Two years after President Vladimir Putin’s mobilization order, regions with large non-ethnic-Russian populations, continue to suffer disproportionately. Bashkortostan and Tatarstan top the list.

Through research conducted between 2014 and 2017 in three of Russia’s ethnic republics (Buryatia, Karelia, and Tatarstan), Stewart examines the ways in which regional identity fits into the Kremlin’s ...