{"id":14208,"date":"2023-04-16T19:30:50","date_gmt":"2023-04-16T17:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sciencespo.fr\/research\/cogito\/home\/?p=14208"},"modified":"2023-06-20T08:38:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T06:38:36","slug":"imperialism-revealed-in-the-war-russia-exposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sciencespo.fr\/research\/cogito\/home\/imperialism-revealed-in-the-war-russia-exposed\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Imperialism Revealed in the War. Russia Exposed"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0By Sabine Dullin<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The war in Ukraine has revealed the breadth and depth of Russian imperialism and colonialism. However, many analyses of the war still cling to the notion that Russia is innocent of imperialism. Isn\u2019t this about the Russian nation defending its existence as it did during the Great Patriotic War? Isn\u2019t Putin an unaligned leader fighting in Ukraine for the underdogs struggling against American imperialism? The facts are often blurred. However, the crude reality of a war that has thrust the Ukrainian nation onto the international political stage and revealed a brutal rejection of its decolonisation is not lost on the political elites of the non-Russian nations within the Russian Federation and around it. The war has surfaced the colonial and imperial character of Russia and perhaps given rise to decolonisation demands.<\/p>\n

A War That Has Awakened Ethnic Minorities<\/h3>\n
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Instragram – Indigenous peoples of Russia against the war (based in London, UK). – Screenshot – 17-02-2023<\/p><\/div>\n

In October 2022, various indigenous movements representing minorities in the Russian Federation addressed the United Nations to denounce the war waged in Ukraine and ask for protection and aid for those fleeing the mobilisation(1)<\/sup><\/a>An Appeal from Representatives of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) <\/a><\/span><\/span>