Press releases
by Information Centre
of Finno-Ugric Peoples		  2005-2006

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Finnish journalist denied Russian visa 27 December 2005
Young Finno-Ugrians at the Congress of Turkic Youth 21 November 2005
International attention to problems of national minorities in the Russian Federation is not decreasing 1 November 2005
Chairman of Youth Association of Finno-Ugric Peoples attacked in Mari Republic, Russia 28 August 2005
Lusatian Sorbs express their solidarity with Udmurts 26 August 2005
Ethnic minority in Russia: media is filled with misinformation 25 August 2005
Closing of the 10th International Congress of Finno-Ugric Studies in Yoshkar-Ola 21 August 2005
Hopeless Udmurts appeal to Europe for support 19 August 2005
Russian authorities threatening an ethnic minority organisation 17 August 2005
Scientists replaced with officials at a scientific congress in Russia 16 August 2005
Tenth International Congress of Finno-Ugric Studies in Russia 15 August 2005
Estonian delegation to the 10th International Congress of Finno-Ugric Studies smaller than expected 12 August 2005
Estonian and Saami Theatres Start Co-operating with the Kalevala in Estonia 10 August 2005
An ethnographic film banned in Russia now available on DVD 09 August 2005
Doctoral scholarship in Estonia for foreign Finno-Ugrians 06 August 2005
An open letter to the President of Finland Tarja Halonen 02 August 2005
Estonian students caught in the wheels of Russia's internal politics 02 August 2005
Expulsion of Estonian students from the Mari Republic of Russian Federation 22 July 2005
The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation supporting the Mari people in Russia 07 July 2005
Ethnic minority convenes its congress in the underground 07 June 2005
Fascist group in Russia asserts being instructed by local administration 31 May 2005
Russian composer did not celebrate his anniversary in his home town 19 May 2005
European Parliament steps forth in defence of a national minority in Russia 12 May 2005
Federal Union of European Nationalities examined the situation of a Russia's minority 07 May 2005
Members of the European Parliament pass an action plan to improve the situation of Finno-Ugric minorities in Russia 27 April 2005
Finno-Ugric Minority of Russia Grateful to the European Parliament for Support 26 April 2005
Estonian Member of European Parliament on discussion with Russian parliamentarians on Russia’s minorities 22 April 2005
European Parliament Examining the Mari Situation in Russia 11 March 2005
Mari Nation Under Threat in Russia 22 February 2005
Opposition leaders still persecuted in Mari El: Vladimir Kozlov assaulted 4 February 2005
Disturbances during the course of elections in Mari El 14 January 2005

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