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 ›
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2015.04 Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination regarding Shor communities in Kemerovo Oblast
Outline: This submission has been jointly prepared by the civic organisation “Revival of Kazas and the Shor people”, representing displaced villagers of Kazas in Kemerovo oblast, Russian Federation, together with IWGIA, the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs, an NGO… Read More ›
2019.03 The letter of the Sami representatives to the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on violations of their rights on free, prior and informed consent
Outline: 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 ›
2013.04 Barents Observer. Moscow staged RAIPON election thriller
Indigenous right activist Pavel Sulyandziga had to withdraw his candidature after pressure as Moscow and gas-hungry Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District urged the candidature of State Duma deputy from United Russia Gregory Ledkov. By Thomas Nilsen April 03, 2013 The 7th congress… Read More ›
2010 Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on indigenous peoples rights. Situation of indigenous peoples in the Russian Federation
Outline: This report follows a visit to the Russian Federation by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people and examines the situation of indigenous people in the Russian Federation in light of relevant international… Read More ›
2019.01 50 years ban to enter to the Russian Federation for another indigenous peoples’ rights defender who protected community rights on lands and resources
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 ›
2018.12 Russian Authorities Cover Snow in White Paint to Hide Signs of Pollution, Reports
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 ›
2018.12 Oliver Loode «When I’m ninety-nine»
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 ›
2017 Reflections on the influence of the current political development in Russia on indigenous peoples’ land rights by Rodion Sulyandziga and Dmitry Berezhkov
2017 Indigenous Peoples Rights and Unreported Struggles. Conflict and Peace.pdf Reflections on the Influence of the Current Political Development in Russia on Indigenous Peoples’ Land Rights at Columbia Academic Commons oil, Кечимов С.В., ОАО “Сургутнефтегаз”, Имлор, state governance, state policy, legislation,… Read More ›
2015.10 Alexandra Artieva November 2014 Assembly of Sami people of Murmansk region: Congress or Conference. Opinion of a delegate
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 ›
2017.12 Berezhkov Dmitry «One hundred years of the Sami self-determination in Russia»
Berezhkov Dmitry — master student of the Arctic University of Norway/University of Tromsø. I have been living together with Sami people at the Far West edge of the gigantic Eurasia continent for so many years but still wonder their remarlable… 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
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
2017.11 Atle Staalesen «This dark shadow over the Russian Arctic comes from coal»
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 ›
2014 Frederica Prina. Protecting the Rights of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples in the Russian Federation: Challenges and Ways Forward. Report of Minority Rights Group Europe
2014 Frederica Prina. Protecting the Rights of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples in the Russian Federation Original report at the Minority Rights Group Europe web-page: Frederica-Prina, Report, Minority Rights Group Europe, Indigenous Peoples rights, analysis