Agreement
Tatarstan-Russia power-sharing treaty, 1994
A bilateral treaty gave Tatarstan substantial autonomy within the Russian Federation, later renewed in 2007 and allowed to lapse in 2017.
What happened
In 1994, Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaymiyev signed a power-sharing treaty delimiting authority between the Russian Federation and Tatarstan, granting Tatarstan substantial autonomy while it agreed to remain part of Russia with "special status."[1] The treaty was renewed in 2007 for a further ten-year term with somewhat reduced powers, but continued to allow Tatarstan to adapt certain laws locally, issue its own passport inserts, and require presidential proficiency in both Russian and Tatar.[2]
The treaty expired on 24 July 2017 when Moscow declined to renew it, making Tatarstan the last of Russia's republics to lose the special bilateral status such a treaty conferred.[3]
Sources for this page
Each number marks a specific claim. Notes give the source, its locator and how it relates to the claim.
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Claim: In 1994, Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaymiyev signed a power-sharing treaty delimiting authority between the Russian Federation and Tatarstan, granting Tatarstan substantial autonomy while it agreed to remain part of Russia with "special status."
- In Russia, an Expiration Date on Autonomy (Geopolitical Futures) link, The 1994 treaty section. Source record
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Claim: The treaty was renewed in 2007 for a further ten-year term with somewhat reduced powers, but continued to allow Tatarstan to adapt certain laws to local conditions, issue its own passport inserts, and require that any president of the republic be proficient in both Russian and Tatar.
- In Russia, an Expiration Date on Autonomy (Geopolitical Futures) link, The 2007 renewal section. Source record
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Claim: The treaty expired on 24 July 2017 when Moscow declined to renew it, making Tatarstan the last of Russia's republics to lose the special bilateral status such a treaty conferred.
- In Russia, an Expiration Date on Autonomy (Geopolitical Futures) link, The 2017 lapse section. Source record