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There is a large Kurdish community in Germany. The number of Kurds living in Germany is unknown. Many estimates assume that the number is in the million range. [2] [3] [4] In February 2000, the Federal Government of Germany (Die Bundesregierung) estimated that approximately 500,000 Kurds lived in Germany at that time. [5]
In the 20th century, Kurds were persecuted and exterminated by the Turks and Persians, a situation that led Kurds to move to Russian Transcaucasia. [3] From 1804–1813 and again in 1826–1828 , when the Russian Empire and the Persian Empire were at war, the Russian authorities let Kurds settle in Russia and Armenia . [ 3 ]
In 1992, the Kurds of Iraq established a mission in Berlin, establishing direct contacts with the German government. Furthermore, the mission had to coordinate humanitarian and development aid from Germany to the Kurdish region, and informed the German public and media about the general situation in Kurdistan. [4]
Vladimir Putin has said that he is ready to get back to negotiations on Ukraine, Russian state media has reported.. He also praised the US-Russia talks.He said their purpose was to increase trust ...
In the 1989 Soviet Census, out of the 238 ethnic Kurds in Ukraine, 132 of them (55.5%) had Kurdish as first language, while 77 (32.3%) had Russian and 13 (5.5%) had Ukrainian. [15] The numbers for Kurdish and Ukrainian rose to 56% and 11% respectively in 2001.
While Kurdistan Region has a representation in Moscow, [2] Russia has a consulate general in Erbil which opened on 28 November 2007. [3] [4] Relations between the Kurds and the Russians date back to the second half of the 1800s when Russian interest in Kurds because of expansionist ambitions. [5]
To secure U.S. interests and reputation, Washington must deter Turkey’s aggression.
Kurds in Iraq and Syria were embroiled in a war against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. As a result of the increasing awareness of the Kurdish people due to this conflict, anti-Kurdism has also been on the rise. In the United Kingdom, a Kurdish shop owner was attacked by an Iranian man who advocated genocide against Kurds. [12]