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Kyiv Raises Stakes by Expanding Appeals to Ukrainian ‘Wedges’ Inside Russia

January 26, 2024Eagle

Kyiv Raises Stakes by Expanding Appeals to Ukrainian ‘Wedges’ Inside Russia

Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 21 Issue: 12

By: Paul Goble

January 25, 2024 04:46 PM

Percentage of Ukrainians within Russia per 2010 All-Russian Census (Source: Russian 2010 Census; Oleg Zima, Wikimedia.org)

Executive Summary:

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ordered Kyiv to devote more attention to Ukrainian “wedges” within the Russian Federation.
Zelenskyy’s pronouncement has set off alarm bells in official Moscow, which is already worried about what such attention and contacts may mean to its control over critical parts of the country.
Moscow will likely increase repression against Ukrainians and other minorities inside Russia, moves that may prove counterproductive not only for Russia itself but for the outcome of the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine as well.

Neither North Caucasus Republics nor Their Peoples Doing Enough to Defend Their Languages against Moscow’s Attacks, Four Kabardino-Balkar Scholars Say

January 24, 2024Eagle

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Neither North Caucasus Republics nor Their Peoples Doing Enough to Defend Their Languages against Moscow’s Attacks, Four Kabardino-Balkar Scholars Say

Paul Goble

Staunton, Jan. 20 – Moscow is entirely responsible for the drive to Russianize and then Russify the peoples of the North Caucasus by destroying the languages of the nations of that region, but neither the governments of the republics there nor members of their titular nationalities are doing much to resist, four Kabardino-Balkar scholars say. Read more →

Circassians Abroad to Follow Kayseri Khase in Breaking with Moscow-Controlled ICA, Kochesoko Says

January 24, 2024Eagle

Saturday, January 20, 2024

Circassians Abroad to Follow Kayseri Khase in Breaking with Moscow-Controlled ICA, Kochesoko Says

Paul Goble

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January 24, 2024Eagle

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Kuban and Rostov are Included in Zelensky’s Decree “On the Territories of the Russian Federation Historically Inhabited by Ukrainians” / Кубань и Ростов включены в указ Зеленского “Об исторически населенных украинцами территориях РФ”

January 22, 2024January 26, 2024Eagle

Kuban and Rostov are Included in Zelensky’s Decree “On the Territories of the Russian Federation Historically Inhabited by Ukrainians” / Кубань и Ростов включены в указ Зеленского “Об исторически населенных украинцами территориях РФ”

January 22, 2024