(Paul Globe – The Jamestown Foundation) Russian President Vladimir Putin’s increasing appeals to Russian ethno-nationalism—which he has employed to sustain support as Moscow enters the fifth year of its war against Ukraine—are alienating non-Russians domestically and across the former Soviet space. Putin’s repression has decreased the visibility of non-Russian alienation within Russia, but has not reduced it. Internationally, his war against Ukraine and bullying of other former Soviet republics have intensified anti-Moscow sentiments and led other countries in the region to distance themselves from Russia. There are some signs that Putin is learning that appealing only to the largest nationality within an empire has limited utility, but his moves away from this strategy have so far been ineffective.
Kremlin’s Russian Nationalism Alienating Non-Russians at Home and Abroad – Jamestown
