Anti-immigrant mobilization in Russia's regions: local movements and framing processes

Lawrence P. Markowitz and Vera Peshkova

Post-Soviet Affairs, 2016, vol. 32, issue 3, 272-298

Abstract: This article argues that increased anti-immigrant mobilization (the targeting of ethnic migrants to limit their rights and/or promote their resettlement) in Russia's regions is a consequence of local social movements adopting an anti-immigrant frame as part of their efforts to promote recruitment, acquire resources, and advance their movement's particular cause. Using the cases of Sverdlovsk's Gorod Bez Narkotikov (City Without Drugs) and Krasnodar's Cossack groups, it develops the argument and demonstrates specific ways in which an anti-immigrant frame is taken up by local movements. As a complement to existing studies of anti-immigrant sentiment or far right ideology, these cases highlight the practical politics of mobilizing support for anti-immigration causes in contemporary Russia.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/1060586X.2015.1035526

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