Moscow plans to replace the local population in the occupied territories and to create a cross-border commonwealth of mixed Russian and Ukrainian regions.

The Kremlin is trying to change the demographics in the occupied territories by importing migrants from Central Asia to replace the indigenous Ukrainian population and plans to merge Ukrainian and Russian regions to create a “Donbas” commonwealth, according to reports.

According to the Center for National Resistance (CNR), the total number of migrants from Asia has already exceeded 100 thousand people.

“Most of them work in construction, but in the future, the Russians plan to mobilize them in exchange for citizenship,” the CNR reports.

The Ukrainian underground also says that such a massive influx of migrants has already provoked a deterioration in the crime situation in the occupied regions and led to the creation of ethnic criminal groups.

    • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      11 months ago

      To be clear, this is a tactic that various Russian regimes - very much including the Soviets - have been using since the Tsars were still calling the shots.

      That’s not a defense - just saying that for the Russians, this is a time-tested strategy.

    • quindraco@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I don’t think you’re gonna have an easy time finding people on Lemmy to defend Russia’s actions in this war.