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2024-04-27 13:40:38 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: CEC163D767E1C1DA2B5477334463AE924CD393A6C6A6319B945454F64B60A562
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For context, Russia disproportionately sends ethnic minorities to the front – thus sparing its ethnically Russian citizens, whose lives are worth more in the eyes of the regime. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/02/24/2-years-into-ukraine-war-russias-ethnic-minorities-disproportionately-killed-in-battle-a84170 https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/09/23/russia-partial-military-mobilization-ethnic-minorities/ https://georgetownsecuritystudiesreview.org/2023/10/25/mobilized-forgotten-ignored-russias-control-mechanisms-of-its-minority-populations-amid-the-russo-ukrainian-war/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-mobilization-ethnic-minorities-buryat-1.6605501 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/russias-ethnic-minorities-disproportionately-conscripted-to-fight-the-war-in-ukraine
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