A Extraordinary Republican Congress of Mari People took place
 On
December 23 2004 at 9 oclock The Extraordinary Republican Congress of
the Mari people had to take place in Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El Republic (Russian
Federation). However, the events proved that during the pre-election race
for the post of the president of the Mari El Republic people were not allowed
into the hall.
Early in the morning the hall of Recreation Centre was encircled by
the militia tour of duty, militiamen were also present inside the building.
The deputies of the congress were not allowed into Centre as it used to
be done by the authorities during the meeting with the "oppositional" candidates
to the post of the president of the Mari El Republic.
Despite all hindrances and longstops of law-enforcement authorities
of the Mari El Republic in front of Recreation Centre, people called bluff
and were steadfast in their points of view. The deputies of the congress
decided to hold the congress in the extreme conditions in the street in
front of the building of Recreation Centre in freezing weather 15 C. The
reports of the representatives from different regions of the Mari El Republic,
of the representative on the part of the candidate for the president of
the Mari El Republic Mikhail Dolgov and others were listened to.
Right in the street were announced the Resolution of the Extraordinary
republican congress of Mari people, the resort of the Extraordinary Republican
Congress of Mari people to the President of the Russian Federation V.V.
Putin, the resort of the republican congress of Mari people to Finno-Ugric
people of the world, the resort of the republican congress of Mari people
to the United Nations and world public. The documents were accepted unanimously.
The law-enforcement authorities of the Mari El Republic tried to wrest
from grasp of the congress participants the resolutions of the congress,
the resorts to the president of the Russian Federation V. Putin, to Finno-Ugric
people, to the United Nations and this led to undesirable for the deputies
excesses with militiamen.
Some deputies of the congress were arrested by the law-enforcement authorities,
brought to the regional Department of the Interior and brought to administrative
responsibility for the disturbance of public peace.
The representatives of Russian, Tatarian, Chuvash and other peoples
as well as envoys from Tatarstan, Chuvashia, and the Kirov Region were
present at the congress.
A Extraordinary Republican Congress of Mari people took place.
The meeting that was planned for 13 o'clock did not take place because
under the pressure of the authorities the administration of the city
was forced to alter the earlier coherence about the holding of the meeting
on the Nikonov Square to the different place.
More than 300 delegates and invited guests expressed their intentions
to keep their acts of disobedience (meetings, pickets) in future.
EIA Mari- Express
The materials of the congress:
The Resolution of the extraordinary republican
congress of Mari People
The resort to the President of the Russian Federation
V.V. Putin
The resort to the United Nations and world public
The resort to Finno-Ugric people of the world
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