On 4 November, the Russian Federation (and now also in the occupied territories) celebrates the Day of National Unity. Holidays are part of the Russian tradition: they do not celebrate Christmas like the rest of the Western world; instead of the Day of Remembrance and Victory over Nazism, they glorify themselves and call Victory Day on a different date.
The Day of National Unity in Russia is a black day on the calendar for entire ethnic groups. It is a reminder to the Buryats, Tuvans, Tatars, Bashkirs, Chechens, Kalmyks and other peoples that, instead of freedom, they received a dictatorship, the destruction of their language and culture, and under the slogans of unity, they can be sent to war against Ukraine.
Let us use this day to remind ourselves: there is no such thing as Russian unity. There is only bloody Russian imperialism and different peoples who will be free from this forced “unity.” We must urgently consider and adopt Bill 11402 on the state policy of Ukraine towards the enslaved nations of the Russian Federation, to more effectively and systematically assist their struggle.
For me, a Chechen is not a Russian, but a soldier of the Sheikh Mansur or Dzhokhar Dudayev battalion. A Buryat is not a living corpse going to Ukraine, but a soldier of the “Sibir” battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. A Tatar is someone who fights against the FSB underground.
There is and will be no unity in Russia as long as the peoples fight for their freedom. And we must be leaders in this matter.
For our freedom and yours!
Yaroslav Yurchyshyn, People’s Deputy of Ukraine
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