5 reasons why Russia will not be able to absorb Belarus

“What should be taken as an example is the preservation and strengthening of national identity.

In this respect, Jews have very extensive experience and major achievements.

Both in preserving and restoring identity, cultural heritage, and language.

And, to a significant extent, this is something Belarus can learn from all other peoples who do not have statehood,” Andrei Kazakevich is convinced.

In Europe, the best-known peoples without a state are the Basques at the junction of France and Spain, as well as the Catalans, who are trying to separate because they believe they lose economically within the Spanish state.

But the peoples within the Russian Federation live in very different ways.

There is Chechnya or Dagestan, which receive state subsidies from Moscow, where the population is growing and native languages are heard…
And there are Finno-Ugric peoples, of whom soon only memory may remain.
“The Merya, Karelians, Vods, Komi, many of them have already switched to Russian.

In a few generations, these languages may cease to exist.

Some have already effectively disappeared, such as Izhorian or Vepsian,” Andrei Kazakevich lists.

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