On January 20, around 250 representatives of the Evenk, Nivkh, Nanai, and Uilta indigenous peoples of Sakhalin Island took to the streets in Venskoye settlement, Nogliksky, to protest the activities of international oil companies in the area. The first in a series of actions, participants declared that construction of oil and gas pipelines, processing facilities, and other large industrial sites are having a direct negative impact on the lives and livelihoods of indigenous peoples.

In 2002, at the request of environmentalists in Siberia, we urged the Russian government to reject a proposal to build an oil pipeline through Tunkinskii National Park to China. We issued an action alert on behalf of Russian environmental organizations and Pacific Environment who were trying to stop construction of an oil pipeline through "Russia's Yellowstone".