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Jul 3 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Not quite. Mau put his signature under a letter in support of this war. May be hesitantly, but he still did it. Regarding @navalny, I am honestly impressed by how much effort international media invest into whitewashing him and his clique
@Navalny and his circle share the same imperialist agenda as Putin. Except they are far more consistent Russian ethnonationalists. As a Tatar I find this clique taking power as one of the worst conceivable scenarios of the Russian future. Same for Khodorkovsky @mbk_center
Much of the grudging acceptance of Putin by minorities is motivated by the fear of "liberals" (=consistent Russian ethnonationalists) taking power. Supporting regime change with Navalny taking the throne of Putin is utterly absurd from my perspective
While I participated in protests in Moscow, deep inside I found it problematic even back then. Yes, I want Putin to go. No, I am absolutely against @navalny taking his place. Actually I'm against anyone taking Putin's place. Changing "bad" Tsar for a "good" Tsar is not a solution

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Jul 4
He assimilated. He bears Russian name and gave Russian names to his children. He's baptised. Russian masses would considered as almost Russian. His Chinese-style palace or books portraying him as Subaday would hurt his Russified image though. But may be this is exactly his plan
If Shoygu looked too Russian he could be seen as a potential successor, thus risking a conflict with Putin. Perhaps it's more rational to play "Asian" card in order *not* to be seen as a heir

NB: Shoygu remained in government under all Presidents and PMs since 1991. He's cunning
Shoygu never objected to interest groups. He always courted the media. Once journalists who came to Chechnya from Moscow to broadcast his accomplishments lost in the mountains, got scared and wanted to leave. So he drove after them, knelt before them and asked for forgiveness
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Jul 4
Great question. My answer:

1. Ethnic republics are super vulnerable. Moscow is much more likely to unhinge violence on them, than on Russian Oblasts. And nobody gonna step up

2. From the minority perspective you must be absolutely cracked to help "liberals" to get into power
Btw Melekhin's tweet perfectly illustrated position of ethnic republics in Russian federation. You know that the Kremlin will do with you whatever they want at the slightest disobedience. And let's be honest: you won't get help from anywhere and nobody gonna step up for you Image
Objecting to Kremlin or not drawing the fake election results it demands is a massive risk. Because the moment Kremlin wants, they'll break you with the Moscow liberal establishment cheering. Moscow liberals are as imperialist as Putin, just with an additional dose of racism
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Jul 4
That's a racist lie. It's also an important lie that helps to understand the worldview of Russian "liberals". In the Russian discourse and especially in the "liberal" discourse everything negative or evil always come from Asia. It's an axiom that requires no proof or evidence
Consider the following. Clueless people like parroting the idea about Russian despotism inherited from the Tatar Khanates. Ok. Let's assume this may be true. Then the question about the political & legal culture of the said Khanates should take central place in that discussion
The argument about the Russian absolutist practices being borrowed from the Tatar Khanates, depends on a question of how did those Khanates look like? Politics, law, institutions. Notice that this question strangely misses from the discussion. Because the entire argument is a lie
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Jul 4
Yes, ofc. Many Western policy makers would like Russia to turn on China. In reality it's more likely to turn against its own Muslims:

1. @navalny and the bulk of "liberals" view Muslims as a problem
2. In the modern world Muslims are the most acceptable target for violence
Muslims here should be read as "ethnic" rather than practicing Muslims. It's not so much about whether you go to mosque or not, but whether you identify with a historically Islamic/Islamicate ethnicity or culture. That's what makes you a problem in their eyes
Let me get this straight, @navalny team consider other minorities as inferiors, too. Like Buryats, for example. Still, I don't think they're gonna actively target them. They don't really hate Buryats or Yakuts. With Muslims it's completely different
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Jul 4
No. Once the war is over hundreds of thousands of veterans gonna return to Russia. Previously most of them expected 20-30 thousand per month as a private. Now they are used to 200-300 thousand per month salaries. I expect them to be a major factor of the Russian civil war
Judging from my sources, regular police is unenthusiastic about the war. They know that all those Rambos returning from Ukraine gonna be their headache for many years to come. They will not just create more work for police doing crimes, but will be dangerous for police themselves
Afghan veterans were a major factor in the rise of the banditry in the late USSR - early Russia. Now it will be worse. Let's be honest, few Russian soliders really perceived Afghans as humans like themselves. They could rape and murder, but they did it on the perceived half-apes
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Jul 3
Correct. But it lacks the context. On the same day, June 30 the Donetsk People's Republic ruler Pushilin signed the order № 338 prohibiting the free entrance of humanitarian aid from Russia to the DPR. NB: Much (most?) of this aid was not really humanitarian, but army supplies🧵
DPR introduced the "accreditation" of humanitarian aid. Previously Russian citizens could purchase in Russia whatever and ship it to the DPR as "humanitarian aid". That was a legal way to supply the pro-Russian militias in Ukraine with arms/equipment by individual contributions Image
Now the DPR introduced the accreditation so shipping there anything gonna be harder. Besides, the order № 338 prohibits importing:

1. guns & ammo
2. lots of modern radio sets
3. quadcopter (technically)

to DPR from Russia as "humanitarian aid" for pro-Russian militias ImageImageImage
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