Paul Goble
Staunton, Dec. 30 – At Putin’s direction, the Russian government has created a government commission on issues about the carrying out of its nationality policy; but in doing so, it has not abolished the Federal Agency for Nationality Affairs, thus leaving open the question as to what each will do or even whether the latter will survive.
For the Russian government document creating the new commission, see static.government.ru/media/files/iyAApcIqeFUDNEsuRB4Fy7VDPHlVnJOv.pdf; for a media report about this action, see nazaccent.ru/content/45006-mihail-mishustin-sozdal-pravitelstvennuyu-komissiyu-po-voprosam-nacionalnoj-politiki/.
Like its Soviet predecessor, the Russian Federation has not found any long-term solution to the dilemma that nationality issues present: Creating any government agency strong enough to address all such issues would be to create one that could threaten the Kremlin, while not having such an agency means that numerous issues either are ignored or have to be addressed at the top.
For a discussion of the chronology of bureaucratic changes in this area since 1991, see windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/04/like-its-tsarist-and-soviet.html.
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