{{Short description|International organization}} {{Infobox organization | name = Free Nations League | native_name = Лига Cвободных Наций | native_name_lang = Ru | logo = Free Nations League Logo.png | logo_size = 150px | logo_alt = Logo | logo_caption = Logo | image = File:Flag of the Free Nations League.jpg | image_size = 200px | image_alt = Flag | caption = Flag of the Free Nations League | map = <!-- map image --> | map_size = <!-- defaults to 250px --> | map_alt = | map_caption = | map2 = <!-- 2nd map image, if required --> | map2_size = | map2_alt = | map2_caption = | abbreviation = | nickname = | pronunciation = | pronounce_ref = | pronounce_comment = | named_after = | predecessor = | merged_into = <!-- any other organization(s) which it was merged into --> | successor = | formation = {{start date and age|2022}} | founder = <!-- or |founders = --> | founding_location = [[Otepää]], [[Estonia]] | dissolved = <!-- or |defunct = --><!-- use {{end date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | merger = <!-- other organizations (if any) merged with, to constitute the new organization --> | type = [[Non-governmental organization|NGO]] | tax_id = <!-- or |vat_id = (for European organizations) --> | registration_id = <!-- for non-profits --> | status = Political pressure group | purpose = Secession of ethnic republics ([[countries]]) and other regions from the [[Russian Federation]] | professional_title = <!-- for professional associations --> | headquarters = [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]] | coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LON|display=inline,title}} --> | origins = | region_served = [[Russia]] | products = <!-- or |product = --> | services = | methods = <!-- or |method = --> | fields = <!-- or |field = --> | membership = <!-- number of members --> | num_members_year = <!-- year to which membership numbers/data apply --> | language = <!-- or |languages = --><!-- any official language or languages used --> | leader_title = President | leader_name = [[Radjana Dugar-DuPonte]] | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | leader_title5 = | leader_name5 = | board_of_directors = | key_people = | main_organ = <!-- or |publication = --><!-- organization's principal body (assembly, committee, board, etc.) or publication --> | parent_organization = <!-- or |parent_organisation = --> | subsidiaries = | secessions = | affiliations = | ror_id = <!-- unique ID in the Research Organization Registry --> | budget = | budget_year = | revenue = | revenue_year = | disbursements = | expenses = | expenses_year = | endowment = | endowment_year = | funding = <!-- source of funding e.g. for "think tanks" --> | num_staff = | num_staff_year = | num_volunteers = | num_volunteers_year = | num_students = | num_students_year = | awards = | website = {{URL|https://freenationsleague.org}} | remarks = | former_name = <!-- or |former_name = --> | footnotes = | bodystyle = }} The '''Free Nations League''' is an organization that claims to represent 15 national [[separatist]] [[Separatism in Russia|movements within]] [[Russia]].<ref name="fennougria">{{cite web |title=Free Nations League organised in Estonia |url=https://fennougria.ee/en/free-nations-league-organised-in-estonia/ |website=[[World Congress of Finno-Ugric Peoples]] |access-date=10 September 2024}}</ref> The organization was founded in 2022 in the aftermath of the start of the [[Russian Invasion of Ukraine]].<ref name="fennougria"/>
==History== [[File:Congress of the Free Nations League group photo.jpg|thumb|right|Participants at the 2024 founding congress]] The group's stated goal is to provide "a broad anti-imperial movement that unites national, socio-political and civil organizations who advocate for sovereignty for the peoples and territories in the Russian Federation."<ref name="fennougria"/> The organization differentiates itself from other groups by explicitly calling for secession from the Russian state. The president of the League, [[Radjana Dugar-DuPonte]] urged the citizens of the Russian Federation to prepare for the collapse of the state stating "We cannot say exactly when that moment will come, but we know that it is no longer over the mountains. And we must be ready for it."<ref name="fennougria"/>
