The Cossacks Are Back. May the Hills Tremble.
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posted by eagle on March, 2013 as Imperialism
The Cossacks Are Back. May the Hills Tremble.Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times Cossack cadets practiced using whips in Stavropol, Russia. More Photos » Published: March 16, 2013
STAVROPOL, Russia — Outside this city’s police headquarters on a recent night, a priest in a purple velvet hat and gold stole moved from one man to the next, offering a cross to be kissed and drenching their faces with holy water from a long brush.
And so began another night of law enforcement as Cossacks, the fierce horsemen who once secured the frontier for the Russian empire, marched out to join the police patrolling the city. In his third term, President Vladimir V. Putin has offered one clear new direction for the country: the development of a conservative, nationalist ideology. Cossacks have emerged as a kind of mascot, with growing financial and political support. The Kremlin is dipping into a deep pool of history: Cossacks are revered here ...
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Will the émigrés return? Countries between the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea, which have lost millions of their people in the past 20 years, certainly hope so. I have just been to two ‘émigré’ events at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) – one organised by its Baltic societies, another by the Polish societies of Britain’s top universities. Hundreds of students came to both, plus impressive guests from back home. The Polish event drew the deputy prime minister, Waldemar Pawlak, and a host of Polish blue-chip firms. The young diaspora at British universities is a much sought-after pool of talent.I had a nostalgia rush, remembering my own LSE days, especially in Student Solidarity with Solidarity in 1981-82, chanting protest slogans in the cold outside the Polish embassy, and hearing Poles singing the national anthem, "Poland is not yet lost while ...
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A letter from the President of the Social Movement "Adygeya Khasa - The Twenty-First Century" Amin Zekhizv to the Russian State Duma and the Russian Ministry of Regional Development
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posted by eagle on February, 2013 as Imperialism
A letter from the President of the Social Movement
"Adygeya Khasa - The Twenty-First Century" Amin Zekhizv to the
Russian State Duma and the Russian Ministry of Regional Development
To: The Director of National Relations Department of the
Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation, Georavsky A. F.
C.C. Copy to the National Relations Committee of the
Russian State Duma
The Honorable Georavsky!
On behalf of the members of the social movement, on my own
behalf and on behalf of Circassians of the Northern and Western Caucasus, I
thank you for your response No. 31 368/04 dated 21/12/2012, as you are the only
person who placed the point on the ongoing historical lie since 500 years ago
on the so-called Circassia’s voluntary accession to Russia.
The response is true and means the following:
- Circassians are occupied people,
- Our ... >> full
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New Russian Legislation Undermines Moscow’s Claims to Strengthen Country’s Unity
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posted by eagle on January, 2013 as Imperialism
New Russian Legislation Undermines Moscow’s Claims to Strengthen Country’s UnityPublication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 10 Issue: 6
January 14, 2013 04:11 PM
 Konstantin Romadanovky, head of the Russian migration agency (Source: Voice of Russia) On January 9, President Vladimir Putin proposed amendments to existing legislation that are widely seen as tightly restricting movement within the Russian Federation. The new amendments will apply to foreign migrant workers and Russian citizens alike. Russian citizens will have to register with the government within three months of moving to a new place. Observers see the new legislation as an attempt to revive one of the Soviet era’s hallmarks—the institution of the internal passport or "propiska.” The amendments introduce the concept of "fictitious registration,” mandating punishing tenants who rent living space without the intention of living there and the landlords who knowingly let it happen. Fictitious registration will be punishable by fines of up to the equivalent ... >> full
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Hostile Workshop against Circassians Held in Rostov
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posted by eagle on December, 2012 as Imperialism
Hostile Workshop against Circassians Held in Rostov Translated from Arabic by: Adel Bashqawi
25, December, 2012 
This article was published on 8th, of December, 2012 on "kavkazoved” Website known by its hostile orientations towards Circassians. A workshop was held in the city of Rostov on the "Circassian Question” with the participation of experts from each of Rostov, Moscow and St. Petersburg, Cherkessk, and Pyatigorsk, in the presence of a number of representatives of the media, educational institutions and social organizations. The meeting was held and organized by the Center for Information and Analysis for the Black Sea region and the Caspian Sea of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies; the theme of the meeting was the so-called "Circassian Question” which has become the subject of different speculations with the approach of the Olympic Games in Sochi. The meeting was initiated by the director of the Center of the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea ... >> full
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