League of Free Nations: Indigenous activists from Russia to fight for independence from Moscow
Indigenous activists from Russia, representing six national movements, have announced the creation of the League of Free Nations…
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Many non-Russians inside Russia oppose Putin’s war; some see end of empire approaching
The divide between those in the Russian Federation who support Putin’s aggression in Ukraine and those who oppose…
“Not our war”: leaders of Bashkir national movement call on countrymen to boycott Russia’s war against Ukraine
Leaders of the Bashkir national movement have publicly called on Bashkirs not to take part in Russia’s war…
‘Russia can be destroyed from within and Turkey has the confederates there to do it,’ Honchar says
Given Moscow’s attempt to use ethnic Russians in Ukraine against that country, some in Kyiv have suggested the…
‘The West won’t allow the Russian Federation to disintegrate,’ Kashapov says
Rafis Kashapov, the deputy prime minister of the Tatarstan government in exile, a member of the presidium of…
Kyiv calls for defense of minority nations in Russia against Moscow oppression
The supporters of incumbent Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko are calling on the Verkhovna Rada to adopt an appeal…
Non-Russians inside Russia more important allies of West than is the opposition there, Verkhovna Rada leader says
In words that echo Eugene Lyons’ 1953 classic, Our Secret Allies: The Peoples of Russia, Hanna Hopko, chair…
West and Ukraine must learn lessons of Bush’s ‘Chicken Kiev’ speech, Podobed says
The West and Ukraine continue to support the Russian opposition rather than the national movements inside the current…
Since Anschluss, Moscow engaging in slow-motion deportation of Crimean Tatars, Kashapov says
When Stalin deported the Crimean Tatars in 1944, he loaded all of them on trains in the course…
Protesters at Moscow consulate in Kharkiv demand freedom for captive nations in Russia
A group of five activists held a demonstration yesterday at the Russian consulate general in the Ukrainian city…
Moscow hides its effort to weaken larger non-Russian nations by playing up its support for smaller ones
Everyone who lived through the end of the Gorbachev era will remember that the Soviet president sought to…
Moscow sanctions Ukrainian parliamentarian who called for defense of rights of Middle Volga nations
Two weeks ago, Hanna Hopko, the chairman of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada’s foreign affairs committee, called on the…
Free Idel-Ural Movement takes shape in Kyiv
This week, three activists from the Middle Volga announced the formation of the Free Idel-Ural Movement to achieve…