The group held its first congress from 4–6 April 2024, in [[Otepää]], [[Estonia]], where the League adopted its charter, principles and values as well as plan for the following years.<ref name="fennougria"/><ref name="ERR">{{cite web |last1=Kond |first1=Ragnar |title=Free Nations League holds first meeting in Estonia |url=https://news.err.ee/1609305813/free-nations-league-holds-first-meeting-in-estonia |website=[[Eesti Rahvusringhääling]] |date=8 April 2024 |access-date=10 September 2024}}</ref> The League announced that it plans to be headquartered in [[Helsinki]] with permanent offices in the Baltic states.<ref name="fennougria"/>
The group states that the ethnic republics in Russia are "captive nations" that have had their [[sovereignty]] taken from them by Russian authorities by force or threat of force.<ref>{{cite web |title=Free Nations of Russia calls for independence |url=https://en.respublica.lt/free-nations-of-russia-calls-for-independence |website=respublica.lt |date=23 July 2022 |access-date=10 September 2024}}</ref>
The organization was recognized as [[Russian undesirable organizations law|"undesirable"]] on the territory of Russia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Генпрокуратура признала нежелательной «Лигу свободных наций» — РБК |url=https://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/63f36d469a7947f84d71dcdc |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=amp.rbc.ru |date=20 February 2023 }}</ref>
===Activities=== The group sponsors the annual "[[Captive Nations Week]]" where members of the various ethnic groups diaspora protest in major cities across the western world.<ref name="Biden">{{cite web |title=Free Nations League sends letter to President Joe Biden |url=https://oiratcongress.org/posts/Letter-to-President-Biden |website=[[Oirat-Kalmyk People's Congress]] |access-date=10 September 2024}}</ref> During the 2024 Captive Nations Week, the congress sent a letter to [[U.S. President]] [[Joe Biden]] to support the independence of national minority regions in Russia, and for more support for Ukraine in its war against Russia.<ref name="Biden"/>
==Represented groups and peoples== *[[File:Flag_Baltic_republican_party.svg|25px]] [[Kaliningrad Oblast|Baltic]] Russians - [[Baltic Republican Party]]<ref name="about"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Vadim Petrov: The Empire is Afraid of Freedom Fighters |url=https://abn.org.ua/en/liberation-movements/vadim-petrov-the-empire-is-afraid-of-freedom-fighters/ |website=[[Anti-imperial Block of Nations]] |access-date=10 September 2024}}</ref> * [[File:Flag of Bashkortostan (1918).svg|25px]] [[Bashkirs]] - [[Bashkir National Political Center]]<ref name="about"/> * [[File:Flag of Buryatia.svg|25px]] [[Buryats]] - [[Buryat Democratic Movement]]<ref name="about"/> * [[File:Flag of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.svg|25px]] [[Chechens]]<ref name="about"/> * [[File:Circassian flag.svg|25px]] [[Circassians]]<ref name="about"/> * [[File:Flag of Kuban People's Republic.svg|25px]] [[Cossacks]]<ref name="ERR" /> * [[File:Erzya Flag.svg|25px]] [[Erzyas]] - {{ill|Erzya National Movement|ru|Эрзянское национальное движение}}<ref name="about"/> *[[File:Inkerin lippu.svg|25px]] [[Ingrian Finns|Ingrians]] - [[Free Ingria]]<ref name="about"/> *[[File:Flag of the Congress of the Oirat-Kalmyk nation.png|25px]] [[Kalmyks]] - [[Oirat-Kalmyk People's Congress]]<ref name="about">{{cite web |title=People of the League|url=https://freenationsleague.org/ru/about-us/ |website=freenationsleague.org |access-date=10 September 2024}}</ref> *[[File:Flag of the Moksha people.svg|25px]] [[Mokshas]] - [[The Committee of Representatives of the Moksha People]]<ref name="about"/> * [[File:Flag of Sakha.svg|25px]] [[Yakuts]]<ref name="about"/> * [[File:Flag of Tatarstan.svg|25px]] [[Tatars]] - [[Free Idel-Ural]]<ref name="about"/>{{efn|Free Idel-Ural also strives for the independence of [[Bashkortostan]], [[Chuvashia]], [[Mari El]], [[Mordovia]], and [[Udmurtia]]}}
==Notes== {{notelist}}
==See also== * [[NOMAD Unit (Ukraine)]] * [[Free Nations of Post-Russia Forum]] * [[Separatism in Kazakhstan]] * [[Separatism in Uzbekistan]] * [[Russian Far East]] * [[Far Eastern Republic]] * [[Siberian regionalism]]
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