RUSSIA: Government Advances in Aiding Indigenous Peoples but Challenges Remain, UN expert
Galdu - Resource Centre for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, October 18, 2009
MOSCOW -- Russia’s federal and regional governments have undertaken several impressive steps to tackle the concerns of its small number of indigenous peoples, but significant challenges remain in overcoming poverty, unemployment and other social ills, United Nations human rights expert James Anaya said on Saturday.