The report on the state of the indigenous peoples was presented worldwide on January 14th in Mexico City, Bogota, Rio-de-Janeiro, Moscow, Brussels and at UN Headquarters in New-York. This publication is a cooperative effort of independent experts working with the Secretariat of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Subsequent launches are also being prepared in Sydney, Johannesburg and Manila.

On behalf of 6 organizations, Permanent Participants to the Arctic Council, representing the indigenous peoples of circumpolar region, we have a great honor to invite you to participate in the V Arctic Leaders Summit in Moscow, 14-15 April 2010.

On Wednesday, November, 25, the Day of the Kamchatka Krai was celebrated in the Federation Council. Almost all the Krai’s leaders were present: the governor Alexander Kuzmitsky, a chairman of the Legislative Assembly of the Kamchatka Krai Boris Nevzorov, representatives of the Kamchatka ministries, departments and business.  

The international conference “Social responsibility of business and state-private partnership”, organized by the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ministry of Regional Development and administration of the Novosibirsk region under the patronage of the plenipotentiary representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Siberian Federal District and of the Canadian Ministry of  Indian Affairs and Northern Development, was held in Novosibirsk on November 23-24.

There can be only one opinion – this project is impossible. Such conclusion was reached by the participants of the round table “Evenki Hydropower Station: to be or not to be…” that was held November, 27, in the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation.

The President delivered his Address during my stay in Copenhagen, where I took part in the Arctic Council session. Despite the fact our schedule was tight I managed to listen to the Presidential Address live. It was very interesting for me to listen to Dmitry Medvedev’s speech not just because I am a citizen of my country, but also because I was deeply impressed by his article “Go Russia!” and participated in the discussion of the Presidential Address (and I liked it very much, not the participation itself, but the fact the President offered the citizens to take part in the discussion).