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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQVfNBipZbk

Really interesting wee video (in English) about #decolonisation in the #Russian context - she's a mixed heritage woman who's moved to #Azerbaijan as an ethnic minority and is talking about the need for decolonisation in that context.

Now - I'm UK-based and UK has it's own problem with having the largest hand in creating the need for decolonisation. Take that as a pinch of salt if you need.

For me it's interesting in that I hadn't considered that Russia, in invading Ukraine (with whom solidarity), has created more minorities, more displaced people, from within its own territories and political purview. I'm aware of the displaced #Ukranians - I've visited #Poland twice since the invasion and (particularly in Warszywa) it's very obvious that Ukranians have arrived in large numbers (eg, many public signs in Polish and Ukranian). But I'd not realised that there was a problem on 'the other side' as it were (which maybe shows that I'm hugely Euro-centric in my thinking).

Anyway, a lot of talk for me - it's worth listening to this woman's voice, she's erudite and interesting (and probably thinking in four languages).