Wie Putin eine Quelle des ethnischen Hasses in Russland erschlossen hat

Anna Nemtsova: “Far-right activists from Russia’s largest nationalist movement, Russkaya Obshchina, donned black camouflage and patrolled multiple cities last month hunting for ‘ethnic criminals.’ They raided dormitories, parks, and construction sites in search of migrants from Central Asia, nabbing six on November 24. On social media, the activists celebrated their ‘joint raid with law-enforcement officials,’ posting a video of themselves leading migrants in chains on their way to deportation. [https://theatln.tc/yXQEmTE3](https://theatln.tc/yXQEmTE3) 

“Russkaya Obshchina is working in concert with the Russian state to carry out a radical new campaign against immigrants. In August, President Vladimir Putin signed a bill allowing migrants to be expelled without a court decision. Three months later, he amended the criminal code, introducing draconian sentencing guidelines for ‘countering illegal migration.’ Deportations have skyrocketed. According to the Russian state news agency TASS, the government deported more than 60,000 immigrants this year as of November 1—twice more than in the first nine months of 2023. On November 8, the Russian interior ministry announced its decision to deport an additional 20,000 people.

“Perhaps more striking than the campaign itself is the well of ethnic hatred it seems to have tapped. In rallies this fall, thousands of far-right and ultranationalist activists marched through Russian cities in support of Putin’s policies. They have the blessing, too, of the powerful Russian Orthodox Church. 

“… How did radical nationalists so fully infiltrate Russia’s police and politics? Putin’s Kremlin has a long history of aiding far-right hate groups involved in violence against immigrants. In 2014, he effectively took over the nationalist agenda when he annexed Crimea and supported a militarized separatist movement in the Donbas. These maneuvers were meant to serve what Putin called the ‘Russian World’: anyone, he says, ‘who feels a spiritual connection with our Motherland, the bearers of Russian language, history, and culture.’

“… Russia’s nationalist movement has taken off amid rising immigration. The country has long attracted immigrants from the Central Asian countries that were once part of the Soviet Union. These populations are largely non-Slavic and include many Muslims. Last year, Russia registered the arrivals of more than 8.5 million migrant workers, including more than a million from Tajikistan. One advocate for migrants’ rights told me that at least a million migrants in Russia are undocumented.

“… The onslaught against migrants that the Russian nationalist movement has unleashed, in concert with the police, has become so virulent that even some of Putin’s erstwhile defenders can’t stomach it. Despite being a member of Russia’s military alliance, the government of Tajikistan recently called for its citizens to stop visiting Russia amid the roundups. The leader of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, slammed the Kremlin for its campaign of “persecution based on nationality or religion,” which he called a ‘messy inquisition of citizens of foreign countries.’ 

“Kadyrov is hardly a Kremlin critic. Back in 2010, he told me of Putin, ‘I love him very much, as a man can love a man.’ But there comes a time when enough is enough.”

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aren’t there two words for russian, one that has an ethnic connotation and one that doesn’t

would have been interesting if that artcile had specified which these groups were using

Seems to me that humans are full of hate and fear, and thats just how leaders manipulate their chumps.