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Russian President Vladimir Putin on the ethnic Russian population in the North Caucasus

May 25, 2005, Vyoshenki Station, Rostov Region

While meeting Cossack leaders today, Vladimir Putin touched on the problem of ethnic Russians leaving the North Caucasus. In the president’s opinion, this amounts to a loss of qualified workers, entire branches of production and an end to the culture of ethnic groups coexisting in this area, which has been a feature of the North Caucasus for centuries.

May 25, 2005, Vyoshenki Station, Rostov Region