The “Russian Minority in Donbas” and the History of the Majority

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Much is made of the “Russian minority” in Donbas. But a closer look at the complex lives of people and forces at play in the region—in the Soviet period and since—makes clear just how much this concept obscures. Larisa called me in April 2014 from her home city of Makiivka near Donetsk. Terrified by the More

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This content originally appeared on CounterPunch.org and was authored by Yulia Abibok.

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