Posted on 05/06/2022 11:50:39 PM PDT by Cronos
...Maria Vyushkova uses open-source information to track how many Russian soldiers from the Siberian republic of Buryatia have been killed in the invasion of Ukraine.
An ethnic Buryat born in Russia and member of the anti-war Free Buryatia Foundation, Vyushkova analyzes social media posts, official statements and media reports about funerals to estimate the number of Buryat deaths in Ukraine.
“At the moment, activists have gathered information about 1,700 killed Russian soldiers of which 48 or 49 are Buryat. That is 2.8%. In comparison, Buryats only make up 0.3% of the Russian population,” said Vyushkova.
The disproportionately high death toll of Buryats was one of the reasons for the establishment last month of the Free Buryatia Foundation, the first anti-war organization founded by members of a Russian ethnic minority.
Lying between Lake Baikal and Mongolia in eastern Siberia, the republic of Buryatia is one of Russia’s poorest regions, with average monthly salary of about 44,000 rubles ($571). Approximately one-third of its population practices a mixture of Buddhism and shamanism.
While ethnic Buryats are concentrated in Buryatia, they are one of the country’s largest indigenous groups and are also found in neighboring Russian regions, as well as nearby Mongolia and China.
The poverty of their home regions means that, for many young Buryats in Russia, joining the Armed Forces is the only way to get a stable income.
"There is a correlation between the median income of the region and the death toll,” Vuyshkova told The Moscow Times. “Almost no one from Moscow has been killed"
..Of all Russia’s regions, only the majority Muslim North Caucasus republic of Dagestan had a higher death toll than Buryatia, according to the independent Mediazona news website.
“This war,” Vyushkova said, “is like a vampire. It sucks the young blood out of Buryatia.”
(Excerpt) Read more at themoscowtimes.com ...
If you think that NYT is not enough in terms of liberal disinfo then Moscow Times fits the bill.
I've noticed in their article postings that only Russians are killed.
No Ukrainian casualties or destroyed Ukrainian military vehicles.
And yet most of their entries for the “Russian losses” are looking like Ukrainian wrecks.
Frankly, I think it's disgusting.
Neocons love death.
Even during the Cold War, young men died.
Even during routine training and testing, young men died.
The price of keeping “The Republic” secure includes moving large items long distances. A massive defense budget must be assured and used to keep our services fully exercisedBiden.
(Except where we lost our way due Obama and biden).
Point to a single statement of fact about Buryat recruits appearing in this article which is factually untrue!
No, didn't think you could!
Regards,
The overall message is misleading, just like the media reports of disproportional deaths among black troops during the Vietnam war.
So - No factual errors that you can point out. Rather, the "overall" tenor of the article might tend to lead readers in a direction that you disapprove of.
Either a disproportionate number of Buryats are dying in Ukraine, or they're not. THAT is the article's main message. If you can provide numbers proving the contrary...
No, didn't think so!
Regards,
I have no idea, but agitprop sometimes operates real numbers.
Like nothing else I have ever seen this war in Ukraine has made some FReepers lose all sense of logic. Everything they don’t like to hear is now “propaganda”. They rarely can point out a single factual error or misrepresentation but - somehow - it’s all propaganda!
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