The self-proclaimed Tatarstan Government in Exile has called on Tatars to refuse to serve in the Russian military, an action it said it was taking because of the inability and unwillingness of Russian commanders to protect Tatars now serving like Ramil Shamsutdiinov who killed eight of his persecutors earlier this month.
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Russian soldiers parade in front of a poster of Syrian president Bashar al-Asad during a ceremony marking Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in WW II, in Aleppo's Saadallah al-Jabiri square in northern Syria on May 9, 2018.
