{"id":819,"date":"2026-10-17T12:04:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T09:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inyazoro.info\/?p=819"},"modified":"2026-10-17T12:04:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T09:04:03","slug":"the-children-of-erzan-mastor-are-not-a-resource-for-the-kremlins-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inyazoro.info\/?p=819&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"The Children of Er\u017aa\u0144 Mastor Are Not a Resource for the Kremlin\u2019s Wars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/span>

STATEMENT BY THE COUNCIL OF ELDERS <\/span>(ATYA\u0143 EZEM)<\/span><\/h2><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>

<\/span>The Children of Er\u017aa\u0144 Mastor Are Not a Resource for the Kremlin\u2019s Wars<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>

<\/span>17 October 2026<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>

Of late,<\/span> the Council of Elders has been hearing from more and more parents of young Erzyan men:<\/span> \u201cconscription into regular service\u201d<\/span> has become the first step toward being sent to war.<\/span> Once in the units,<\/span> young conscripts come under pressure from officers and commanders who push them to sign a contract.<\/span> We know of dozens of such cases.<\/span><\/p><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>

Moscow lies when it insists that conscripts are not sent to the front.<\/span> This is a lie.<\/span> Conscripts are among the dead,<\/span> and they are among those taken prisoner.<\/span><\/p><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>

This <\/span>\u201carmy pipeline\u201d<\/span> is part of the same policy that brings migrant workers onto our land and shuts down our hospitals and our schools.<\/span> The federal centre needs soldiers from the national republics and from depressed regions,<\/span> where voices of protest are barely heard.<\/span><\/p><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>

If conscripts truly do not take part in combat,<\/span> as Moscow claims,<\/span> why are they not sent to serve near their homes?<\/span> The heads of the Republic of Mordovia and of Penza,<\/span> Ulyanovsk and Nizhny Novgorod regions do not dare put this question to the federal authorities.<\/span> Why?<\/span> The answer is plain.<\/span> Conscription has become recruitment <\/span>\u2014 not the defence of one\u2019s own land.<\/span><\/p><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>

Er\u017aa\u0144 Mastor has no reason to surrender its sons to someone else\u2019s war.<\/span> The peoples of the Volga\u2013Ural region have no interests for which their sons should die on foreign soil.<\/span> This is not our war.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>

<\/span>Today,<\/span> conscription is a trap that leads to a contract.<\/span><\/strong><\/span> No guarantee from the Ministry of Defence can be trusted.<\/span><\/p><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>

We therefore demand:<\/span><\/p><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>

    <\/span>\n
  1. <\/span>Conscripts must serve exclusively within the region where they live.<\/span><\/strong><\/span> If conscripts are not sent to fight <\/span>\u2014 let them serve at home.<\/span><\/li><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>
  2. <\/span>A ban on recruitment into contract service during the term of conscription<\/strong><\/span>, and a formal investigation of every case of pressure from commanders.<\/span><\/li><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>
  3. <\/span>An open public register<\/strong><\/span> of young men from the Republic of Mordovia and from Penza,<\/span> Ulyanovsk and Nizhny Novgorod regions <\/span>\u2014 of those who have been killed or taken prisoner during conscription,<\/span> or after signing a contract under duress.<\/span><\/li><\/span>\n<\/ol><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>

    <\/span>To the parents of young Erzyan,<\/span> Mokshan,<\/span> Tatar and Russian men <\/span>\u2014 to the parents of Er\u017aa\u0144 Mastor:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>

    Do not give your children up to conscription.<\/span> Your son\u2019s life is the greatest treasure of this land,<\/span> and no one but us will save him from this pipeline <\/span>\u2014 the one that begins with a draft notice and ends in a zinc coffin or in Ukrainian captivity.<\/span> This is not our war.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>

    Use every lawful means:<\/span> deferments,<\/span> alternative civilian service <\/span>(ACS)<\/span>, medical examinations,<\/span> legal aid.<\/span> Talk to other parents.<\/span> Stand together <\/span>\u2014 to save your children,<\/span> and to save the right to a future.<\/span><\/p><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>

    This pipeline holds together on nothing but our silence.<\/span><\/p><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>

    We answer for our children,<\/span> and we answer for our land.<\/span> Do not help them kill your own sons.<\/span> This is not our war.<\/span> No one has attacked the Erzyans,<\/span> Mokshans,<\/span> Tatars or Russians who live in Er\u017aa\u0144 Mastor.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>

    <\/span>Vejs\u00eb,<\/span> er\u017aat,<\/span> vijev\u0165ano!<\/span> \u2014 Together,<\/span> Erzyans,<\/span> we are strong!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>

    <\/span>The Council of Elders <\/span>(Atya\u0144 Ezem)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/span>\n