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Diclotican

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8. newthinking
Sun May 4, 2014, 06:25 PM
May 2014

newthinking

It might be "bigotry" but the facts remain - the russian government have not exactly going over the top, protecting minorities that be in the form of the Soviet Union - or the Russian Federation - even though both USSR and the Russian Federation om paper is protecting minorities rather well - and that most minorities in Russia have many rights - to be protected against unlawfully hatered...

But then again - it is difficult times in Russia - and the Crimera have made things worse than it might have to be - mostly because the new administration of the area, have a whole different aspect to its governing, that ordinary russians who live there, and is friends with them - and who might fear as everyone else do - what the new administration want to do later on... But to be honest - it doesn't look to good at all when you look at the surface of things - and the Tartars have a rather brutal experience with Russian governments - that be local or central... Going back at least to the time when Peter the great was building his fledging Navy in the Azov Sea...

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surprise there Duckhunter935 May 2014 #1
Well yeah, but...Trail of Tears. NuclearDem May 2014 #2
Bosonic Diclotican May 2014 #3
That area of Crimea is predominantly "Russian". So "Russians" have treated them well since the USSR newthinking May 2014 #5
newthinking Diclotican May 2014 #8
I agree it is very complex newthinking May 2014 #9
newthinking Diclotican May 2014 #11
Yeah, since 1944. OilemFirchen May 2014 #10
The Tatars were a minority of less than 20% in the Crimea before Stalins deportations. independentpiney May 2014 #12
A cite would be useful. OilemFirchen May 2014 #13
http://www.iccrimea.org/scholarly/jopohl.html independentpiney May 2014 #15
One quarter does not a minority make. OilemFirchen May 2014 #18
A large minority is still a minority nt independentpiney May 2014 #21
Not demographically. OilemFirchen May 2014 #22
And the ancestors of the Tatars wiped Greece and Kyiv rus from the areas before them newthinking May 2014 #16
And Hulk Hogan was a girl before his gonads dropped. OilemFirchen May 2014 #19
Yes, SINCE the USSR. (nt) PosterChild May 2014 #14
In the interim, a mandatory yellow star would help with identification. (n/t) OilemFirchen May 2014 #4
I would not be so quick to pass it off as not so complex. There was more going on newthinking May 2014 #6
Prosecutors Warn Crimean Tatars Over 'Extremism' Amid Protests Bosonic May 2014 #7
Some reports go even further. Igel May 2014 #17
So, they don't believe in secular leadership. They are only interested in their religious one. n/t freshwest May 2014 #20
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