacks Finno-Ugric groups as threats to Russia’s territorial integrity
Leningrad Governor Aleksandr Drozdenko says the Izhors, a Finno-Ugric group numbering 26,000, and the supporters of a largely…
Could Moscow’s actions in Ukraine trigger war between Tatars and Bashkirs?
Moscow’s actions in Ukraine have had an impact on ethnic relations within the Russian Federation, given that they…
A checklist of 10 Russian developments worth watching
The situation in and around Russia is now changing with such dizzying rapidity that it is all but…