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Ethnic minorities in Russia are campaigning for the breakup of the country (theworld.org)

submitted 2 years ago by alyaza@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] Gork@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago

Hmm not surprising considering Russia has been drafting ethnic minorities for their war instead of pulling from Moscow and St. Petersburg. As such, they've been taking a considerable number of losses for a war they didn't even want, and of whom losses Putin sees as expendable.