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Ethnic minorities
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Ukraine’s Parliament passes national minorities law, addressing EU recommendations
Ukraine's parliament passed a law on protecting national minority rights, meeting one more of the seven recommendation from the EU for candidate status.
Moscow demonized Ukrainians exploiting ethnic discord it promoted in Russia, activist from Kamchatka says
The activist from Kamchatka who now lives as a political exile in Norway says that discrimination against national…
Moscow supports Northern peoples in ways designed to cost them their way of life and identity, Horyevoy says
The Ukrainian journalist who specializes on religious and ethnic questions presents a damning portrait of what the Russian…
On historical unity in a prison of nations: Ukraine’s Institute of National Remembrance Head strikes back at Putin
[editorial]In July, the article “On the historical unity of Russians and Ukrainians”, signed by Vladimir Putin, was published…
Putin’s tale about unity of Russians and Ukrainians prompts Kazan scholar to speak about real unity of Turkic peoples
“Historically,” Khakimov says, “the Turkic peoples formed on the territory of the Turkic khanate … extending from the…
Moscow’s effort to isolate Finno-Ugric peoples in Russia from Finno-Ugric world proves less than fully successful
That effort was described by Prague-based commentator Vadim Sidorov as an effort to erect a new “iron curtain”…
Kremlin simultaneously seeking to destroy republics and nations on which they rest, Shro says
In a Guildhall commentary, he suggests that these two processes, in turn, are connected with “the strengthening of…
Catalonian portal highlights Udmurt efforts to preserve that nation and its language
Alex Bustos, a Catalan journalist who has made a visit to Russia, points out that “in the very…
Moscow splitting Finno-Ugric languages to promote assimilation to Russian, Mari linguist says
Some people view what the Russian authorities are doing as solicitous of ethnic differences, says Kuznetsova, the Estonian…
Ukraine and Hungary move to settle differences over national minority legislation
Kyiv and Budapest have initiated an effort to resolve their differences over the impact of Ukrainian language and…
What the Ukrainian nation should be – Zelenskyy’s New Year speech provoked discussion on identity and nationhood
Zelenskyy’s New Year greeting can be read in English here. “What is the difference” – the main message…
Moscow has long sought to destroy Slavic languages other than Russian, Zolotaryev says
The Russian government’s efforts to undermine and push out of general use Turkic and Finno-Ugric languages are well-known,…
New Siberian website provides data on Russification of non-Russians and repression of Russians
At a time when most Russian sites are devoted to promoting an entirely positive image of the Russian…
Stalin frequently modified Russia’s borders, adding and subtracting territory, Butakov says
One of the most widely held misconceptions about the USSR was that borders among the various republics were…
Broad coalition of non-Russians launch Internet petition drive against Putin’s language policies
Representatives of a significant cross-section of non-Russian nations now within the borders of the Russian Federation have launched…
Experts weigh in on Ukraine’s hotly debated new minority language policy
On 28 September 2017, Ukraine’s new law on education entered into force. Called to advance Ukraine’s badly needed…
Is it Ukraine’s fault that its ethnic minorities do not know Ukrainian?
Ukraine is often blamed for the fact that the Hungarian minority in Zakarpattia does not know the state…
Russia’s imperial crackdown on the memory of indigenous victims of deportations
Imperial nostalgia against the memory of victims In June 2017, a month after the 73d anniversary of Sürgünlik…
Moscow’s false story about Alaska infuriates residents of Russian North
A story Moscow media outlets put out yesterday claimed that an advisor to the governor of the US…
Sakha Constitutional Court in Russia rules ‘all the territory of Yakutia is the historical motherland of the Yakut people’
On October 21, 2016, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) handed down a decision that…