Military-political cooperation of the former Soviet republics during the collapse of the USSR and the formation of the CIS (based on materials of the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation)

2019 ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Fatima Malkhozova
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Supreme Council ◽  
Political Cooperation ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Former Soviet Republics

scholarly journals A Diaspora in Diaspora? Russian Returnees Confront the “Homeland”

Refuge ◽  
2006 ◽  
pp. 55-67
Author(s):  
Hilary Pilkington ◽  
Moya Flynn
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Diasporic Identity ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Independent States ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Central Pillar ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Newly Independent States ◽  
Former Soviet Republics

The term “Russian diaspora” is used to refer to the twenty-five million ethnic Russians who in 1991 found themselves politically displaced beyond the borders of the Russian Federation and resident within newly independent states. This paper firstly reviews the problematic “classification” of these communities as a “diaspora.” More specifically, by drawing on narratives of “home” and “homeland” among those Russians “forced” to return to the Russian Federation since 1991, it focuses on a central pillar of diasporic identity: the relationship to “homeland.” By exploring the everyday interactions with and articulated narratives of Russia on “return,” the paper argues that it is upon confrontation with “the homeland” that Russian returnees develop a sense of “otherness” from local Russian residents and a connection with other “returning Russians.” The question is raised as to whether, rather than “coming home,” Russians returning from the other former Soviet republics become a “diaspora in diaspora"?

scholarly journals BIBLİOGRAPHİC REVİEW ABOUT TURKİCNESS AND TURKİSM

2021 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vecihi Sefa Fuat Hekimoğlu ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
State Archives ◽  
Independence Movements ◽  
Former Soviet Republics ◽  
The Ideal

In this article briefly provides bibliographic information about the historical development of Turkicness and the Turkism movement.Before proceeding to the information about the studies and authors,who written on the topic, the process of formation of the concepts of Turkishness and Turkism is described.It has been stated that the Turkism movement in the Ottomans was influenced by Western orientalists.Information was given about the books in which Turkists such as Ziya Gökalp and Yusuf Akçura expressed their views.Finally, studies giving information about the Turkestan independence struggle were introduced. More studies are needed on the subject in libraries and archives of Turkey and the world. The archives of the Russian Federation and former Soviet republics are among the most important resource centers on the national independence movements of the Turks under Russian rule and the development of the ideal of Turkish unity. For example, in funds numbered 1, I-1, 1010 and I-47 in the Uzbekistan State Archives, there are very important documents about the activities carried out by the Turkestan Turks for their national independence and the measures taken by the competent Russian authorities against them. Among these documents, there are many reports prepared by the Russian administrators and the papers they presented. There is very important information about the position of Islam in Turkestan, the struggle of the people of Turkestan against Russian rule, the work of Tatar teachers in the Cedit schools and the measures taken by the administration of tsarist Russia against the Jadit schools and Tatar teachers.

Anti-Muslim Fear Narrative and the Ban on Said Nursi's Works as “Extremist Literature” in Russia

Slavic Review ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-50
Author(s):  
Mustafa Tuna
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
The Past ◽  
Russian State ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Said Nursi ◽  
Former Soviet Republics ◽  
Soviet Model

This article analyzes the causes and consequences of Islamophobia in the Russian Federation following the story of the Russian ban on the works of a scholar of Islam from Turkey, Bediuzzaman Said Nursi (1878–1960), despite the overall positive reception of his ideas and followers by Russia's Muslims. It positions Russia's existing domestic anti-Muslim prejudices, which evolved in the contexts of the Chechen conflict and the influx of migrant workers from culturally Muslim former Soviet republics to cosmopolitan Russian cities, against the background of the post-9/11 global fear narrative about Muslims. These Islamophobic attitudes in turn informed and justified anti-Muslim policies in Russia, as the Russian state, following broader trends of centralization and illiberalization in the country, abandoned the pluralist policies toward religion of the early post-Soviet years and reverted to the late-Soviet model of regulation and containment in the past two decades.

scholarly journals The Importance of Notaries for the Legal System of Society

Lex Russica ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 9-15
Author(s):  
K. A. Korsik
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Remote Access ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Late 20Th Century ◽  
Adaptive Capabilities ◽  
Supreme Council ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Machine Readable

