German corporations must demand that Russian extractive company Nornickel respect indigenous rights and environmental standards – or end business deals After more than 21,000 tons of diesel leaked from a power plant tank in May 2020, causing the largest oil… Read More ›
Rosneft is developing a massive oil project on the Taymyr peninsula with 15 towns, a port, two airports and 800km of pipeline Gennady Schukin has returned to his flat in the city of Dudinka, above the Arctic circle, from a… Read More ›
An extended report by Aborigen-Forum, Centre for the Support of Indigenous Peoples of the North, Arctic Consult, and Batani foundation. This is extended report prepared by Gennady Schukin (Aborigen-Forum, Russia), Rodion Sulyandziga, PhD (Centre for the Support of indigenous Peoples… Read More ›
The present submission focuses on the situation of the 41 small numbered indigenous peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East, who numbering approximately 260,000 individuals in total traditionally inhabit about two thirds of Russia’s territory, from the Kola… Read More ›
By Dmitry Berezhkov (Arctic Consult, Norway) and Pavel Sulyandziga (Batani Foundation, US) Beside the coronavirus, the Russian civil society continues to discuss new changes in the Russian Constitution that were suggested by Vladimir Putin this spring. This discussion is carried… Read More ›
We are seriously concerned about the initiative to ban the use of heavy fuel by ships in the Arctic and its transportation as fuel. Arctic regions where the Indigenous Peoples live are distinguished by remoteness and extreme climate conditions. High… Read More ›
6 November 2019 Moscow regional court sustained a claim of the Russian Ministry of Justice and made a decision on forced liquidation of the Russian non-governmental organization the Centre for the Support of Indigenous Peoples of the North, which was… Read More ›
«Moscow city court accommodates Ministry of Justice demand to terminate the Centre for the Support of Indigenous Peoples of the North» «Moscow city court accommodates Ministry of Justice demand to terminate the Centre for the Support of Indigenous Peoples of the North»… Read More ›
While much of the world has focused on the fires raging in the Amazon, the world’s largest forest–the Siberian Taiga in Russia–has been on fire for most of 2019. Since January this year, more than 130,000 square kilometres of land… Read More ›
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples UN Permanent Forum on indigenous issues UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Commissioner for human rights of the Council… Read More ›
Тихоокеанский лосось в мире человеческих взаимоотношений: экономических, социальных, экологических, исторических, этнических и культурных: Тезисы докладов Международного научно-практического семинара. Петропавловск-Камчатский : Изд-во «Камчатпресс», 2019. – 132 с. ISBN 978-5-9610-0326-0 Сборник включает материалы состоявшегося 21–22 мая 2019 г. в Петропавловске- Камчатском и… Read More ›
7х7’s report on a Natural Park and Khanty village in focus of oil producer’s interest Numto village is located in Numto Natural Park on the bank of Khanty’s sacred Lake Numto in the north of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area. It is almost isolated… Read More ›
by Chihiro Geuzebroek 1 May 2019 Right now the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous issues is taking place in New York. There’s a lot of lofty talk about indigenous peoples rights to free, prior and informed consent. This means indigenous… Read More ›
1. The map of indigenous peoples of the Russian North, Siberia and the Far East 2. Small numbered indigenous peoples of the Russian North, Siberia and the Far East The definition of “indigenous” without the numerical qualification does not exist… Read More ›
Текстовая версия выступления Ассоциация Кольских Саамов — самая многочисленная организация в Мурманской области. О нашей ситуации в Мурманской области вчера упоминали наши зарубежные партнеры. Представители иностранных государств выступают от имени Российских Саамов — моего народа с чьих-то слов. В связи… Read More ›
The village has suffered a process of systematic destruction driven by mining interests, from which the local authorities have failed to protect. The villagers are now displaced, some are reported homeless. No adequate substitute land has been offered and no… Read More ›
The authors describe the situation on hunting area auction according to which Sami people lose their right to hunt on their traditional land in Lovozero municipality in Murmansk region as well as Sami traditional reindeer herding becomes compromised. Reference —… Read More ›
Another human rights defender who protected the rights of indigenous peoples of the Russian Federation Johannes Rohr received recently the decision of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) to ban entry to the Russian Federation until 2069. Johannes Rohr, a… Read More ›
Problems of environmental protection and traditional land use: Lack of legal framework for economic activity and traditional land use. Lack of legal identification of indigenous persons who have legal rights to traditional land use and economy. Lack of protection from… Read More ›
Authorities in the coal-mining Siberian region of Kemerovo have reportedly covered up snow with white paint to hide evidence of soot and ash pollution. Footage published by local media Monday showed a woman’s hands becoming coated in white paint after… Read More ›
Oliver Loode — is an activist of the international Finno-Ugric movement and Member of United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) for the term 2014-2016. This Thursday (13.12.2018) I was on the way to Russia, to attend a Finno-Ugric language activism seminar… Read More ›
In November 2014 a big event with the participation of government officials and Sami legal representatives took place.This event is currently referred to as the Third Sami Congress, but I fundamentally disagree with this statement, and there are strong reasons… Read More ›
21. Russian Federation 90. On 10 May 2018, the Chair and the Focal Point for Reprisals for the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination wrote to the Government about allegations of reprisals by the authorities against Ms. Yana Tannagasheva… Read More ›
Andrey Danilov is a Sami politician. He is a director of the Sami heritage and development fund and a member of the Sami Parliament of the Murmansk region (Sam Sobbar) This article based on information from the online group «The Association… Read More ›
The letter of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to the Russian Federation considering the reprisals against Yana Tannagasheva and Vlad Tannagashev
Executive summary: On the map of Russia, Kuzbass in southern Siberia nestles roughly above Mongolia and Kazakhstan. It’s an area few Europeans know much about, and even fewer visit. But it’s a place most of us are inextricably linked to…. Read More ›
On the map of Russia, Kuzbass in southern Siberia nestles roughly above Mongolia and Kazakhstan. It’s an area few Europeans know much about, and even fewer visit. But it’s a place most of us are inextricably linked to. For despite… Read More ›
Posted on March 25, 2018 by lukasallemann at arcticanthropology.org English text see below. Цель данной статьи – предоставить слово бывшим ученикам интернатов Севера России, с особенным упором на вспомогательных школах-интернатах советского периода, в народе приобретавшие печальное прозвище «дебилки». Материалы являются свидетельством событий… Read More ›
2018.02 Joint Submission to the Human Rights Council at the 30th Session of the Universal Periodic Review by Anti-Discrimination Center Memorial and Russian LGBT Network Indigenous peoples rights, UN, Universal Periodic Review, Memorial center, centre, alternative report, parallel information
Atle Staalesen – is a Norwegian journalist and Director of the Independent Barents Observer. In 2002, he founded the Barents Observer and was an editor until 2009. In 2015 along with the rest of the newspaper crew he established the Independent Barents Observer as an… Read More ›