Will Russia play the Kurdish card?

Kurdish girls wearing traditional clothes shout as they march in Moscow March 6. About 1,000 Kurds marched in the Russian capital, demanding freedom for jailed guerrilla leader Abdullah Ocalan.

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Pro-Islamist protesters shout slogans against the Russian government during a demonstration following the death of North Caucasus rebel leader Doku Umarov, at the courtyard of Fatih mosque in Istanbul March 21, 2014. Russia's most wanted man, Doku Umarov, is dead and has been replaced as the leader of an Islamist insurgency in the North Caucasus, a website that sympathises with the militants said on Tuesday. Umarov's forces have claimed responsibility for several deadly bombings, including in Moscow. His de

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Will Russia play the Kurdish card?

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