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Re: Ethnonepotism
« Reply #45 on: September 24, 2022, 08:59:16 pm »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/2/racist-federation-russias-minorities-complain-of-racism

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Ethnic minority troops are said to be dying in greater numbers than their Slav compatriots in the so-called ‘special military operation’.
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According to open source researchers, soldiers with roots in poorer regions such as Buryatia and Dagestan are disproportionately represented among Russian casualties in Ukraine.
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“Buryatia, like the other ethnic republics, is governed by the colonial policies of Moscow,” Maladaeva continued.
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“In Russia, the level of chauvinism is very high,” Chechen lawyer and human rights defender Abubakar Yangulbaev told Al Jazeera. “I even call it the ‘Racist Federation’, as it perfectly reflects the inner essence of the state both among the Russian people and among the officials.”
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As late as last year, landlords in Russia were still able to list their lettings online as “for Slavs only”.

“I think every non-Russian has come across this; we’re always experiencing discrimination,” said Maladaeva. “Once my mother forgot her passport and the cops held her for five hours since they wouldn’t believe she was a Russian citizen.

“We lived in St Petersburg where I took part in a beauty contest, and on social media, they kept writing I should have my head stuck down the toilet, and, ‘Why is a Buryat representing Peter anyway?’”

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