Students from Northwest-Russia spent two months on the Arctic archipelago Franz Josef Land, clearing away barrels and scrap metal from the Cold War era.
Sámi villages in Sweden, together with the Sámi Council, are appealing the UN Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination in order to stop the Swedish government`s extraction plans on Sámi territory.
The new President of the Norwegian Sámi Parliament, Aili Keskitalo (44), promises that cooperation with indigenous peoples in Russia will be a top priority.
Thanks to Swedish and Finnish grants, the Working Group of Indigenous Peoples is up and running again after halting its activities for almost four months.
Twenty years after Russia legalized homosexuality, legislators have proposed a new bill that could lead to gay couples losing custody of their children.