"Timoshkina felt it important to “de-colonise” the language and culture that had for so many years, blanketed everything as #Russian when foods in question may come from #Ukraine or other #Slavic countries.

“I simply cannot bring myself to celebrate the #culinary culture of the country (despite having been born there) that has launched an atrocious war in the heart of Eastern #Europe, in Ukraine.”

Having done her research, the provenance of her #recipes are carefully clarified to credit the countries and ethnic groups from which they originate. These include not only the #Ashkenazi #Jews of her heritage but also indigenous populations including the Volga #Tartars and the #Udmurts."

https://www.thejc.com/life/food/meet-the-recipe-writer-de-colonising-russian-food-and-hopelessly-obsessed-with-tzimmes-u2tch30w

Meet the recipe writer de-colonising Russian food – and hopelessly obsessed with tzimmes

Alissa Timoshkina talks to Victoria Prever about Kapusta, her veg-centric Eastern European cookbook

The Jewish Chronicle

The #Russian Armed Forces were instructed to capture #Avdiivka and #Kupyansk before the presidential elections, — #ISW.

This should strengthen #Putin's successful election campaign. The occupiers are now replenishing their manpower with the #Udmurts, the #Finno_Hungarian people who live in #Udmurtia and neighbouring regions of #Russia.

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#ukraine #putinisamasskiller #putinisawarcriminal @kardinal691

@Kenneygeorge @toomas_ilves The very fact that every time we read about "#russians" (in the press or on social media) we have to internally translate it into "all people with russian citizenship, including #Tatars, #Udmurts, #Buryats, #Chechens, #Khakass - you name it" - his very fact is a confirmation of the fact that the English-language narrative of #russia is completely shaped by the russian imperial mythos. The one they hoped to make self-prophetic, but that doesn't have to be!