CONFESS Comms: Nadia's Speech

## Nadia's Speech

### Description

Nadia Aleksandra, President of the Siberian People's Republic, broadcasts a radio speech to her people.

### Speaker(s)

Nadia Aleksandra

**Aleksandra:** Citizens of the Siberian People's Republic. This is your President, Nadia Aleksandra. Two months ago, when we once again united as we did in 1996 and overthrow the chains of oppression, exploitation, and occupation to determine our own future free of Moscow's intervention, you elected me, just as you did back then, to lead you. To serve you and represent your best interests. I cannot tell you what an honor is has been to see my country flourish and see us finally begin to achieve our dreams of an independent Siberia. The truth you put on my shoulders is both overwhelming and inspiring. The burden of leadership, while heavy, is one I am willing to carry.

**Aleksandra:** With that said, you know I tend to dive straight into any problem. I don't shy away from speaking my mind, or addressing the issue directly. And right now, we face a crisis as a nation. Certain fringe movements have begun to arise within our borders and outside. Some of them, such as the Siberian Union Party, are perfectly valid political parties. I have taken no action against them, because I am not a dictator. And I am not opposed to criticism or critique of my government. In fact, while I am a believer in national unity, peaceful disagreement is a necessary competent of any democracy. And the right of a people to decide one's future without the influence of other countries or outside parties is exactly why we united to begin with. It's why I have said on multiple occasions that when my term ends, I will transition power to whomever the people decide is right to inherit the role, and I will find other ways of serving my people.

**Aleksandra:** However, there is another faction that opposes me. The United Russian People's Voice. I will refrain from inflammatory rhetoric or labels, but I will state the truth. The truth is they have openly made their violent intentions clear. To overthrow me, and see Russia occupy our lands one again. Their very name is a misnomer, for it implies all Russians and Siberians, whom they incorrectly claim as one and the same, agree with them. If that was true, would so many Russian soldiers and citizens seek sanctuary here? Would the people have elected me? Would over 80% of Siberians voted to join CONFESS?

**Aleksandra:** It is speaking to both my political colleagues and this faction that I say this. Have you forgotten the past? Russia has subjugated, exploited, and raped us and our lands since the days of the Czars. The gulags. The slave labor. The resource theft. And when we rose up, when we demanded no more, they invaded, massacred, and occupied us. They killed my husband, imprisoned me and my infant son without trial. And when the chaos of the outbreak came to Russia, they saw a chance to get rid of me. They locked me in a prison infamous for terrorists, serial killers, rapists and cannibals, and withdrew the vast majority of guards. The intentions were clear. If it hadn't been for the brave efforts of the Siberian Wolves, what do you think would've happened to me? Worse, what do you think would've happened to my son? The men who made that decision are still in power, you know?

**Aleksandra:** That's putting aside what they've done to others who stood against them. Georgia. Ukraine. Moldova. Chechnya. I could go on. So much suffering. So much death. On a scale far, far grander than Skyler Brooks and her forces have done. That is the country you wish to unify us with? That is the country that NATO, the coalition built to curb Russian militancy, now openly fights alongside? Whom the Geneva Strategic Alliance welcomes with open arms?

**Aleksandra:** You claim I am in the wrong because Mikhail Volodin says he wants peace. But I simply say I am learning from history. Vladimir Volodin was a dictator responsible for suffering and war across Siberia and the former Soviet republics, as well as geo-political tension that has more than once drawn the world close to a nuclear holocaust. But that's the thing. It's not just him. Czar Nicholas. Lenin. Stalin. Khrushchev. Gorbachev. Yeltsin. All of them have been liars, dictators, or outright scum in one way or another. What makes you think Volodin will be any different? Sure, he's said nice things about "peaceful cooperation". Even putting aside the clear undertones in his words about reuniting Russia and our lands, denying the Siberian people the right to self-determination to once again become servient to the whim of distant politicians in cities hundreds or even thousands of miles away, who know nothing of our culture, our history, our needs.

**Aleksandra:** Some see my desire to push back against Russia as militant, fascist. And yes, perhaps some of my rhetoric has gone too far. I admit that. But for those of us who lived through 1996. who witnessed the destruction wreaked by a government under the leadership of the Volodin family, am I wrong for distrusting the claims of another Volodin? For being wary of the words of another in a list of a hundred years of corrupt autocrats? Am I a bad person for not wanting a repeat of the pain and misery we've suffered?

**Aleksandra:** I am not asking for you to agree with me on everything. I only ask you to consider my words. If you truly believe in democracy as you claim, if you truly want what's best for Siberia and her people, you would not advocate for another occupation, to overthrow the democratically elected leader, to subjugate the same people you seek to "liberate". And you would not blindly trust the words of a man whose family killed tens of thousands of innocent Siberians, and who sits on a throne covered in a century's worth of blood and lies.

**Aleksandra:** In the end, actions speak louder than words. I have my views on this clear. If Volodin can show me concrete proof he's willing to break the legacy, to truly seek peace, not through force but through cooperation of two sovereign nations, I'll trust that more than any promises he could make. He can start by doing three things. Arresting the oligarchs in the Kremlin who plotted for me and my son to die horrible deaths to erase a political enemy. Issue an official apology for war crimes historically perpetuated against Siberia, with a specific admittance of guilt for the rape, false imprisonment, murder, and torture of 15,000 Siberians in the 1996 Revolution. And finally, sign a sworn statement that guarantees the independence of the Siberian People's Republic, and the right for it to decide it's own elections, it's own foreign and domestic policy. A guarantee that if broken, will mean NATO is required to intervene on our behalf.

**Aleksandra:** Do that, and you will have gone a long way to earn the trust of me, and more importantly, the vast majority of Siberians. Show me I can trust you, and we can discuss the future of peaceful cooperation you claim you want.