By sending disproportionately high numbers of representatives of ethnic minorities to the war in Ukraine, Russia is clearly making use of the country’s most vulnerable and discriminated against peoples. Following decades of suppression in terms of these minorities’ cultural identity, the Kremlin proceeds with physical extermination.
Learn how the Kremlin uses the full-scale war against Ukraine as an excuse for ethnic cleansing, including:
- republics and peoples most affected by mobilization;
- aggressive way and selectiveness of conscription;
- reasons the Kremlin targets ethnic minorities.