Cultural Survival is happy and relieved to announce that the Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples, RAIPON, has been reinstated.
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 Date: March 15, 2013
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 Date: December 9, 2012
Indigenous Peoples’ organizations all over the world are appalled that Russian authorities represented by the Ministry of Justice have suspended the activities of the Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North (RAIPON). |
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 Date: November 29, 2012
VICTORY! |
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 Date: October 10, 2012
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 Date: July 3, 2012
On June 20th, the regional government of the Altai Republic in Russia reviewed and passed a decree on the “Preservation and Development of Sacred Sites of the Altai Republic.” The decree imposes restrictions on various kinds |
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 Date: March 27, 2012
A Moscow News article describes the battle lines between environmentalists and Indigenous Peoples on one side and Russia’s Gazprom company on the other, leaving the future of the sacred Ukok Plateau uncertain. |
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Date: January 11, 2012
Please take another step today in the campaign to protect the sacred Ukok Plateau from the construction of a damaging gas pipeline. |
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 Date: January 9, 2012
Gazprom, the major financer for Russia’s natural gas pipeline that would bisect the Ukok Plateau en route to China, appears to have dropped the project for 2012. |
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Date: December 7, 2011
An opinion piece published by Al Jazeera yesterday gives an in-depth review on the threat by Russian company Gazprom to build a gas pipeline between Russia and China through the sacred Ukok Plateau. |
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Date: November 18, 2011
In this new video, the Telengit people share their ancient culture and its relevance in their lives today. |
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Date: November 8, 2011
November 8, 2011- According to WWF-Russia, Gazprom’s European projects meet higher standards for environmental protection and transparency than its projects inside Russia. The Nord Stream offshore pipeline, to be inaugurated tomorrow, will carry natural gas from Russia to Europe. |
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Date: November 7, 2011
November 8, 2011– On today’s Moscow Times Opinion page, the co-founder of Russia’s Party of People’s Freedom blasted the Medvedev government and the state oil company, Gazprom, for violating national laws and international accords. |
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Date: October 31, 2011
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Date: October 26, 2011
October 25, 2011 – Negotiators failed to agree on financial terms for natural gas sales from Russia to China and construction of a pipeline across the Ukok Plateau, according to reports in NewEurope Online. |
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Date: September 27, 2011
Russia and China took a step forward in their negotiations to build a |
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Date: September 26, 2011
This update was prepared and posted by The Altai Project. |
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Date: September 15, 2011
The Altai Project reports that Russian energy giant Gazprom has begun intensive surveying work on a controversial natural gas pipeline from Russia to China even though the Russian Natural Resources ministry has voiced concerns that the pipeline would violate UNESCO conventions and recommended alternative routes be studied. |
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Date: August 23, 2011
In a letter addressed to the Fund for 21st Century Altai, Russia’s Minister of Natural Resources, R. R. |
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Date: June 9, 2010
• The Sámi define themselves as an Indigenous People, as stated in the International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention 169: “Peoples in independent countries who are regarded as indigenous on account of their descent from the populati |
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Date: June 9, 2010
A creation story related by Risten Lango, a Sami reindeer herder, tells of a white reindeer creating the world. The reindeer’s veins became rivers, its fur became forest, its stomach became the ocean, and its horns became mountains. For the Sami people of Scandinavia and Russia, reindeer is a staple. Some Sami herd reindeer; they rely on the animal extensively for food, tools, and clothing. |
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