When Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in 2022, the Kremlin claimed that it was coming to aid ethnic Russians and Russian speakers in Ukraine. It stated that it would seek to take what it ...

Enhe was once home to thousands of ethnic Russians. Under Xi Jinping’s push for ethnic unity, little remains beyond nostalgia ...

Russian ultranationalists are increasingly sceptical about the capability of the Russian authorities to prevent new terrorist attacks and address ethnic and religious tensions following the 23 June ...

A central theme of Kremlin propaganda justifying the Ukraine invasion is the myth of Russians and the Russian language being persecuted in Ukraine. Yet at the same time, in Russia itself, Moscow’s ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is calling on Russia's ethnic minorities to resist being drafted into the military, after reports the Kremlin is disproportionately conscripting men from poorer ...

MOSCOW/KISLOVODSK, Russia (Reuters) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, warning ethnic tensions could tear Russia apart, said on Monday he would toughen migration rules and keep a tight rein on Russia's ...

The ethnic makeup of exchanges also differed. While ethnic Russians made up 66% of all prisoners, they accounted for 83% of ...

While living in the Russian republic of Bashkortostan, Aygul Lyon avoided traveling to Moscow. The capital, famous for its shiny onion domes on Saint Basil’s Cathedral and subway stations adorned with ...

In the nearly two years since Russia invaded Ukraine, 300,000 Russian soldiers have died or been wounded, many of them conscripts. For soldiers from Siberia and Russia’s Far East, home to many of ...

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