RAIPON in KirkenesRAIPON (Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples in the North, Siberia and Far East) visited Kirkenes in June 2008, at the same time as the Norwegian and Russian Ministers of Foreign Affairs held their meeting there. The indigenous peoples' representatives had a lunch meeting with the Norwegian Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre. RAIPON had meetings with WGIP, the Saami PArliament in Norway, The Saami Council and the Sámi Women's Forum. |
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Visiting the site of the East Saami Museum in Neiden.
Gunn-Britt Retter (Saami Council), Sergey Kharyuchi (RAIPON), Valentina Sovkina (WGIP), Egil Olli (President of the Saami Parliament in Norway), Pauliina Feodoroff (Saami Council). |
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RAIPON and the Norwegian Barents Secretariat on a boat trip, looking for Kamtchatka crabs (King Crabs) in Jarfjord. Elena Sulyandziga, Pavel Sulyandziga, Sergey Kharyuchi, Christina Henriksen, Anastasia Gorter.
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Indigenous peoples' meeting at the Norwegian Barents Secretariat.
Rodion Sulyandziga (RAIPON), Valentina Sovkina (WGIP), Sergey Kharyuchi (RAIPON), Liza Stepanova (interpreter), Pavel Sulyandziga (RAIPON), Elena Sulyandziga. |
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Meeting between RAIPON, WGIP, Sámi Women's Forum, the Saami Parliament in Norway and Saami Council. From left: Bjarne Store-Jakobsen, Gudrun Eliissá E- Lindi, Egil Olli, Gunn Britt Retter.
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Lunch meeting between the indigenous peoples' representatives and the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs. Mr Jonas Gahr Støre meets Sergey Kharyuchi (President of RAIPON) Pavel Sulyandziga (vice-president) and Valentina Sovkina (WGIP).
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