News
Statements, reports and updates from the Fund and our partners
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Manufacturing Indigenous Legitimacy
Russia’s Architecture of Captured Indigenous Representation and International Propaganda Introduction Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North (RAIPON) was once regarded as the principal…
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Dmitry Berezhkov. A Time of Cowards and Scoundrels
Photo by Sergey Gavrilov We are living in strange times. Today, what was used to be an unquestionable truth—such as the slogans “No to war”…
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On the Statement of RAIPON Concerning the Arrest of Indigenous Activists A Note on Representation, Silence, and International Legitimacy
In April 2026, the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues will convene in New York. RAIPON will be there — speaking in the name of…
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Open Statement of Concern to the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP)
from the International Committee of Indigenous Peoples of Russia (ICIPR) 10 July 2025 To: Chair and members of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of…
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Our voices will endure—even if they try to silence them.
On May 13, 2025, the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation declared the activities of the Batani International Fund for the Development and Solidarity…
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Historic International Conference on Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia, and the Russian Far East Held on Orcas IslandInternational Conference on Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia, and the Far East and the Future of Russia Held on the Island”) reports on a recent international conference focused on the rights and future of Indigenous peoples in Russia’s northern regions.
From April 14 to 17, 2025, a historic international conference took place on Orcas Island, Washington State, USA, on the traditional lands of the Lummi…
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Valentina Sovkina: This reminds me of an unequal marriage
Sovkina V.V., Member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues 22.02.2025 Lately, I have written little and rarely write about public events in…
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‘Extermination of Entire Nations’: Scientist Maria Vyushkova Counts Russia’s Indigenous War Dead
On her YouTube channel, Maria Vyushkova describes herself as “a scientist by profession, Buryat by ethnicity” and “anti-war and decolonial activist by the sphere of social…
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Ironic notes on legitimacy, among other things…
Hearings on enhancing participation of indigenous peoples at the UN Human Rights Council have concluded recently in Geneva. These hearings are part of the process…
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The European Parliament Discussed the Issues of Indigenous Peoples
On February 4, 2025, the European Parliament in Brussels hosted a discussion titled “Land Exploitation, Oppression of Peoples: Discrimination and Persecution of Indigenous Peoples of…