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Free Nations of Russia Forum
Форум свободных народов России
AbbreviationFNRF (English)
FSNR (Russian)
FoundersIlya Ponomarev
Rafis Kashapov
Vadim Shtepa
Pavlo Klimkin
Jaroslav Romanchuk
Taras Stetskiv
Anna Fotyga
Founded8 May 2022 (2022-05-08)
Split fromFree Russia Forum
IdeologyLiberal democracy
Anti-Putinism
Regionalism
Federalism
Decentralization
Factions:
Separatism
Confederalism
Political positionBig tent
Website
freenationsrf.org

The Free Nations of Russia Forum (FNRF or FSNR; Russian: Форум свободных народов России, romanized: Forum svobodnykh narodov Rossii) is a foreign conference of the Russian opposition, regional and separatist movements, as well as Western sympathizers.[1]

According to its own statements, the forum aims to fight for "Decolonization, de-occupation, decentralization, de-Putinization, denazification and demilitarisation of Russia."[2]

History

First forum

The first Free Nations of Russia Forum was held on 8-9 May, 2022 in Warsaw, Poland. The event was organized by the Solidarity of Journalists Foundation. The forum was attended by former State Duma deputy Ilya Ponomarev, as well as representatives of several regionalist and separatist movements within Russia, such as those of Bashkortostan, Chechnya and Siberia.[3] At the first forum, the Free Russia Forum, another gathering of Russian opposition, was openly criticised, with journalist Vadim Shtepa claiming that the latter was dominated by "centralist thinking."[4][5] Also participating in the forum was Belarusian opposition politician Pavel Latushko, MEP and former Polish Foreign Minister Anna Fotyga, former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin, and former U.S. Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller.[6]

The forum participants called for, among other things, the dissolution of Russia and claimed that overt linguocide, ethnocide, and genocide were being committed by the government of Russia against non-Russians, both in Ukraine and Russia.[7]

Second forum

The second forum was held in Prague, Czech Republic on 22-24 July 2022.[8][9] The forum was attended by Ponomarev, Klimkin, and former Chechen leader Akhmed Zakayev, among others.[citation needed] The forum adopted a declaration calling for Russia to be declared a terrorist state and decolonized.[10] A map was published on the forum, where Russia is divided into 34 states, including an independent Chechnya and Siberia.[11][12][13][14]

Third forum

The third forum is expected in Gdańsk, Poland on 23-25 September 2022. Its focus will be "liberation from the Kremlin empire and return to native European penates" of the "old-new" states of the western region of present-day Russia.[15]

Political positions

The Free Nations of Russia Forum has been cast by its members as a federalist alternative to other opposition forums, such as the Free Russia Forum, and has promoted the dissolution of Russia into a federation or confederation. Members of the Forum have called for units consisting of Russian ethnic minorities within the Armed Forces of Ukraine while also expressing Ukraine's resistance to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine as a model for minorities within Russia.[4]

Criticism

Political scientist Alexander Kynev said that the "little-known [separatist or confederalist] participants of the Forum, who have little understanding of the mood inside the country, presented a gift to Russian propaganda, which already periodically repeats that the enemies of Russia want to split and destroy it."[12]

On the website of "SVTV", the publication of the politician Mikhail Svetov, there was a message about "state security agents who gathered ... a forum to remind you that if not Putin, then a civil war" and "painted a contour map without really thinking about the meaning of the proposed reforms".[13]

On July 25, the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov ridiculed the Free Nations of Russia Forum, held in Prague. He thanked the "pseudo-liberals" for confirming the words of the Russian leadership about attempts to disintegrate the country.[16][17]

The FNRF was also criticized for labelling the other Russian opposition groups (especially the Freedom of Russia Legion) as "imperialist".[18]

See also

References

  1. ^ sdp.pl, Redakcja portalu (2022-05-08). "Kонференция Форум Свободных Народов России". SDP (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  2. ^ "Форум свободных народов России". Форум свободных народов России (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  3. ^ "В Варшаве Форум свободных народов россии дискутирует о депутинизации рф". MY.UA (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  4. ^ a b "Руслан Габбасов: "Идет неприкрытый лингвоцид и этноцид"". RFE/RL (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  5. ^ Team, Editorial (2022-05-02). "8 мая в Варшаве пройдет "Форум народов свободной России"". Dictaphone.org.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  6. ^ sdp.pl, Redakcja portalu (2022-05-08). "Rosja musi przegrać, aby wygrać swoją przyszłość. Relacja z Forum Wolnych Narodów Rosji". SDP (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  7. ^ "Мы должны брать у украинцев пример того, как воевать с империей: в Варшаве собрались лидеры коренных народов РФ". Новости США, России, Украины, Беларуси и в Мире (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  8. ^ "Сегодня в Праге состоится открытие «Форума свободных народов России»". Чехия Онлайн 420on.cz (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  9. ^ "Рафис Кашапов: "Наша борьба за независимость ещё не начиналась"". RFE/RL (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  10. ^ "Форум вільних народів Росії ухвалив декларацію про деколонізацію РФ". PolskieRadio.pl. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  11. ^ "Форум свободных народов России «разделил» РФ на 34 страны". МедиаБрест (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  12. ^ a b "Демократия вместо распада. Александр Кынев – о России регионов". Радио Свобода (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-08-14.
  13. ^ a b "🤡 «Форум свободных народов» представил проект раздела России". СВТВ Либертарианское СМИ (in Russian). 2022-07-24. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  14. ^ "Демократия вместо распада. Александр Кынев – о России регионов". Радио Свобода (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  15. ^ "В Гданьске в конце сентября состоится III Форум народов свободной построссии". www.ukrinform.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  16. ^ Новости, Р. И. А. (2022-07-25). "Кадыров высмеял прошедший в Праге форум свободных народов России". РИА Новости (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  17. ^ "«Не хватает Нарнии»: Кадыров высмеял форум свободных народов России". NEWS.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  18. ^ "National minorities of Russia call to decolonize, denuclearize "imperial, terrorist" Russian state". Retrieved 2022-09-27.
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