According to Window on Eurasia, some Russian comedians are among those who have reacted to the news of the formation of a Muslim neighborhood in Moscow [1]: “In a bow to the classic British film ‘Passport to Pimlico,’ comedians at a nightclub in Moscow now joke that ‘this morning Southern Butovo seceded from Russia,’ a crack that a leader of the pro-Kremlin United Russia Party says is no laughing matter.”
Russia: Muslim Neighborhoods
· Written by Veronica Khokhlova
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