Presentation of Erzyan poem banned in Mordovia

The ethnic organization «Bashkort» on Wednesday published an appeal to the Russian and international community to pay attention to the persecution of the organization by the authorities and stand up for it.

Activists of the movement call their supporters to begin protest actions with an appeal to stop repressions against Bashkir public organization (BPO) Bashkort and support its members in court.

The presentation of the Erzyan poem “Ermez”, planned for the coming days in Saransk, was disrupted due to the intervention of the Ministry of Culture, National Policy and Archival Affairs of the Republic of Mordovia.

Both individually and as a group, the six non-Russian republics of the Middle Volga — Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Udmurtia, Mordvinia, Mari El and Chuvashia (collectively known as the Idel-Ural) — have become a radically more serious problem for Moscow over the last year, challenging it in new ways and old.

On the 17th of January, at the main entrance of Carnegie Hall in the New York, an action was held by activists who opposed Chulpan Khamatova’s participation in the Festival Of The Tatar Song “Uzgaresh Zhile” (“Wind Of Change”).