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Latest news Ukraine

The Hill: Putin’s public image shifts as Ukraine pushes into Russia’s Kursk

With Ukraine now pushing into Russian territory in Kursk Oblast, the Kremlin faces a difficult choice: abandon positions in Ukraine or deploy young conscripts against Putin's earlier promises not to do this.

byVira Kravchuk

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“Last colonial empire in Europe” must fall, nations subjugated by Russia call in Vilnius

The 11th Forum of Free Nations of Post-Russia, held in Vilnius, Lithuania, culminated in the issuance of a joint "Proclamation of Good Neighborliness" calling for the dismantling of the Russian empire.

byAlya Shandra

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International

Disintegrated Russia will be nuke-free, nations subjugated by Moscow decide

The post-imperial Russia disintegrated into 41 states will be nuke-free, nations subjugated by Moscow decided on their 8th meeting in Paris and London

byBohdan Ben

Major languages in Russia (Image: Daniel Dalet, d-maps.com)

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Russia

Russia’s many non-Russian nations no longer have any authors under 35 writing in their languages – Tatar scholar

A recently held roundtable on the census in the Tatarstan capital that attracted experts from across the Russian…

byPaul A. Goble

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New US-Ukrainian network to promote awareness of Russian colonialism’s crimes past and present

The US National Endowment for Democracy, Ukrainian journalist Maksym Eristavi, and Kyiv’s independent Zaborona news agency have created…

byPaul A. Goble

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Opinion

Russia’s Erzya national movement recognizes Holodomor as genocide of Ukrainians

Ukraine’s support for indigenous Russian peoples within the current borders of the Russian Federation is prompting an increasing…

byPaul A. Goble

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International

National minorities of Russia call to decolonize, denuclearize “imperial, terrorist” Russian state

The Third Free Nations of Russia Forum, devoted to the European path and the self-determination of independent states…

byChristine Chraibi

Troops from Chechnya in Ukraine. Credit: Gur.gov.ua

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Will the Kremlin send new ‘savage divisions’ to Ukraine?

The Russian full-scale re-invasion against Ukraine, launched in February 2022, was initially explained as the desire for “denazification”…

byThe Jamestown Foundation

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International

National minorities of Russian Federation discuss its deimperialization in Prague

The second forum of the Free Nations of Russia ended in Prague. There, representatives of national minorities of…

byAlya Shandra

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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…

byThe Jamestown Foundation

Ethnic Buryat soldiers of Russia's 5th Separate Tank Brigade of the 36th Army of the Eastern Military District, which fought at the Battle of Debaltseve (January-February 2015) Image: InformNapalm

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“Russian” combat losses in Ukraine appear to be disproportionately non-Russians or ethnic Russians from rural areas

Reflecting the disproportionate share non-Russians and Russians from distant regions occupy in the Russian military and possibly a…

byPaul A. Goble

A monument to Ukrainian poet, writer, artist, public and political figure Taras Shevchenko (1814-1861) among ruins and debris in a Ukrainian town bombarded by Russian military. The Russo-Ukrainian War (2014-present). March 2022 (Photo: Maks Levin)

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Leaders of non-Russian republics backing Putin’s war in Ukraine said losing legitimacy in eyes of their nations

Many observers in Russia and abroad have suggested that by escalating his war in Ukraine [The Russo-Ukrainian War…

byPaul A. Goble

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Many non-Russians inside Russia oppose Putin’s war; some see end of empire approaching

The divide between those in the Russian Federation who support Putin’s aggression in Ukraine and those who oppose…

byPaul A. Goble

Russian state crest in front of full moon (Image: vedomosti.ru)

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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…

byPaul A. Goble

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On historical unity in a prison of nations: Ukraine’s Institute of National Remembrance Head strikes back at Putin

For decades, Vladimir Putin has been working diligently on his international image. He believes it is not enough…

byEuromaidan Press Contributor

Rafael Khakimov, Kazan historian and former advisor to Tatarstan president Mintimir Shaymiyev (Photo: Sultan Iskhakov for Milliard.Tatar)

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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…

byPaul A. Goble

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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”…

byPaul A. Goble

World Congress of Tatars, August 2017 (Image: business-online.ru)

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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…

byPaul A. Goble

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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…

byPaul A. Goble

Ingermanland Finns attend a memorial service for tens of thousands of their people destroyed by Stalin's genocidal policies at an old Finnish cemetery in Koltushi village on June 24, 1989. (Image: RIAN)

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Russia still hiding Stalin’s genocidal crimes against Finns and Norwegians after 80 years

One of the most obscure aspects of Stalin’s rule was his deportation of Finns and Norwegians in 1940…

byPaul A. Goble