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This article as superficial as it gets. Siberian separatists are as real as Texas ones. Yes, both regions have their unique cultural identity and certain amoun
by fuoqi 6y ago
This article as superficial as it gets.
Siberian separatists are as real as Texas ones. Yes, both regions have their unique cultural identity and certain amount of distrust towards federal government, but both will not gain independence without some cataclysmic event destroying the respective countries as we know them.
Also compared to Tatarstan, "Siberian separatism" is a complete joke. During the "parade of sovereignties" Tatarstan has declared its independence and it got supported in 92s referendum [0]. For various reasons it was not true independence in the end, but even today Tatar elites are quite strong and have a certain degree of independence from the Moscow government.
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Tatarstani_sovereignty_referendum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Tatarstani_sovereignty_re...
- wGeF7H8Z59y985y 6y ago> Siberian separatists are as real as Texas ones. Having grown up in Moscow, I’ve never heard of those Siberian separatists. However, in my almost two decades in the US I haven’t gone a year without Texan separatism becoming a topic in my social circle. This observation is made without controlling for my age or current political climate, so a hunk of rock salt is in order.