RACISM IN RUSSIA AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE CAUCASIAN REGION AND PEOPLES

Year 2019, , 97 - 121, 31.01.2019

Can Kakışım

https://doi.org/10.30626/tesamakademi.528002

Cited By: 2

Abstract

Nowadays, Russia is one of those countries which crucially suffer

from the racist sentiments and movements. In this country, radical

right has an extensive social base and both ruling party and some

other political entities can put forward examples of extreme

nationalism. Caucasian-origin people have been the most negatively

influenced group from these approaches since the beginning. The

Caucasian immigrants from Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan

as well as the Northern Caucasians already holding Russian

citizenship have been target of numerous violent attacks especially

in the 2000s. At the same time, rising racism in Russia strengthens

expectations from the government to follow more active imperialist

policies as racist groups more intensely defend and voice the rights

of the Russians living in the former Soviet republics. Furthermore,

these groups provide an additional fighting power in the clashes

between Russia and post-Soviet countries and in this sense, they

compose a significant dimension of the interstate relations in this

geography.

Keywords

Russia, Racism, Caucasia, Immigration, United Russia

Rusya’da Irkçılık ve Bunun Kafkasya Bölgesine ve Halklarına Etkisi

Abstract

Rusya son yıllarda ırkçı
düşünceler ve hareketler sebebiyle en fazla sıkıntı yaşayan ülkelerden biri
konumundadır. Bu ülkede radikal sağ geniş bir toplumsal tabana sahiptir ve hem
iktidar partisi hem de diğer bazı siyasi oluşumlar aşırı milliyetçilik örnekleri
ortaya koyabilmektedir. Kafkas kökenliler, başlangıçtan beri, bu yaklaşımlardan
en olumsuz biçimde etkilenen grup olmuştur. Gürcistan, Ermenistan ve
Azerbaycan’dan bu ülkeye gelen göçmenlerle Rus vatandaşlığına sahip Kuzey
Kafkasyalılar 2000’li yıllarda çok sayıda şiddet eyleminin hedefi haline
gelmiştir. Aynı zamanda, Rusya’da yükselen ırkçılık, aşırı sağ grupların eski
Sovyet cumhuriyetlerinde yaşayan Rusların haklarını daha güçlü olarak
savunmaları ve seslendirmelerinden dolayı, hükümetin daha aktif emperyalist
politikalar izlemesi yönündeki beklentileri güçlendirmektedir. Üstelik, bu
gruplar Rusya ve post-Sovyet ülkeleri arasındaki çatışmalarda destekleyici savaş
grupları olarak da işlev görmekte ve böylece bu coğrafyada devletlerarası
ilişkilerin kayda değer bir boyutu olarak öne çıkmaktadır.

Keywords

Rusya, Irkçılık, Kafkasya, Göç, Birleşik Rusya

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