*Deimperialization* spellchecker didn't catch that one. I admit I mostly clicked this for the sexy looking map: https://euromaidanpress.com/2022/07...tion-discuss-its-deimperialization-in-prague/ 2022/07/25 - 01:36 • INTERNATIONAL The second forum of the Free Nations of Russia ended in Prague. There, representatives of national minorities of Russia adopted a declaration on the decolonization of Russia. The conference was attended by representatives of the Russian opposition, participants of regional and national movements, public activists, and experts, including former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin. As noted in the announcements of the conference, if “the famous leaders of the Russian opposition want to replace the bad Kremlin king with a good one,” then the Forum of Free Nations is devoted to radically restructuring Russia, which should be “decolonized, deimperialized, and deputinized,” Novynarnia reported. According to the forum participants, Russian President Vladimir Putin built a dictatorial system with a prosperous metropolis, which pumps out resources from the subordinated “colonies” and uses them to satisfy imperial ambitions. “This aggressive policy has already led to the greatest war in Europe over the last 80 years,” the organizers of the event said. According to the Forum, all peoples of the Russian Federation have the right to political, economic, and cultural self-determination. Participants adopted a declaration. It calls, inter alia, upon representatives of ethnic groups who are fighting in the ranks of the Russian army “in an unjust war against Ukraine” to return home or surrender to Ukrainian troops. The authors of the document refer to the UN basic documents: the right of peoples to self-determination, a declaration of independence to colonial countries and peoples, a declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples, and declarations of sovereignty, approved by parliaments of national republics in the early 1990s. “The Prague Declaration defines the Russian Federation as a terrorist state, whose colonial practices for centuries, such as forced eviction and genocide, have made indigenous peoples victim of historical injustice. Our peoples were involved in war crimes. Through the policy of the imperialist center, sanctions are imposed against us, we are threatened with civilization isolation, and even complete disappearance,” the declaration reads. Representatives of ethnic groups and nations that operate in Russia stressed that Moscow’s actions led to the Russian Federation being on the verge of chaos and civil war. ”Only complete, controlled decolonization of Russia can prevent this,” they stated. It is also noted that the process of complete and full decolonization of Russia should be based on international law, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the right of nations to self-determination enshrined in the UN Charter. The first forum of the free peoples of Russia took place in May in Warsaw. “The forum is held every time in another European city, which has a prehistory of freedom and a fight against dictatorship,” the organizers said. The next conference is likely to take place in Klaipeda in Lithuania.
Secretary of National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine believes Russia’s collapse has already begun: "dozen of regions ready to leave the Russian Federation" https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/09/7/7366458/ Oleksii Danilov, the Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine (NSDC) is convinced that certain processes have already begun in Russia that will eventually lead to the collapse of the aggressor country. Source: Danilov in an interview with LB.UA Quote of the NSDC Secretary: "Processes have begun there that no longer suit the leadership of the Russian Federation. They did not start immediately – not in March, not in April, but they began to gain momentum two months ago. There are studies, which show that some territories are now ready to be liberated from this colonial state. We have the first, let's say, ten of these regions. We understand who will be, relatively speaking, at the forefront of all processes." Details: According to Danilov, this is confirmed by the results of certain studies that the special services of the Russian Federation conduct directly on its territory. They show that there are territories that do not support the regime of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and their number is "much higher than, relatively speaking, two months ago". Danilov added that the Russians themselves know about these territories that are ready to be liberated from the Russian Federation. Among these territories, he named Tatarstan in the first place, and Ichkeria in the second, adding that "it will be free." Danilov is convinced that when the process of withdrawal from the Russian Federation begins, it will be impossible to stop it because it will gain momentum and end with the collapse of the Federation. The NSDC Secretary also added that Ukraine almost does not participate in this, as Putin is destroying the Russian Federation with his own actions. Quote from Danilov: "Putin built a totalitarian regime. Of course, people are intimidated. I want to remind you that it was all the same in the Soviet Union. In the Soviet Union, there were very, very few people who dared to protest. But when the trials began, people flooded all the streets, plazas and squares, and this so-called great USSR just burst, like that Kherson watermelon, you know? This is what we are talking about. Processes are now starting to move forward. And they move at high speed. The only thing is that we would like this to happen today, but it doesn’t work that way." Details: At the same time, the NSDC Secretary added that Ukraine is accelerating these processes as it "kills those terrorists who were sent here [Russian troops - ed]", and as the number of "freshly-dug graves of soldiers" is growing in Russia. Background: Oleksii Danilov, Secretary of the NSDC, believes that the war will not last for many years and will end with the victory of Ukraine. Earlier, Danilov said that by launching a full-scale war against Ukraine, Russia launched the process of decolonisation.
Russian Federation on brick on 'collapse' as Ukraine keeps pushing hard on Russian forces https://www.express.co.uk/news/worl...ne-Kharkiv-counter-offensive-campaign-west-vn Former US Army Europe Commanding General Ben Hodges warned the West need to “be prepared for the collapse of Russia” as he explained Russia’s key pillars of industry, energy and arms exports, are starting to suffer amid the invasion of Ukraine. Referring to the war in Ukraine and Russian casualties recorded since the beginning of the war, he added that the vast majority of deaths come from areas outside of Moscow and St Petersburg and argued the Russian population out in Siberia or in other areas far from the capital such as Chechnya “may see opportunity to break away” from the Russian Federation. Referring to NATO and the West, he urged the alliance to keep supporting Ukraine in its counter offensive campaign and to start building up “a strategy for the whole Black Sea region” both economically and militarily. (More at above url)
Former Soviet states eye opportunities as Russia suffers Ukraine rout https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...-opportunities-as-russia-suffers-ukraine-rout
Let's see how Putin's plan of calling up men in the remote regions and arming them works out for him. Sounds like these regions are likely to secede knowing there is little Moscow can do militarily to stop them --- putting an end to the Russian Federation. As Protests Erupt Over Putin’s Draft, a More Ominous Threat Surfaces Demonstrators in the mostly Muslim North Caucasus are hinting at secession https://newlinesmag.com/argument/as-protests-erupt-over-putins-draft-a-more-ominous-threat-surfaces/