In response to
"Cossacks and Security in the Caucasus"
From
time to time, it comes to us the imperial Russian propagandists and through the
ways and means available in various languages to broadcast their toxins and to
contaminate the information that people obtain from various sources in order to
procrastinate and spreading lies, which is the official policy that is selected
for inflaming nationalist sentiments among the colonized peoples and the turn
over and the falsification of facts and misinformation and presenting
information in accordance with glamorous
models that would only contribute to more hatred and disgust created by the
founders of the Russian Tsarist Empire and authorities inherited by successive
governments.
One
such example is the news published in writing, audio, and video on
"Russia Today" Arabic Language Site, which is sponsored by the
Russian government, entitled "The Cossacks and the Security in the
Caucasus", which it contained inaccuracies, lies, and colonial Russian
ideas without mentioning the fact, that is namely, the Russian occupation and
the effects existed and still on the imperial presence and its impact on the oppressed
peoples, the news also contained a discussion in the Russian language that is
voice-translated to Arabic Language between the interviewer and two others, one
of them seemed to be a Cossack academician and the other one by his name,
appeared to be from one of the peoples of the North Caucasus, but the course of
the talk was held in accordance with the parameters of Russian imperialism;
cannot fail to recall here that the written
version in Arabic Language had included a link on the word "Cossack"
in the first paragraph which transfers the reader to the link in Arabic
Language explaining about Cossacks, entitled "About the Russian Cossacks”,
while placing another link on the word "Caucasus" at the beginning of
the second paragraph, but surprisingly, the link coupled with the word
"Cossack" again as the Cossack link one!
http://rtarabic.com/news_all_info/26756
In the
following is the full text of the written news for the reader to judge the
matter:
Cossacks and Security in the Caucasus
Does Russia need to establish military units from Cossacks? Will
Cossacks contribute in the restoration of security in the North Caucasus? How to
establish friendship and good neighborly relations with the peoples of the
republics of the North Caucasus? On this subject, the two guests
will speak on Panorama program.
Information
about the subject:
The
North Caucasus is
historically considered a common home of many peoples, among them various
mountainous peoples, and also including the Cossacks who represent a distinct
ethnic, cultural and civilization group of the contents of the Russian people. The
Caucasus Cossacks are the descendants of Russian settlers at large who resided
at that time along the rivers of South Russia and in the foothills of the
mountains, and they are characterized by their authenticity and peculiarity of
living based on the glorious tribal pride, courage, the personal dignity, the
spirit of chivalry, and mastering the use of arms. These traditions and
distinctive life style had rounded Cossacks historically to their neighbors of
the mountains in the North Caucasus, although relations between the two sides
were unfortunately not always characterized by harmony. At the beginning of the
nineteenth century, the Cossacks turned to a privileged military group. The military Cossacks
had participated during the Russian tsarist regime era in numerous wars, and were assigned to
protect and guard Russia's southern borders, including the Caucasus region. On the other hand, the
Cossacks were enjoying social independency and significant privileges were to
be exempted from taxes and in the utilization of large areas of land for the
purpose of housing and settlement.
During
the Soviet era, Cossacks no longer represented an organized military force, but
they kept their ethnic cultural characteristic. In the nineties, during a
crisis situation in Chechnya and neighboring areas many Cossacks were exposed,
along with the rest of the Russian population, to torment and repeated assaults
by the separatists, even some of them had to leave their homes and lands. But
now the Russian leadership has taken great interest in the Cossacks under the
framework of the return of the Russian-speaking population policy to their
lands in the Caucasus. It has been initiated, for example, to activate the task
for the formation of qualified military units of the Cossacks. However, such
plans got its supporters and opponents. Some say that the strengthening of
Cossacks’ positions in the North Caucasus supported by the State leads to the
strengthening of security and order there. While others point out the potential
for the occurrence of certain problems, notably the possibility of conflicts in
a number of republics of the Northern Caucasus between the Cossacks and the
local population of the Muslim mountainous peoples in the event of the
restoration of lands where the Cossacks formerly used to live in, and in the
event of the formation of Cossacks’ military units there. Needless to say, on
the other side, the tasks of maintaining order and ensuring peace in the North
Caucasus is a shared responsibility of all inhabitants of the region. And
resolving that in accordance with Russian laws should provide and strengthen
the requirements and capabilities of peaceful development and good-neighborly
relations among all the peoples of southern Russia.
http://rtarabic.com/prg_panorama/49138/video/
