Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Mongolia TV Broadcasts to Buryatia and Tuva

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By Paul Goble Ulaanbaatar has launched television programming directed at the Buryats, with whom the Mongols are closely related ling...
Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Cossacks’ Contradictory Demands Suggest Kremlin Meddling

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By Valery Dzutsev On November 18, an association of southern Russia’s Cossacks issued a strongly worded address to the Russian leader...
Monday, November 25, 2013

Russia’s Cossacks Increasingly Diverse, Numerous and Important

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By Paul Goble With each passing month, the number and diversity of Russia’s Cossack community become greater, with both aspects incre...
Thursday, November 21, 2013

Russians, Tatars and Chuvash Share Considerable ‘Psychological Similarity’

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By Paul Goble A survey conducted by scholars at the Naberezhny Chelny Institute for Social-Pedagogical Technologies and Resources fou...
Wednesday, November 20, 2013

A Possible Third Way for Ukraine: No EU Association Agreement and No Customs Union

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By Fuad Chiragov The majority of experts think that only two options exist for Ukraine: either an Association Agreement with the Euro...
Friday, November 15, 2013

Shifting Ethnic Balance in Sakha Sparks Russian Fears and Anger

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By Paul Goble In recent months, most discussions about the rise of xenophobia among ethnic Russians have focused on the impact of the...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Few Azerbaijanis Distinguish Between Sunni and Shia Islam

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By Paul Goble In most Islamic countries where there is a significant Shia population, Muslims are deeply concerned about tensions bet...