Open letter of the Cossack Congress in America

It has come to our attention that on April 28th, 2015, Ministry of Foreign affairs of the Russian Federation held a meeting with the Cossack political party of the Russian Federation where there were mentioned members of Cossack leadership from the United States of America to be present. In order to clear any misunderstandings, and to avoid future confusion, we would like to inform the public, that the people present at the meeting are not representing Cossacks of North America, but rather their own individual selves and interests. Therefore, there was no participation of Cossack leadership for the United States of America or Canada. Furthermore, the Cossack Congress in America does not support the works of the Cossack Political Party of the Russian Federation. As a reminder, the unity of Cossacks in the United States of America and Canada is represented only by the Cossack Congress in America, and official correspondence may only come from the following elected members by the annual Cossack Congress in which all Cossack communities and organizations participate. These elected members are:

Ataman of the Cossack Congress in America Iegor Brun de Saint Hippolyte

Vice Ataman of the Cossack Congress in America for the territory of Canada Ruslan Dimitrov

Vice Ataman of the Cossack Congress in America for the territory of the United States of America Alexey Bocharnikov

We hope that there are no re-occurrence of this incident in the future, and the Cossack of North America are not to be misrepresented by a single figure with no ties to the Cossack unity in America.

Ataman of the Cossack Congress in America
Iegor Brun de Saint Hippolyte