ZELENSKYY' LAW “ON THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF UKRAINE”, JULY 2021
Putin directly made direct references to Azunov and to the alleged genocide of Russians in Donbas.
But I think he also had Zelenskyy's Law “On the Indigenous Peoples of Ukraine” in mind.
Because I was just listening to this Russian pundit online, and she was saying that "Ukrainians look down upon us Russians, they call us Moscovites and mixed with Mongols. But we are the same." (me: 'huh'?)
So I googled the keywords, and came across this law.
This law, as Putin sees it severely limits the rights of Russian and other Ukrainian minorities
It's also an attempt to re-integrate Crimea into Ukraine.
QUOTES FROM ARTICLES EXPLAINING THE LAW AND IT's IMPLICATIONS
each well under 20%
"Why Putin is irritated at the bill on Ukraine’s indigenous peoples:
https://uacrisis.org/en/ukrainians-russians-not-one-people
"On May 18, 2021, the Day of Remembrance of Victims of the Deportation of the Crimean Tatar People, President Zelenskyy's introduced the draft law on indigenous peoples to the Parliament. The bill does not say a word about Russians. The bill defines Crimean Tatars, Karaites, and Krymchaks as the indigenous peoples of Ukraine.
By legal definition they are “an indigenous ethnic community native to the territory of Ukraine, they have their unique language and culture, traditional, social, cultural, or representation bodies, they self-identify as an indigenous people of Ukraine,” and they do not have a state of their own outside Ukraine.
Putin’s reaction:
“a strong and serious hit on the Russian people overall. To speak of Russians as a non-indigenous people of Ukraine is not just incorrect, but also ridiculous and stupid, it contradicts historical facts, Division into indigenous, first-class, second-class categories of people and so on – this completely smacks of the theory and practice of Nazi Germany,” the Russian President proceeded.
Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry:
"Russians are a national minority, not an indigenous people."
Why did President Zelensky need this law and how will it affect the country’s interethnic relations?
https://culturico.com/2021/12/20/th...ne-what-does-it-bring-to-national-minorities/
"The law guaranteed unprecedented support for these National minorities, including protection from any form of discrimination and the right of education on their own language. However, unexpectedly, only three peoples of multinational Ukraine were declared indigenous, and most of them do not live in the territory under Kyiv’s control. The point is that Article 1.2 of the new Law includes the Crimean Tatars, Karaites and Krymchaks among the indigenous peoples of Ukraine only. They all live compactly in Crimea, which Ukraine has de facto no control over.
What was the goal of this Law? It was needed to increase the legitimacy and strengthen the international position of a Crimean Tatar non-governmental organisation with a strong pro-Ukrainian stance – the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people. It is also important in terms of Ukraine’s diplomatic initiatives aimed at creating a mechanism for putting the “Crimean question” back on the international agenda and, in the long term, for returning Ukraine’s control over Crimea.
The Law absolutely does not apply to national minorities in the territory currently controlled by the Ukrainian government. However, Kiev obviously underestimates the possible negative reaction of other national minorities (Poles, Bulgarians, Greeks, Romanians and Moldovans, Jews and, of course, Russians), which, unlike the three Crimean peoples, have indeed been living in mainland Ukraine for centuries, all of whom have not been granted the status of Indigenous Peoples and therefore also the grandiose rights that flow from it."
Putin directly made direct references to Azunov and to the alleged genocide of Russians in Donbas.
But I think he also had Zelenskyy's Law “On the Indigenous Peoples of Ukraine” in mind.
Because I was just listening to this Russian pundit online, and she was saying that "Ukrainians look down upon us Russians, they call us Moscovites and mixed with Mongols. But we are the same." (me: 'huh'?)
So I googled the keywords, and came across this law.
This law, as Putin sees it severely limits the rights of Russian and other Ukrainian minorities
It's also an attempt to re-integrate Crimea into Ukraine.
QUOTES FROM ARTICLES EXPLAINING THE LAW AND IT's IMPLICATIONS
each well under 20%
"Why Putin is irritated at the bill on Ukraine’s indigenous peoples:
https://uacrisis.org/en/ukrainians-russians-not-one-people
"On May 18, 2021, the Day of Remembrance of Victims of the Deportation of the Crimean Tatar People, President Zelenskyy's introduced the draft law on indigenous peoples to the Parliament. The bill does not say a word about Russians. The bill defines Crimean Tatars, Karaites, and Krymchaks as the indigenous peoples of Ukraine.
By legal definition they are “an indigenous ethnic community native to the territory of Ukraine, they have their unique language and culture, traditional, social, cultural, or representation bodies, they self-identify as an indigenous people of Ukraine,” and they do not have a state of their own outside Ukraine.
Putin’s reaction:
“a strong and serious hit on the Russian people overall. To speak of Russians as a non-indigenous people of Ukraine is not just incorrect, but also ridiculous and stupid, it contradicts historical facts, Division into indigenous, first-class, second-class categories of people and so on – this completely smacks of the theory and practice of Nazi Germany,” the Russian President proceeded.
Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry:
"Russians are a national minority, not an indigenous people."
Why did President Zelensky need this law and how will it affect the country’s interethnic relations?
https://culturico.com/2021/12/20/th...ne-what-does-it-bring-to-national-minorities/
"The law guaranteed unprecedented support for these National minorities, including protection from any form of discrimination and the right of education on their own language. However, unexpectedly, only three peoples of multinational Ukraine were declared indigenous, and most of them do not live in the territory under Kyiv’s control. The point is that Article 1.2 of the new Law includes the Crimean Tatars, Karaites and Krymchaks among the indigenous peoples of Ukraine only. They all live compactly in Crimea, which Ukraine has de facto no control over.
What was the goal of this Law? It was needed to increase the legitimacy and strengthen the international position of a Crimean Tatar non-governmental organisation with a strong pro-Ukrainian stance – the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people. It is also important in terms of Ukraine’s diplomatic initiatives aimed at creating a mechanism for putting the “Crimean question” back on the international agenda and, in the long term, for returning Ukraine’s control over Crimea.
The Law absolutely does not apply to national minorities in the territory currently controlled by the Ukrainian government. However, Kiev obviously underestimates the possible negative reaction of other national minorities (Poles, Bulgarians, Greeks, Romanians and Moldovans, Jews and, of course, Russians), which, unlike the three Crimean peoples, have indeed been living in mainland Ukraine for centuries, all of whom have not been granted the status of Indigenous Peoples and therefore also the grandiose rights that flow from it."
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