{"id":65855,"date":"2023-11-09T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/?p=65855"},"modified":"2025-05-27T16:32:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T13:32:45","slug":"fsb-detained-erzya-leaders-opened-criminal-proceedings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/fsb-detained-erzya-leaders-opened-criminal-proceedings\/","title":{"rendered":"FSB detained Erzya leaders, opened criminal proceedings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the course of brutal searches of suspects&#8217; homes carried out by the security services in Mordovia, as well as in other Russian regions on 17 October, it was established that in 2020, the co-founder of the Free Idel-Ural movement (whose activities have been declared undesirable in Russia), <strong>Alexander Bolkin<\/strong>, together with citizens of Ukraine, the USA and Russia, formed an institution of national representative organisations of the Erzya people, <a href=\"https:\/\/freenationsleague.org\/en\/erzya-national-congress-we-will-strive-for-independence-and-secession-from-the-russian-federation-f66bfe54c62e38653bb4c18dcdad6ff5.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kirdiyur<\/a>. According to the indictment, they denounced the national policy of the Russian Federation and sought to create an independent state of the Erzya, Erzyan Mastor, which would leave Russia.<\/p><p>During the searches, communications equipment was seized, as well as electronic and paper recorders. Investigations are ongoing to identify accomplices and followers.<\/p><p>After interrogations, most of the suspects have been released. The fate of two prominent elderly Erzya national leaders, <strong>Grigory Musalyov<\/strong> (Kshumantsyan Pirguzh, 83) and <strong>Yevgeny Chetvergov<\/strong> (Nuyan Vidyaz, 89), remains unknown. They are reportedly accused of &#8216;extremism&#8217; and &#8216;terrorism&#8217;. Grigory Musalyov is a long-standing elder of the Erzya, editor-in-chief of the newspaper &#8216;Erzyan Mastor&#8217;, who was awarded the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, Order of Merit, V class, in 2014. Yevgeny Chetvergov is a researcher and writer. They face a 10-year prison sentence if convicted.<\/p><p>On 19 October, it was decided to convene an extraordinary assembly of the Erzya elders, who consider that the actions of the Russian Federation authorities are intended to intimidate.<\/p><p>Earlier in September, the Saransk City Court had fined <strong>Vitaly Romashkin<\/strong> 13,000 roubles for taking part in the activities of the Free Idel-Ural organisation. Vitali Romashkin lives in the USA and is currently active in anti-war demonstrations.<\/p><div class=\"my-12 my-md-16 px-4 pt-6  content-section\">\r\n    \n<ul class=\"is-style-links wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/maailm.postimees.ee\/7882940\/fsb-pidas-kinni-ersa-rahva-liidrid-ja-algatas-kriminaalasja?utm_source=facebook.com&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share-buttons&amp;utm_content=7882940&amp;fbclid=IwAR3cRHXaCVJi4TwO9XTvqlqf3J5DFnJy_-Q3_aIGmxfd7VxDiBhhFIy2FLE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jaak Prozes: FSB pidas kinni ersa rahva liidrid ja algatas kriminaalasja (24.10.2023 Postimees, in Estonian)<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/doxa.team\/news\/2023-10-23-mordoviyas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u0412 \u041c\u043e\u0440\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0438 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0448\u043b\u0438 \u043e\u0431\u043b\u0430\u0432\u044b \u043d\u0430 \u043d\u0430\u0446\u0438\u043e\u043d\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0445 \u0430\u043a\u0442\u0438\u0432\u0438\u0441\u0442\u043e (23.10.2023 Doxa, in Russian)<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.idelreal.org\/a\/32617813.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u0421\u0443\u0434 \u0432 \u041c\u043e\u0440\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0438 \u043e\u0448\u0442\u0440\u0430\u0444\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043b \u044d\u0440\u0437\u044f\u043d\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0430\u043a\u0442\u0438\u0432\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0430 \u0437\u0430 \u0441\u043e\u0442\u0440\u0443\u0434\u043d\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e \u0441\u043e &#8220;\u0421\u0432\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0434\u043d\u044b\u043c \u0418\u0434\u0435\u043b\u044c-\u0423\u0440\u0430\u043b\u043e\u043c&#8221; (01.10.2023 IdelReal.org, in Russian)<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FSB has opened a criminal case against what it calls an extremist organisation founded by ethnic nationalists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":65856,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1096],"tags":[3464,3253,3609],"class_list":["post-65855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-2023-en","tag-erzya-en","tag-finno-ugric-peoples-in-russia"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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