{"id":64396,"date":"2023-06-13T14:36:31","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T11:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/?p=64396"},"modified":"2023-06-13T14:36:33","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T11:36:33","slug":"how-to-conceptualise-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/how-to-conceptualise-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"How to conceptualise Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Political analyst <strong>Kadri Liik<\/strong> talked about why Russia started a war against Ukraine, intelligence expert <strong>Ivo Juurvee<\/strong> offered an insight into the relations between the special forces of Russia and the state through the ages, and Fenno-Ugria&#8217;s adviser <strong>Jaak Prozes<\/strong> spoke about the Finno-Ugric communities in Russia according to the latest census, as well as the activities of Russia&#8217;s Finno-Ugric organisations.<\/p><p>Finno-Ugric cooperation towards Russia has stalled due to the Russian aggression in Ukraine, yet many members of Estonian Finno-Ugric communities have families and acquaintances on the other side of the border, as well as Russian citizenship.<\/p><p>Fenno-Ugria has condemned the war with the board&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/fenno-ugria-condemns-the-aggression-by-the-russian-federation-in-ukraine\/\">decision<\/a> on 15.03.2022, and there is no cooperation with Finno-Ugric organisations supporting the war in Russia.<\/p><p>What do the events taking place in Russia mean for the Estonian Finno-Ugric communities, how to understand and adapt to the new political reality on a personal level: the situation is confusing and there is a lot of uncertainty. Based on this, in April 2023, Fenno-Ugria started the <a href=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/events\/democracy-school-for-finno-ugric-communities-in-estonia\/\">&#8220;Democracy School for Estonian Finno-Ugric Communities&#8221;<\/a> project with a focus on political and media literacy, which will last until the spring of next year. The seminar on Russia is the second event of the project, the seminar <a href=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/coping-with-crises-and-trauma-in-finno-ugric-cultures\/\">&#8220;Coping with crises and trauma in Finno-Ugric cultures&#8221;<\/a> took place in the Tapa Cultural Centre on 13 May.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230601_090913-540x720.jpg\" alt=\"Kadri Liik\" class=\"wp-image-64307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230601_090913-540x720.jpg 540w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230601_090913-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230601_090913-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230601_090913-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230601_090913-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230601_090913-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230601_090913-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230601_090913-1980x2640.jpg 1980w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230601_090913-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Political analyst Kadri Liik. Photo: Barbi Pilvre.<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" data-id=\"64310\" src=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dsc_4371-960x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dsc_4371-960x720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dsc_4371-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dsc_4371-267x200.jpg 267w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dsc_4371-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dsc_4371-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dsc_4371-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dsc_4371-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dsc_4371-1980x1485.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Intelligence expert Ivo Juurvee.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"720\" data-id=\"64313\" src=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dsc_4380-540x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dsc_4380-540x720.jpg 540w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dsc_4380-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dsc_4380-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dsc_4380-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dsc_4380-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dsc_4380-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dsc_4380-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dsc_4380-1980x2640.jpg 1980w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dsc_4380-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fenno-Ugria&#8217;s adviser Jaak Prozes.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The seminar &#8220;How to conceptualise Russia&#8221; was organised by Fenno-Ugria in Maarjam\u00e4e Castle in Tallinn on 31 May. 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