Shaimiev and Minnikhanov are a vivid and instructive example of how “incorporating” of the Tatar elites into the imperial system ends
The period from the “delimitation of powers agreement” to calls to “crack down on the enemies of Kremlin” (nationalists) – we have passed in a very short historical period. Minnikhanov asks the security forces to press the Tatars harder so that there is no trace left of the national movement.
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