Feedback The rights of indigenous peoples in Russia were discussed at the OSCE ODIHR Conference in Warsaw during the side event “Indigenous peoples in Russia are being criminalized and ruined, their rights violated by the state and mining companies”.
The problems faced by Indigenous peoples in the Arctic zone of Russia were discussed by the head of the NGO Arctida Ilya Shumanov, Mark Zdor and Dmitry Berezhkov, independent experts from the International Committee of the Indigenous Peoples of Russia. Olga Abramenko spoke about the experience of ADC Memorial in protecting Indigenous peoples living in Southern Siberia and suffering from coal mining and alluvial gold mining.