“Neither morals nor principles are important here”
The small peoples of Russia have the right to alternative civil service and a deferment from mobilization, but as a percentage, more men left them to fight in Ukraine than the Russian average. Journalist Vladimir Sevrinovsky talks about why this happens using the example of three indigenous peoples of the Far East - Evenks, Nanais and Nivkhs. These are the stories of an ordinary reindeer herder who was left without a herd, an oppositionist who participated in protests in defense of ex-governor Furgal, and a world-famous writer who once enlisted Gorbachev’s support to save his people, and now does not believe that his fellow tribesmen will be mobilized.
