Creation of Lezgi State Is Inevitable
Igor Muradyan, Political Analyst
Politics – Monday, 10 February 2014, 10:48
As it was suggested several years ago, Dagestan with its current
administrative format cannot be controlled by either Moscow or the
local elites. With the support of the Moscow elites a decision was
made to set up territorial units in Dagestan. In fact, division on
ethnic grounds was intended.
The Southern District is set up in the south where the Lezgi people
and their related ethnicities live. This decision is popular among the
people of Dagestan, and the Lezgi people and their related ethnicities
particularly encouraged it. This might be the next step towards the
creation of the Lezgi (Lezgi-Tabasaran-Rutul) state in the south of
Dagestan.
Hence, first indirectly, then directly, the divided existence of the
Lezgi people will be confirmed. The division of people is a form of
discrimination and racism that has become a policy of certain states.
It is clear that Russia can no longer ignore the aspirations of the
peoples of Dagestan to establish their right to self-determination as
a state and territory. All the possible theses that the right to
self-determination is not compatible with friendship of peoples are
increasingly viewed as demagogy and propaganda.
It should be kept in mind that despite the wish of the political
leadership of Dagestan which is detached from the aspirations of the
people of that country, as well as is corrupt by Azerbaijan, the
peoples and political and public leaders of Dagestan understand the
issues of Lezgi people divided between two states and they consider
the creation of a Lezgi state within the Russian Federation fully
possible.
Existence of a Lezgi state will be a powerful factor for state and
political unification with south Lezgistan which has been occupied by
the Azerbaijani racist regime. The Lezgi issue is internationalized,
and the interested states must make a compromise to avoid a rising
problem in a vulnerable region.
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