Non-Russian Languages Being Pushed Out of Schools in Five Middle Volga Republics

New Study Says

Since the adoption of a Russian law making the study of non-Russian languages in the republics voluntary, 7×7 blogger Nail Gyylman says on the basis of a new study, the authorities have used various means to reduce the opportunities pupils have to study them.

Now ‘a National Republic in Name Only’

Shows Where Putin is Heading, Theater Director Says

Many people assume that the situation with non-Russian languages in the non-Russian republics was just fine before Vladimir Putin began his campaign to make the study of non-Russian languages there voluntary while insisting that the study of Russian be compulsory.

Moscow will Destroy Russia by Copying Soviet Nationality Policy, Middle Volga Peoples Say

The draft program for Russia’s future nationality policy prepared by the Moscow Institute of Ethnology calls for “the systematic destruction of the federal and democratic foundations” of the Russian Federation and contains elements from Soviet practice that could lead to “the disintegration of the country,” Middle Volga activists say.