Donetsk Minorities Fear Intolerance from Increased Russian Influence

頓涅茨克少數族群擔心受俄排擠

Donetsk - in eastern Ukraine - is a cosmopolitan city, home to Tatars, Jews, Turks, Greeks and international students who come from all over the world to study medicine. But some among the city's minorities fear that increased Russian influence will lead to intolerance of ethnic and religious diversity.

烏克蘭東部的頓涅茨克是一個多元化的都市，這里居住著韃靼人、猶太人、突厥人、希臘族裔，還有從世界各地來這里學醫(yī)的國際學生。不過，城里的一些少數族群擔心，俄羅斯影響的擴大將會破環(huán)寬容，威脅民族和宗教多樣性。

After six long years of study, a group of Jordanian students have finally qualified as medical doctors. But this is not a university in Amman, this is Donetsk in eastern Ukraine.

學習了六年之久后，這些約旦學生終于獲得了醫(yī)生資格。不過，他們的大學并不是在安曼，而是烏克蘭東部的頓涅茨克。

Thousands of students from around the world come here to take advantage of affordable tuition fees. But now the university is telling them to go home, fearing it cannot guarantee their safety in the current political climate.

數以千計的學生從世界各地來到這里留學，他們看上了相對便宜的學費。不過，如今學校卻讓他們回國，因為校方擔心，在當前的政治氣候下，他們的安全無法得到保障。

“If I want to analyze the risk in Donetsk, now it's more tense. Before, there was risk, but now it’s more high. We have many risks we are now facing,” said Nigerian medical student Adiboayo Agboola.

來自尼日利亞的醫(yī)科學生阿迪博約·阿格布拉說：“我要是分析頓涅茨克的風險的話，那現在是更緊張了。之前就有風險，但現在風險更大了。我們目前面臨的風險更多了。”

Some students said they have faced increased suspicion and racist abuse since the pro-Russian separatist movement began.

一些學生說，自從親俄分離運動開始后，他們面臨的猜疑和種族主義待遇增多了。

Michael, a dentistry student from Botswana, said separatists recently shouted racial slurs at him and his friends in the street.

來自博茨瓦納的牙科學生邁克爾說，最近，分離主義分子在街道上沖著他和朋友罵臟話，羞辱他們的種族。

“I was in a situation recently where I was associated with Obama because we are of the same color and they hate that guy. So they thought we should just go back to our country. So it’s very difficult in that situation,” he said.

他說，“最近有一次，他們把我和奧巴馬扯到了一起，因為我們膚色一樣，而他們恨奧巴馬。所以他們覺得我們應該回自己的國家去。那種情形很難受。”

Donetsk is also home to Tatars, Armenians, Azerbaijanis, Greeks and Jews, many of whom say they have enjoyed increased freedom of identity and religion since the fall of the Soviet Union.

頓涅茨克的居民包括韃靼人、亞美尼亞人、阿塞拜疆人、希臘人和猶太人。他們中的很多人說，自從蘇聯解體后，他們在身份認同和宗教方面享受到了更大的自由。

Mufti Said Ismagilov heads the local Muslim community on the outskirts of Donetsk. He said Muslims In Ukraine enjoyed many more rights and freedoms than their co-religionists across the border in Russia.

穆夫提·賽義德·伊斯馬吉洛夫是頓涅茨克郊外當地穆斯林社區(qū)的領袖。他說，跟俄羅斯那邊相比，烏克蘭的穆斯林享受著更多的權利和自由。

“The most important reason why we support Ukraine is that there are many rights and freedoms for us here in Ukraine, which give us the opportunity to develop here. If we compare Ukraine and Russia, here it is much better,” he said.

他說：“我們支持烏克蘭的最重要原因是，我們在烏克蘭這里有很多權利和自由，讓我們有機會在這里發(fā)展。如果我們拿烏克蘭和俄羅斯做比較，這里要好多了。”

Ismagilov also fears what separation from Ukraine and increased Russian influence here might mean for the region's many religious ethnic minorities.

如果當地脫離烏克蘭，而俄羅斯影響不斷增大，這對很多宗教和民族少數群體而言意味著什么？伊斯馬吉洛夫感到擔心。

“There was and there still is trust between people from different religions and cultures: Christians, Jews, and atheists. We can easily find a common language. There is no xenophobia fascism or racism here. There are no skinheads, like in Russia,” he said.

他說：“在不同宗教和文化之間，人們過去有、現在依然有著信任。不管是基督徒、猶太人，還是無神論者，我們可以很容易找到共同語言。這里沒有排外的法西斯主義或種族主義。沒有光頭黨，俄羅斯就不一樣了。”

As preparations continue for this Sunday's presidential election, many hope the results will create a system of governance that will continue to protect the rights of minorities.

隨著星期日總統(tǒng)選舉的籌備工作不斷進行，很多人希望，選舉結果將產生一個能夠繼續(xù)保護少數族群權利的政府體系。

But election officials say they are facing intimidation and threats in parts of eastern Ukraine and it’s unclear whether the vote will go ahead in these areas.

不過選務官員說，他們在烏克蘭東部的部分地區(qū)受到了恐嚇和威脅，在這些地方，投票是否能如期展開，還是未知數。

 

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