Russians should disavow themselves of the indigenous peoples elimination policy

Fauziya Bairamova, well-known Tatar writer and public activist, reported on a search in a criminal case of Memory Day 2019. Search warrant was handed to Ms. Bairamova by officers of special counter-extremism department.

Moscow does not like to remember this day. A sovereignty referendum was held in Tatarstan on 21 March 1992. Voters were asked whether they approved of Tatarstan being a sovereign state.

Office of Inyazor, chief elder of Erzya people, presented new website aimed to popularize Erzya language, as reported by Ramazan Alpaut from Idel.Realii.

Andrei Alyoshkin, a well-known Erzyan activist, has died on February 27, aged 62. Although Russian newspapers are full of headlines like “Author of  the state flag of Republic of Mordovia dies aged 62”, he is famous among Erzya people not just for this work.

Frightful tragedy happened in Sami village Lovozero (Murmansk oblast’, Russia), as reported by NRK Sápmi, national public broadcaster of Norway.