Until the sanctions, a third of sales went to the USA and Europe, while more than half of Nornickel’s sales were transported to China via the Northern Sea route. (Photo: Norilsk Nickel) To circumvent the sanctions Nornickel will relocate the smelting capacity of...
Gennady Shchukin (right), a representative of the Dolgan people, and Andrey Danilov, a representative of the Sami people, in Berne. (Photo: swissinfo.ch) A year ago, a fuel storage tank burst at Norilsk-Taimyr Energy’s No. 3 thermal power plant, flooding rivers...
Reindeer grazing in the Russian Arctic. The breeding of the animals is one of the most important sources of income for the indigenous peoples in the north of Russia. (Image: Heiner Kubny) Swiss banks may not be the most obvious allies for indigenous communities...
Taimyr has a unique diversity of indigenous peoples. Often it is reindeer herders who are active along the southern border of the Taimyr Peninsula. (Photo: This is Taimyr) Indigenous peoples on Russia’s Taimyr Peninsula will receive new funding to preserve their...
Alexander Kalashnikov, the head of the Federal Prison Service said, ʺThe service may decide to transfer prisoners from Russian prisons to the Arctic for cleaning upʺ. (Photo: Gazeta) Russia is considering using prisoners to help clean up the Arctic after a massive...
