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Read more about Campaign Update – Russia: Battle Continues to Protect Sacred Plateau

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. Environmentalists and Indigenous organizations are urging Gazprom to choose an alternate route that would spare the Ukok Plateau from desecration.

Building the pipeline across the Ukok would be “moral violence against people,” said Urmat Knyazev, a deputy in the Altai republic’s legislative assembly.

Read more about Campaign Update – Russia: Urge UNESCO to Protect the Sacred Ukok Plateau

Please take another step today in the campaign to protect the sacred Ukok Plateau from the construction of a damaging gas pipeline.

Read more about Campaign Update – Russia: Altai Pipeline Investors Back Down During 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.

Read more about Campaign Update – Russia: Aljazeera Op-Ed Opposes Pipeline Across Ukok Plateau

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.

Read the article here.

Read more about Campaign Video – “Ancient Spirit and Might of the Telengit People” (Russia)

In this new video, the Telengit people share their ancient culture and its relevance in their lives today. See our action alert about the pipeline that threatens the Ukok Plateau here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcmLKkE9CFc

Read more about Campaign Update – Russia: WWF Says Gazprom’s Projects Show Double Standard

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.

Read more about Campaign Update – Russia: Opposition Party Leader Blasts Altai Pipeline

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. Vladimir Ryzhkov also hinted at corruption in the government’s project to build a natural gas pipeline across the Ukok Plateau, despite its status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Ryzhkov served as a State Duma representative from 1993 to 2007 and currently hosts a political radio talk show.

Read more about Campaign Update – Russia: Ministry Replies to Global Response Letter

October 31, 2011- In reply to a letter from Cultural Survival, Russia’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment acknowledged “high ecological risks” in the proposed construction of a natural gas pipeline across the Ukok Plateau, reiterating its preference for alternate routes. The letter, signed by N.R.

Read more about Campaign Update - Russia: Pipeline Talks Collapse

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. See the report HERE.

Read more about Campaign Update - Russia/China: Governments Agree on Price

Russia and China took a step forward in their negotiations to build a
pipeline that would carry natural gas from Russia to China, transecting the
sacred Ukok Plateau. This week the two countries' companies agreed on a
formula to calculate the price of the natural gas, according to an
announcement by Gazprom Deputy CEO Alexander Medvedev. See the complete
report here.

To write letters to Russian and Chinese officials, opposing the proposed

Read more about Campaign Update – Russia/China: Gazprom Prepares to Buy Lands Along Pipeline Route

This update was prepared and posted by The Altai Project.

Read more about Campaign Update – Russia: Surveyors Mark Pipeline Route Across Ukok Plateau

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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