The Arctic Crisis: Why Immediate Action is Essential for Indigenous Communities

The Arctic is an important region in regulating the climate worldwide and hosting four million inhabitants, of which 26 are Russian Indigenous peoples. Nornickel has dominated resource exploitation in the region and heavily devastated the environment and the Indigenous population, resulting in illness, starvation, and destruction of holy grounds. Nornickel has never been held responsible by the government, as a consequence of corruption which is partly due to its close connections with the administration. Compensation for damage has been inadequate, and repression under Putin's regime has continously muted Indigenous activists. Therefore, this highlights the environmental vulnerability of Arctic Indigenous peoples as well as the lack of environmental justice in Russia.

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