Hakki
- -I doubt this, since they still vote in right wing parties.....
Alexandre Fenelon ------------------ Some do, some don't. Certainly fewer than in the past. (The victory of the CP in Moldova is a case in point. Most of these groups have thoroughly discredited themselves. I mean, who the fuck in Ukraine likes Leonid Kuchma? You can only run on an "I don't like Russia, so vote for me, even if I can't offer you jack shit other than occasional frissons of ethnic pride" platform for so long.) Though it does show to what extent nationalistic fervor can overcome common sense.
I would say the region in the CIS where nationalist extremism is still a real problem is Central Asia, where it mixes in with religious self-identification, like in Uzbekistan and Chechnya.
Chris Doss The Russia Journal