Kremlin critic decried for ‘racist’ rant on minorities fighting for Russia Vladimir Kara-Murza has suggested ethnic minority troops find it ‘easier’ to carry out fatal attacks in Ukraine.

Many Buryats perceive themselves as part of Great Russia. From a psychological standpoint, it's understandable — it is more pleasant to be part of something big and strong," she said.

Despite its size, Siberia houses a population of only about 40 million today, most of whom are Russians, with other ethnic minorities including Yakuts, Buryats (descendants of Mongolians), Evenks ...

“On Ukraine’s side, the Bashkort Company and the Siberian Battalion are already fighting—units formed by those willing to fight for their freedom with arms in hand. Now, another unit of indigenous ...

The Siberian Battalion's own Gandhi now wants to break up what he called Russia's "prison of nations". "I think this will help the empire to collapse, the prison to be destroyed," he added.

Russia is training in Siberia a battalion of 3,000 North Korean soldiers to fight in Ukraine, multiple Ukrainian sources say. Dubbed “the Buryat Battalion,” the Korean People’s Army soldiers are ...

Buryats are a Mongolian ethnic group native to southeastern Siberia who speak the Buryat language. Buryats share many customs with other Mongols, including nomadic herding, and erecting gers for ...

The Siberian Battalion, a newly formed militia of Russian fighters serving with the Ukrainian Armed Forces, joined fellow defectors this week to launch multiple incursions into Russia.

More Siberia, a cold North Asian region that covers 77% of Russia’s territory, is home to a variety of ethnic minorities that have been largely disenfranchised by the Russian state.

The Russian coffins that have come back from Ukraine have been disproportionately filled by oppressed ethnic minorities, especially Mongol Buryats (from southeastern Siberia) and Tuvans (Turkic ...