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Information Sovereignty
Chinese Tech Is Watching – Why Are We Letting It? – COMMENTARY
31 January 2025
7 November 2023
Vladimir Putin, his regime and the Russian security forces all make use of the rising anti-Semitism in Russia to detract from governmental failures, create illusionary narratives about a sympathetic Moscow and for strategic purposes to win over the Global South.
The storming of the airport in the capital of Dagestan, Machachkala, to search for Israelis and Jews among the passengers on a plane arriving from Tel Aviv, the anti-Semitic rally in Khasavyurt, the destruction of a building housing the Jewish centre in the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, Nalchik, was seen by many observers as the Russian republics of the North Caucasus “joining” the Muslim communities around the world to protest against Israel’s operation in Gaza.
However, those following the political processes in Russia may ask the logical question: why did the people of the Caucasus republics not protest when Grozny or Aleppo were bombed? Why did they not support those Muslims who defended Chechen and Syrian children?