Cossacks: Guardians or oppressors? From: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) | Date: August 9, 2005| Author: Rodriguez, Alex | COPYRIGHT 2005 Chicago Tribune. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Alex Rodriguez

KRYMSK, Russia _ Ivan Bezugly hoisted an oversize bottle of 160-proof Kazachya vodka across his desk. "Have a drink!" Behind him a hodgepodge of Cossack kitsch suggested a room that was more shrine than office.

Meticulously polished scabbards hung on the wall next to submachine guns. A bullwhip dangled in the corner, a few feet from a large, cream-colored flag with an image of Christ in the center.

"If the country finds itsel...

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