News that four of the suspects in the Moscow terror attacks are Tajik will likely result in further demonization against people already facing poverty and discrimination, despite a glorious history.
- Visiting Fellow, Australian National University
- Professor of Religions and Cultures, Concordia University
Les auteurs de l’attentat de Moscou seraient originaires du Tadjikistan. Le pays, le plus pauvre de l’ex-URSS, connaît un régime répressif et corrompu, où l’islamisme radical fait son nid.
The Russian state, in tandem with the Russian Orthodox Church, is using LGBTQ+ rights as a red-button issue to win support for its criminal war campaign in Ukraine.
Russians crossing land borders into Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Georgia to avoid being drafted into the Ukraine war are experiencing very different receptions.
L’État sécuritaire militarisé de Poutine s’est développé depuis 2004 au détriment des services sociaux et du niveau de vie des Russes.
Putin’s militarized security state has been growing since 2004 at the expense of social services and living standards for Russians.
International recognition of South Ossetia would allow for increased economic, political and cultural contacts with the outside world and prevent the country from being integrated into Russia.
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