Tag: Autonomous Republics

Moscow Urged to Draw Federal Districts without Regard to Existing Political Borders

May 24, 2014

Window on Eurasia

Staunton, May 23 – A suggestion by Russian businessman Mikhail Prokhorov that “federal districts should not necessarily coincide with the borders of Russian regions” appears to be gaining traction in Moscow, the latest in a long line of proposals dating at least to Khrushchev’s time to weaken Russia’s oblasts, krays, and republics. According to Prokhorov, […]

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Putin Says Cultural Unity, Not Passport Nationality, is What Matters

April 24, 2014

Window on Eurasia

Staunton, April 24 – In a comment that many non-Russians in the Russian Federation are certain to see as a threat to the existence of their groups and some Russians may view as a danger to Russian-ness as well, Vladimir Putin said yesterday that “it is not so important what is written in the ‘nationality’ […]

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