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Фонд Свободная Бурятия Эрхэ сүлөөтэй Буряад орон | |
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| Formation | March 2022 (2022-03) |
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| Founder | Alexandra Garmazhapova,Viktoria Maladaeva |
| Legal status | Foundation |
| Purpose | Activism |
| Headquarters | Alexandria, Virginia,United States |
Region | Buryatia,Russia |
Official language | Russian |
President | Alexandra Garmazhapova |
TheFree Buryatia Foundation (Russian:Фонд Свободная Бурятия;Buryat:Эрхэ сүлөөтэй Буряад орон) is anadvocacy group focused on theRussian federal subject ofBuryatia. The foundation is located inAlexandria, Virginia, United States.[1]
The Foundation was founded in March 2022 in response to the2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, by opponents of the war inBuryatia and members of the globalBuryatsdiaspora.[2] Co-founder and journalist Alexandra Garmazhapova stated that the Russian government was "using impoverished Buryats as cannon fodder" and that "the future of Buryatia should be determined by the people of Buryatia in free elections."[3]
The organization has organizedlegal aid for soldiers and national guard members who areconscientious objectors to the invasion of Ukraine, as well as for their families. According to the Foundation, it has helped at least 350 individuals as of early-July 2022, along with widely disseminating step-by-step guides on conscientious objection via social media.[4][5] It has also usedopen-source intelligence to publish estimations of the number of Buryats killed in action in Ukraine, estimating that around 2.8% of Russian deaths as of late-April 2022 were Buryat, one of the highest death tolls among the Russian federal republics.[6]
The Foundation criticizes themobilisation.[7]
In March 2023,Russia'sMinistry of Justice added the Foundation to the so-called list of"foreign agent".[8]
On September 1, 2023, it became known that the fund was designated as an “undesirable organization” in Russia.[9]
The Foundation supports greaterautonomy for Buryatia, including greater control over monetary andnatural resources. It supports the promotion of theBuryat language and of theculture of theBuryats.[3]
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