Alsynov, a leading Bashkir nationalist, speaks for sections of the Bashkir elites and upper middle class that see the Putin regime as an obstacle to their own self-enrichment.
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The ongoing protests in Bashkortostan demonstrate a potentially volatile mixture of personal, regional, and national politics that could be difficult for President Vladimir Putin's highly centralized system to manage against the background of Russia's war against Ukraine.