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Minority nations in Russia
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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
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…
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…
Russia’s Erzya national movement recognizes Holodomor as genocide of Ukrainians
[editorial]The Erzyan national movement recognized the Soviet artificial famine of 1932-1933 as an act of genocide against the…
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…
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”…
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…
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…
“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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…