The paper analyzes the position of the notarial system as an independent element of the legal system of Russian society. The author examines the conditions under which the legal foundations of the modern notary model were formed, as well as the factors contributing to the development of this model. The content and target orientation of notary functions in relation to the legal system of the society are revealed. For example, transformations that occurred in Russia in the late 20th century, reveal the possibilities of notaries, the opposing processes and phenomena that disrupt the legal system of society. In the context of the study, the author also addresses the regulatory capabilities of notaries, which contribute to the preservation of the legal system of society. The paper reveals the adaptive capabilities of the notarial system in the conditions of changing legal space and unfavorable sanitary and epidemiological situation. At the same time, the paper focuses on the mechanisms allowing for the notary to ensure the stability of civil turnover, contributing to the establishment of the rule of law. The paper considers legislation on notaries aimed at expanding opportunities for citizens and businesses by adding new rules to the fundamentals of the legislation of the Russian Federation on notaries, adopted by the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation on 11 February 1993 № 4462-1 (as amended December 30, 2020). In particular, there are possibilities of remote access to a notary for performing notarial actions, remote certification of transactions involving two or more notaries, acceptance by a notary for safe storage of electronic documents of participants in civil turnover, placement of machine-readable markings (QR-code) on a paper document, identification of the applicant by a notary through biometrics in notary offices. It is concluded that there is a high importance of the notarial institution and its functions for the legal system of society.

scholarly journals Domestic and International Causes of Russian Military Intervention in Ukraine

2021 ◽  
pp. 45-59
Author(s):  
Michał Romańczuk
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Military Intervention ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Dominant Position ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
External Causes ◽  
Russian Military ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
Former Soviet Republics

The collapse of the Cold War order led to a change in the geopolitical environment of the Russian Federation. The declarations of independence of the former Soviet republics and the emergence of the post-Soviet area had weakened the country’s position. As a result, the Russian Federation has been perceiving this new area as a zone of its ‘vital interests’, and attaining and maintaining dominant position in those territories has been considered crucial for the state’s security, its strength and position on the international arena. Russia has been pursuing its goals in the area through numerous reintegration attempts on political, military and economic levels. To achieve the main political goal, which is the control over the post-Soviet area, the Russian Federation has been also using military instruments. The focal point and purpose of this article is to show the internal and external causes of military intervention of the Russian Federation in eastern Ukraine.

scholarly journals Perception of Emotions and Cultural Distance Among International Students in Russia

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 194-201
Author(s):  
Sonia A. Berrios Callejas
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
International Education ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Cultural Distance ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Russian Culture ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Former Ussr ◽  
Former Soviet Republics

The accurate perception of culture-specific emotions of the people living in the host country, may be the most significant, and yet the most underestimated challenge for the international students in the process of adjusting to a new culture. The latest report of the Institute of International Education (IIE) about Russia, confirmed that, in the year 2020, around 353,000 international students are currently studying in the Russian Federation. The studies of van de Vijver in 2007 and 2009 have confirmed that the foreign students from former Soviet republics or former USSR countries (students from post-soviet states, not including Russia: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan) have lower degrees of perceived cultural distance with Russian culture, this can be explained by the fact that the students from former Soviet republics can speak Russian language fluently, and share religion and traditions with Russian culture. Consequently, the group of students from former USSR countries adapt better to Russia in comparation to the rest of international students. The results of our study in 2020, revealed that the perception of Russian culture-specific emotions among international students studying in the Russian Federation, is significantly predicted by the similarity between the culture of the international students living in Russia and the culture of Russian society. Moreover, our study confirmed that the group of students from former Soviet republics, or former USSR countries, perceived more similarities with Russian national culture; therefore, this result is consistent with the findings of the aforementioned studies of van de Vijver in 2007 and 2009. Thus, we can consider that the accurate recognition of Russian culture-specific emotions and the perceived similarities to Russian cultural standards, may be very significant for the international students studying in the Russian Federation, especially for their process of adjusting to Russian culture. Nevertheless, further research on this topic is needed.

scholarly journals Modeling inflation uncertainty in transition economies: The case of Russia and the former Soviet Republics

2008 ◽  
Vol 53 (178-179) ◽  
pp. 44-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serkan Erkam ◽  
Tarkan Cavusoglu
Keyword(s):  
Transition Economies ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Transitional Economies ◽  
Kyrgyz Republic ◽  
Modeling Framework ◽  
Inflation Uncertainty ◽  
Large Sample ◽  
Stabilization Policies ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Former Soviet Republics

This study investigates the linkage between inflation and inflation uncertainty in seven transitional economies (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation and the Ukraine) which experienced hyper-inflation until the mid-1990s. This linkage is investigated in the ARCH modeling framework by using both conventional Granger noncausality testing and the Holmes-Hutton approach, which has significant small- and large-sample power advantages over the former. The results support the Friedman- Ball hypothesis in Azerbaijan, the Russian Federation and the Ukraine. The Cukierman-Meltzer hypothesis is favored in the Kyrgyz Republic and in the Russian Federation using a different model. In Azerbaijan, greater inflation uncertainty preceded lower rates of inflation, indicative of the strong monetary stabilization policies pursued in this economy.

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