[Cronos]

Putin is bad for Russia

[Cronos]

Bashkir nationalists in Russia who won their spurs in successful protests against the exploitation of the Kushtau chalk deposit have announced the formation of an armed resistance movement to oppose what they say is “not our war” by firebombing military centers and the offices of political parties and to pursue state independence for Bashkortostan.

The Bashkirs (Bashkir: Башҡорттар, romanized: Bashqorttar, IPA: [bɑʃqortˈtɑr]; Russian: Башкиры, pronounced [bɐʂˈkʲirɨ]) are a Kipchak Turkic ethnic group, indigenous to Russia. They are concentrated in Bashkortostan, a republic of the Russian Federation and in the broader historical region of Badzhgard, which spans both sides of the Ural Mountains, where Eastern Europe meets North Asia

[Nifster]

Ah too bad. Putin’s reign may destroy the federation

[Glad2bnuts]

It sounds an awful lot like American and European media (propaganda) is getting through. NEVER trust the commies, and THEY B US now.

[tlozo]

Russia’s breaking point: Putin pushes restive regions to the brink

More Russian woes-Population loss.

‘For First Time in 50 Years,’ Immigration No Longer Compensating for Russia’s Internal Population Decline

Staunton, Oct. 24 – During the first half of this year, the population of Russia “for the first time in half a century” fell not only because of more deaths than births but because more people left the country than entered it, something that reflected the war in Ukraine and has consequences not only for the country as a whole but for many of its regions as well.

During this period, there were 97,000 more departures than arrivals, far too few to compensate for the excess of deaths over births which amounted to 384,000. As a result and in contrast to recent decades, the population fell by almost half a million, Yevgeny Chernyshev of the Nakanune news agency says (nakanune.ru/articles/119735/).

https://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2022/10/for-first-time-in-50-years-immigration.html

[Reily]

The actual numbers of Russians (Slavs) that make up Russia is not as large as you think. You get past the Urals those are Central Asian people. Who probably have little interest in the quarrels of t4he Slavs.

[Rockingham]

As an autocrat, Putin's interests, and those of the ruling elite that support him, inherently amount to little more than money and power for themselves and their families. That puts them at odds with the interests of Russia and its people in peace, security, prosperity, and the rule of law in a well-ordered society.