Ukraine must finally destroy Putin's empire/Word and Deed
The day before yesterday was International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. I wrote this short text, but did not click “publish”, so it remained. Well, let it be late. We need this day for two things.
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Crimea is Ukraine
1. We need this day to remember that for the Crimean Tatars, Karaites and Krymchaks, Crimea is their homeland and they have no other. And although today the Crimea is still occupied, they are scattered throughout Ukraine and the world, but the day will come for their return to the land of their grandfathers and great-grandfathers.
Crimea is Ukraine, but on my own behalf I will add: Crimea can be Ukrainian only when it is Crimean Tatar, and it can be Crimean Tatar only when it is Ukrainian.
For our and your freedom
2. We need this day to remember that the indigenous peoples of the Russian Empire (which is only a “federation” on paper) remain not free. Avars, Adyghes, Altaians, Balkars, Bashkirs, Buryats, Dargins, Ingush, Erzyans, Kabardians, Kalmyks, Karachays, Karelians, Komi, Kumyks, Laks, Lezgins, Mari, Mokshans, Nogays, Ossetians, Tabasaravins, Tatars, Khakasses, Circassians, Chechens , Chuvashs, Yakuts (I only named significant ones) – indigenous, autochthonous peoples, oppressed by the empire, Russified and destroyed as it was with Ukrainians in the empire for centuries.
Now they are being driven to the imperial war of conquest – just as Ukrainians were driven for centuries to imperial wars of conquest. Therefore, we must distinguish between individuals who have committed war crimes and deserve a just execution, and peoples in general, to whom the old Ukrainian political principle should be applied: “For your and our freedom!”
Pledge of world peace
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Ukraine will not be safe as long as an aggressive empire exists nearby. Only the freedom of the oppressed indigenous peoples, the peaceful reconstruction of the post-imperial space will bring long-term security to our country and all of Europe. From this point of view, Ukrainian interests and the aspirations of the indigenous enslaved peoples coincide.
I understand that for most of you, most of the above names are just words behind which there is nothing. But in fact, behind these words are stories of enslavement, resistance, genocide, deportation, extraordinary efforts to preserve their culture and language, historical memory and identity.
We do not know these stories, just as the world did not know our history (and still does not know, with the exception of Europe). We know only Russian myths, in which there is no more truth than in Russian myths about Ukraine and Ukrainian. For us to learn more and find truth and justice – this is what Indigenous Peoples Day is for.
