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Could Russia’s Buddhist Republics Complicate Relations With China?

Could Russia’s Buddhist Republics Complicate Relations With China?

By James Utley and Jade McGlynn
Religious diplomacy might be a sophisticated Kremlin foreign policy tactic, but it will never trump basic Russian foreign policy needs. 
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In Russia’s Republic of Kalmykia, the remnants of Buddhism sit in the Soviet Union’s lingering shadow.

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