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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nKirdia Ozhomason\u2019, project benefactor and editorial board member, explained that fundraising as well as all other operational issues were managed by Secretariate of Inyazor (Inyazor\u2019s office) and Erzya informational commission (EIC). \u201cAs a matter of fact, these people were the basis for our editorial board, but many of those who worked very hard and invested very much of their effort, time and money, can join our open presentation nowadays. Some active board members live in homeland, that is Erzyan\u2019 Mastor. We can\u2019t reveal their identities for obvious security reasons, but we express our sincere gratitude for their dedication\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Online translation audience asked about reasons to release the magazine specifically in Ukraine, about funding sources and plans related to further editions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mitriai Chepelen\u2019 from Kyiv Erzya society answered that first edition\u2019s budget amounted to approximately USD800. Design, typography and distribution costs were covered by accumulated donations of Erzya from diaspora as well as from Erzyan\u2019 Mastor. Editorial board plans to publish new editions on a half-year basis. E-version of “\u011aRZ\u00c4\u0143 VAL” is already available on Inyazor\u2019s website, Chepelen\u2019 said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n “We have been asked why an Erzya magazine should be printed in Ukraine? It should be noted that those who ask such questions, usually reside beyond Russian Federation. Erzya people from Erzyan\u2019 Mastor, Samara, Moscow or Saint Petersburg are very well-informed on political realities in Russia. \u201cErzyan\u2019 Mastor\u201d is the name of the last independent newspaper in Republic of Mordovia. It was repressed by police and public prosecutors from 1999 to 2015. Pressure only stopped when editorial board was completely replaced with pro-Russian loyalists. It was the inglorious end of old-school \u201cErzyan\u2019 Mastor\u201d that mutated into an ordinary mouthpiece of Kremlin propaganda, praising Russian authorities and cursing any critics. Yes, we have released our magazine in exile. However, the only limitation we feel is financial, but we are strong enough to overcome it”, \u2013 he summarized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"\/](\"http:\/\/inyazoro.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%8F-700x378.jpg\")
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