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Sep 22 • 10 tweets • 6 min read
Yesterday, Putin announced partial mobilisation of his population to fight in #Ukraine. In this thread, I'll be collecting all the Twitter proof that points to the disproportionate mobilisation of indigenous populations colonised by #russia, which is racist & colonial AF🧵
Let's kick off with this viral video from #Dagestan, located in North Caucasus and colonised by russia. Indigenous populations being sent to their death thanks to #RussianColonialism, again.
And straight to #Buryatia, where male students are taken straight out of classes. This indigenous nation tried to leave #RussianColonialism in 20th c. but russians came and slaughtered tens of thousands of people (source on this always @maksymeristavi.)
Okay so who's next. It's #Yakutsk, in east Siberia, capital of Sakha Republic home to many indigenous peoples – Sakha, Evenks, Yukaghir. Colonised by #russia in the early-mid 17th century. Tried to leave many times. Now sent to death.
And of course #Chechnya. As @maksymeristavi writes in his thread "Chechnya tried to leave the empire in 2000. A war crime of horrific scale, but the rest of the world was like ‘meh’, so moscow continued." Today russia is drafting Chechen men to die.
And crucially, this tweet by @hariad_uyanga.
Adding one more on cannon fodder from @b_nishanov. Here you go.
The proof just keeps rolling it. Let's add #Tatarstan to our list of proof that russia is colonial and racist. Tatarstan also tried to leave #RussianColonialism multiple times, but now being sent to die in Ukraine.
I really didn’t want to add this to the thread because Crimea is Ukraine and not russia, and I still can’t believe that these fuckers are drafting our people. But I think I have to because 80% of people drafted by fascist russia in Crimea are Crimean Tatars. Racist and colonial.
Adding Kabardino-Balkaria, located in North Caucasus. Writing this thread reminded me just how many peoples russia colonised over the centuries. Now it’s sending them to die.

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Sep 22
I write tweets for a living since 2014, so let me write something that I am yet to see from a single russian liberal opposition leader, that I'm happy for them to just take & post instead of: “Visas, sanctions, mobilisation, angry unhelpful Ukrainians” See next tweet.
“Dear Ukrainians, we accept full collective responsibility for this war of atrocities unleashed by our country on your people. We could have done more & we didn’t. We acknowledge the source of suffering of millions of people in region: Russia’s colonial & imperial domination…
Nothing we do now will be enough. But we will do all we can to support Ukraine, and where possible use our resources to uplift Ukrainian and other voices of people who have suffered at the hands of our country. We will stay in the background because right now it’s not about us…
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Why ✨ EVERYONE ✨ needs to stop romanticising the Soviet Union, according to someone who lived during the Soviet Union - my Ukrainian grandmother.
“Born during the Soviet period, we grew up with the belief that everything which existed before the revolution was bad, or it was almost as if it did not exist.”
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May 29
On Ovsiannikova & Havel Dissent Award: I try to avoid historic comparisons but in this case I want to compare 2 strongest propaganda machines of all times. Would you give a prize to someone who worked closely with Goebbels for years & then all of a sudden changed their mind?
I’m unsure. It seems to me that if her intentions were genuine, and she truly accepted collective and personal responsibility for what Russia is doing in Ukraine, which someone like her really should - she would not accept any prize for anything.
And Western people protecting her on the internet and in real life - this just really shows your discomfort with dismantling years of Russophilia. Your fixation on finding “good Russians” is mind boggling to me.
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Apr 28
Russian colonialism in action right now in 2022 in occupied #Ukraine. Yes, it's happening right now. Russian colonialism is not just a thing of the past. Today, Russia is engaging in colonial practices in occupied Ukraine. Here's what's been happening👇
These not just random things that have been happening. These are coordinated practices that Russia has been using to acquire full political & economic control by occuping & then exploiting Ukraine. They are imposing their language, economics and other cultural practices.
1) Russia is forcibly deporting Ukrainians to Russia. theguardian.com/world/2022/apr…
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Apr 8
Right now is a gr8 time to remind everyone of advice @snazzyazzy wrote & issue @seyiakiwowo has been working on: violence & abuse against women online. Many Ukrainian women have gone viral in last month, but vitriol has been just as viral. Here's what one can do to stay safe👇
1. Identify abuse: Online violence and abuse has become a far too common experience. And women suffer most. Our online poll found that 23 per cent of women across eight countries had experienced online abuse or harassment on social media platforms.
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Apr 8
Why is Putin making such risky choices in Ukraine even though it’s bringing him seemingly very little utility maximization? We can say he’s lost it & is pure evil, but I’m going to turn to Prospect Theory—theory of behavioral economics by Kahneman—to try to make it make sense 🧵
From annexing Crimea, to invading Donbass & now this in Ukraine, Putin has chosen to pursue risk-acceptant choices even though none of it has led to any expected utility maximization - massive army losses, internal rising dissent, harsh economic sanctions, country’s isolation.
And what’s important - post-Soviet states, with the exception of a few, have turned extremely hostile to Russia. So hostile that things will never go back to how they ever were.
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