Address of the Tatar Council on the occasion of the 34th anniversary of the Tatarstan independence referendum

Dear compatriots, members of the international community! On March 21, 1992, a historic referendum was held in which the people of Tatarstan made their unequivocal choice. With a turnout of over 81% of citizens, 61.4% of participants answered “YES” to the question: “Do you agree that the Republic of Tatarstan is a sovereign state, a subject of international law, building its relations with the Russian Federation and other republics and states on the basis of equal treaties?”

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The Tatar Council, with the support of the League of Free Nations, held a conference dedicated to the 1992 referendum on Tatarstan’s self-determination

“Today, Tatarstan is not master of its own fate. Only an independent republic can carry out its own economic policy and invest in the future of its people. Our main task today is the struggle for independence!” — Syres Bolyaen, President of the League of Free Nations. “Power belongs to the people. And the people already said their word in 1992. From a legal point of view, nothing connects us with Russia. Declaratively, Tatarstan is already a sovereign state!” — Ruslan Aisin,

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