Maidan: Russia versus the Ukrainian minority in Russia

The Union of Ukrainians of Russia (UUR) is the central coordinating organization for the Ukrainian ethnic minority in the Russian Federation (RF). It was formed in 1992 and registered with the Ministry of Justice of the RF in 1994.Its nightmare began on July 22, 2009, when the Russian Ministry of Justice noticed it for an audit. The audit lasted almost three weeks. The findings were minor and ministerial in nature, updating its list of members, adding certain provisions to its by-laws in order to comply with the Russian statute and the like. Upon receipt of the findings the UUR’s Executive convened a meeting on September 12, 2009, passed what it deemed to be the necessary motions, began the process of updating its membership lists, including deleting inactive members. Read the story here.