At an October 31 meeting of the Interethnic Relations Council, President Vladimir Putin approved the idea to adopt the “Law on the Russian Nation” (rossiyskaya natsiya), which would legally define the term (Kremlin.ru, October 31). This proposal, and its potential legalistic consequences for the country’s non-ethnic-Russians, has sparked widespread controversy and discussion within society and … Continue reading Russian ethnic minorities repudiate proposed law on the Russian nation