%0 Journal Article
%T ¡°There is discrimination in the Russian army against religious minorities¡± - Interview with Abdurashid Saidov, surgeon, writer and Moscow correspondent for Dagestanskaia Pravda, Moscow, 7 October 2008
%A Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski
%J Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies
%D 2009
%I Centre d'Etudes et de Recherche sur les Soci¨¦t¨¦s et les Institutions Post-Sovi¨¦tiques
%X PIPSS.ORG ¨C What is it like for Dagestani conscripts? How do the officers relate to them? Are they able to fulfill all their religious duties? Do Dagestanis have the ability to rise to the officer ranks?Abdurashid Saidov: In Moscow, there are more than 10 million residents; in Dagestan, there are 2 million. In each conscription, however, Dagestan offers up many times more young men to the army than Moscow. Speaking of attitudes towards Muslims, it is possible to say with confidence that in th...
%K Non-Russians in the armed forces
%K Minorities
%K Muslims
%K Religion
%K Ethnicity
%K Russia
%K Chechnya
%K Dagestan
%U http://pipss.revues.org/2391