{"id":181,"date":"2020-01-20T21:05:19","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T19:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inyazoro.info\/?p=181"},"modified":"2020-04-24T21:06:31","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T18:06:31","slug":"the-situation-of-the-udmurt-language-can-be-considered-in-pace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inyazoro.info\/?p=181&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"The situation of the Udmurt language can be considered in PACE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/span>

Erzyan Inyazor Syres Bolyan applied to the chairman of the Ukrainian delegation in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe,<\/span> People\u2019s Deputy of Ukraine Yelyzaveta Yasko.<\/span><\/p><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>

In his letter,<\/span> the Erzyan chief Elder asks to bring to the PACE discussion the topic of respect for the rights of the Finno-Ugric peoples of the Russian Federation.<\/span><\/p><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>

Syres Bolyan tells the Ukrainian politician about the\u00a0self-immolation\u00a0of the scientist,<\/span> Honored Scientist of the Udmurt Republic Albert Razin,<\/span> who was trying in such a radical way to draw attention to the catastrophic situation in which the Udmurt people are.<\/span><\/p><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>

Erzyan leader asks Yelyzaveta Yasko <\/span>\u201cto use her high position to protect the Finno-Ugric peoples of the Russian Federation,<\/span> to protect fundamental human rights\u201d<\/span>. Among other things,<\/span> Inyazor offers:<\/span><\/p><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>

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  1. To instruct the PACE Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights to investigate the circumstances under which Albert Razin was forced to resort to such a terrible form of protest.<\/span><\/li><\/span>
  2. Basing on the monitoring results,<\/span> evaluate the ethnic policy of the Russian Federation and respect for human rights,<\/span> including the rights of indigenous Finno-Ugric peoples to receive education in their native languages.<\/span><\/li><\/span><\/ol><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>

    <\/span>\u201cThe Russian authorities are trying to quickly forget about the self-immolation of Razin.<\/span> His political manifestation,<\/span> his public resistance to the Russification of the Udmurts is an extremely unpleasant topic for Moscow.<\/span> Razin burned himself not for sympathy,<\/span> but so that his death would help us,<\/span> the Finno-Ugric peoples,<\/span> draw attention to our extremely difficult situation.<\/span> I applied to the Estonian delegation in PACE.<\/span> Unfortunately,<\/span> I did not receive an answer.<\/span> Now I\u2019m trying to get a reaction from the Ukrainian one,<\/span>\u201d<\/span> the Erzyan Inyazor comments on his appeal to Yelyzaveta Yasko.<\/span><\/p><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>

    Recall that in September 2019 Syres Bolyan made a similar\u00a0appeal\u00a0to PACE deputy from Estonia Eerik-Niyles Kross,<\/span> but did not receive an answer.<\/span><\/p><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>

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    <\/span>Text of the appeal translated from Ukrainian<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>

    <\/span><\/span>Chairman of the Ukrainian delegation in
    Parliamentary Assembly of
    The Council of Europe,<\/span> People\u2019s Deputy of Ukraine
    Yelyzaveta Yasko<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>

    <\/span><\/span>Dear Ms.<\/span> Yasko!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>

    In July 2019,<\/span> according to decision of the national representative body of the Erzyan people <\/span>\u2013 Atian Ezem,<\/span> I was elected as Inyazor <\/span>(chief Elder)<\/span> and authorized to represent the interests of the Erzya before the authorities of the Russian Federation and the international community.<\/span> Erzya is one of the two titles peoples of the Republic of Mordovia <\/span>(RF)<\/span>. Along with Moksha,<\/span> Mari,<\/span> Udmurts,<\/span> Karelians,<\/span> Komi and other peoples,<\/span> Erzya belong to the representatives of the Finno-Ugric language group.<\/span><\/p><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>

    As you know,<\/span> on September 10,<\/span> 2019,<\/span> in the capital of Udmurtia,<\/span> the city of Izhevsk near the building of the parliament researcher,<\/span> Honored Scientist of the Udmurt Republic Albert Razin committed the act of self-immolation.<\/span> Thus Mr.<\/span> Razin protested against the policy of forced Russification of the Udmurt,<\/span> which consistently,<\/span> for many years,<\/span> implemented in the Russian Federation.<\/span> By half an hour before the self-immolation,<\/span> Mr.<\/span> Razin was interviewed by the Udmurt journalist,<\/span> where he described in detail the situation in which the Udmurt and other Finno-Ugric peoples whose lands are in the Russian Federation live:<\/span> elimination of the Udmurt language,<\/span> which is a state language in the Udmurt Republic,<\/span> from the field of public administration,<\/span> education,<\/span> outdoor advertising;<\/span> discrimination of the Udmurt people as <\/span>\u201cpeople of the second grade\u201d<\/span>; aggressive planting of Russian language as a language of social lift.<\/span><\/p><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>

    The federal media completely ignored this political protest as well local media,<\/span> which are close to the authorities,<\/span> avoid mentioning in their publications motives for self-immolation <\/span>\u2013 the protest against the policy of Russification,<\/span> the victims of which Finno-Ugric peoples become.<\/span> On the second day after the tragedy,<\/span> local authorities ordered to remove the portraits of Albert Razin and flowers brought by people from the place of self-immolation.<\/span> Not only position of Udmurt scientist is under censorship,<\/span> but also the memory of him!<\/span> In this the modern Russian authorities imitate the behavior of the communist authorities when in Ukraine as a sign of protest against national discrimination,<\/span> acts of self-immolation were committed by Vasyl Makukh,<\/span> Oleksa Hirnyk and Musa Mamut.<\/span><\/p><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>

    According to the foregoing,<\/span> I appeal to you,<\/span> dear Ms.<\/span> Yasko,<\/span> as a Member of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly <\/span>\u2013 Use your high position to protect the Finno-Ugric peoples of the Russian Federation,<\/span> to protect fundamental human rights.<\/span> Namely,<\/span> please consider possibility:<\/span><\/p><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>

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    1. Instruct the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights to examine the PACE the circumstances under which Albert Razin was forced to resort to such terrible form of protest:<\/span>
      1.1.<\/span> Are the sufficient conditions for the exercise of the legal right to education in the languages <\/span>\u200b\u200bof indigenous peoples created in the Russian Federation,<\/span> in particular in Udmurt Republic?<\/span> 1.2.<\/span> Is the Udmurt language properly represented in the field of government and public space in Udmurt Republic?<\/span> 1.3.<\/span> Are the cultural needs of the Udmurt people satisfied just like the cultural needs of the Russians?<\/span> 1.4.<\/span> Is there a dialogue between the Russian authorities and representatives of indigenous peoples or there is only an imitation of such dialogue?<\/span><\/li><\/span>
    2. To evaluate the ethnic policy of the Russian Federation,<\/span> respect for human rights,<\/span> including the rights of autochthonous Finno-Ugric peoples to receive education on their native languages,<\/span> basing on the monitoring results.<\/span><\/li><\/span><\/ol><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>

      I sincerely hope that our voice will be heard in the free world,<\/span> because we are deprived of such <\/span>\u201cluxury\u201d<\/span> in our native lands.<\/span><\/p><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>

      <\/span><\/span>Regards<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>

      <\/span><\/span>Inyazor Syres Bolyan<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p><\/span>\n