Russia shuts down Indigenous rights organisation
Russian court orders shut down of Russian Indigenous rights organisation, the Centre for Support of Indigenous Peoples of the North.
News from the Siberian Tribes
Reindeer herders take on Russian oil-giant as tribal rights in Siberia weakened
Izhemtsi people reject the takeover of their land by Russian oil company as tribal rights in Siberia are weakened.
Success: Russia’s Indigenous organization reopens
RAIPON, the organization representing Russia’s Indigenous peoples, has been given permission to reopen.
Siberian Evenk Indigenous organization under attack
Masked gunmen raid the offices of a Siberian tribal community
Russian Indigenous peoples’ organization ordered to close
Ministry of Justice suspends NGO for six months
Chukchee author Yuri Rytkheu dies
The writer Yuri Rytkheu, from the Siberian Chukchee tribe, died in St. Petersburg last week. Rytkheu was known as the most significant Indigenous author in Russia.
Siberian peoples protest against oil and gas pipelines
One hundred Nivkh, Evenk, and Uilta people of Siberia have blocked roads with their reindeer for three days in protest against the planned construction of two huge oil and gas pipelines on their land.