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Appeal Dear Rustam Nurgaliyevich, On behalf of the Global Council of Tatars, we are addressing you regarding the case of our compatriot, the young mathematician Azat Miftakhov, who, in our firm belief, has become a victim of unjust and politically motivated persecution. Today, this is no longer only about the fate of one individual. It is about whether Tatarstan is capable of protecting its own son when he faces clear injustice and unchecked arbitrariness. Silence in such sit

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?”

Dear brothers and sisters, sons and daughters of the brotherly Balkar people, Today, on March 8, during these holy days of Ramadan, we join you in prayer and honor the memory of innocent victims of the terrible and tragic events of the 20th century. Exactly 82 years ago, in 1944, your people were subjected to a total and cruel deportation from their homeland. The operation called “Lentil” (or “North Caucasus-455”), carried out in just a few hours, will always remain in histor

Dear compatriots, brothers and sisters! Today, we address you with a heavy heart. February 23, 1944, marks one of the darkest dates in the history of the peoples of the Caucasus and all people of good will. On that day, Operation Lentil began—the mass deportation of Chechens and Ingush to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Approximately 650,000 people were uprooted, homeless, and sent thousands of kilometers into the unknown. We Tatars know well the pain of losing our homeland and th