The Russian Manifesto

A Call for Self-Determination

To all nations and peoples of the world,

We speak to you not as enemies, but as neighbors. For too long, our land has been ruled by foreign powers. They decide our future from distant capitals. They deprived us of our land.

We believe that every people has the right to determine its own destiny. This is not a privilege granted by the others. It is a basic right, recognized by the world's own declarations. No nation is born to serve another. No people is too small to govern itself.

We seek what is rightfully ours: our land, our home.

To the international community, we say this: your silence is not neutrality. When a people is denied its voice, the world grows smaller for everyone. We ask you to recognize our cause, to support our right to self-determination, and to stand with us — not against any nation, but for the principle that all peoples deserve freedom.

To our own people, we say: the road will not be easy. But history is on the side of those who refuse to kneel forever. We are not asking for permission to be free. We are claiming what has always been ours.

The time for waiting is over.

Long live the right of every people to choose its own path.