Republican Movement of Karelia

Republican Movement of Karelia
Republican Movement of Karelia
Республиканское движение Карелии
Karjalan Tasavallan Liike
Karjalan Tazavallan Liike
FormationJanuary 10, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-01-10)
FounderVadim Vladimirovich Shtepa
DissolvedAugust 14, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-08-14)
PurposeRegionalism
Separatism
Federalism
Confederalism
Location
LeaderEmelyanova Ekaterina Valentinovna
since 2016
Websitehttps://free-karelia.org/

The Republican Movement of Karelia (Russian: Республиканское движение Карелии) or Karelian Republican Movement (Finnish: Karjalan Tasavallan Liike; Karelian: Karjalan Tazavallan Liike) or RMK was a Karelian regionalist and separatist organization founded by a Russian philosopher and author Vadim Vladimirovich Shtepa and registered in January 2014.[1][2]

The organization became inactive after Vadim Shtepa was arrested in December 2015[3] and was dissolved in August 2019.[1]

  1. ^ a b "РЕГИОНАЛЬНАЯ ОБЩЕСТВЕННАЯ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЯ В ПОДДЕРЖКУ ОСНОВ ФЕДЕРАЛИЗМА И ГРАЖДАНСКОГО ОБЩЕСТВА "РЕСПУБЛИКАНСКОЕ ДВИЖЕНИЕ КАРЕЛИИ"" (in Russian). Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  2. ^ ""Нужны не земли, а люди". Может ли Карелия отделиться от России?". Север.Реалии (in Russian). 2023-01-29. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
  3. ^ Kryzhanovskaya, Anastsia (4 December 2015). "Глава Карелии: экстремистам не будет воли ни в Петрозаводске, ни в Карелии" (in Russian). Retrieved 22 August 2022.