Tim MakSep 25, 2024

Good morning to readers; #Kyiv remains in #Ukraine’s hands.

#Russia is made up of numerous nations whose demands for self-determination cannot be heard.

Some, like Aset Sabb, believe Russian expansionism & war will never end until the empire is broken up into its component parts.

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#Russia has long been a prison of nations, using force to suppress unique nationalities and cultures.
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Nowadays, #Russia consists of 21 national republics and almost 200 ethnic groups, each with its own distinct cultures. The majority of these populations have been subject to attempts to systematically assimilate them. Independent movements are suppressed before they can gain momentum.
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Many #Ukrainians – and independence activists fighting for freedom – believe that the #Russian empire will continue its violent expansionism unless it breaks up into its component national parts, when all its cultures and peoples are given self-determination.
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The Chechens became the first victims of Russia’s imperial violence in the history of modern #Russia. Few understand this better than Aset Sabb, whose people have struggled for freedom from Russia for generations.
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She was just three years old in 1994 when Russian forces invaded her homeland, the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. At the time, the Chechens tried to declare independence after the collapse of the #Soviet Union. But #Russia refused to grant it.
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The newly-proclaimed republic soon found itself under an economic and transportation blockade since #Moscow did not want to lose power over Ichkeria (commonly known as Chechnya, but this name is used by the #Russians to cement its status as part of the Russian Federation).
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Unlike other former empires, #Russia has failed to decolonize. It is still a classic empire, continuing the extraction of resources to finance the conquest of new lands.
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As long as #Russia exists in its current form as a vast empire, it will not abandon its policy of expanding the ‘Russian world.’

Even if #Ukraine wins the war, if the Russian empire does not disintegrate, new aggression against Ukraine and other countries is inevitable.

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Imagining the Russian empire's collapse

The Russian empire is made up of many nations, forced under authoritarianism to exist under a single state. Some Ukrainians believe Ukraine won't be safe until Russia's empire is broken apart.

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@timkmak and you’ll get dozens nuclear states at once, great plan, dude
Sep 25, 2024 at 4:31pmWeb