Russia labels Saami organizations as terrorists.

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Russia labels Saami organizations as terrorists, escalating tensions.

The Russian Ministry of Justice has added more than 50 indigenous organisations to its list of terrorists and extremists. This is how the government is attacking the Saami people, who have inhabited the Lapland region, which includes parts of Russia, Norway, and Sweden, for thousands of years.

The Saami people inhabit the area known as Lapland, which includes parts of Russia, Norway, Sweden, and Finland. The Saami are known for their nomadic lifestyle and reindeer herding. The first mentions of the Saami date back to 98, making them the oldest people in Scandinavia. Currently, the indigenous population faces enormous problems due to the Russian government's actions against the Saami. In July 2024, the Russian Ministry of Justice added 55 indigenous organisations to its list of terrorists and extremists. In practice, this means that their representatives and anyone who contacts them can be sentenced to prison.

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War In Ukraine Poses 'Terrible Threat' For Russia's Saami People, But Solutions Are Few

Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has taken an unknown number of men -- draftees, volunteers, and prisoners recruited by the mercenary group Wagner -- away from the Lovozero district, a land of tundra, tumble-down settlements of wooden homes, and reindeer herders on Russia's subarctic Kola Peninsula, a few hours southeast of the Barents Sea port of Murmansk.

It is an exodus that adds to the challenges clouding the future of the Saami community in Russia, where their numbers are already substantially smaller than in neighboring Norway, Finland, and Sweden.

"The war changed everything a lot," commented Lovozero resident Valentina Sovkina, a Saami activist and one of the few still willing to speak out publicly amid a spiraling state clampdown on free speech in which criticism of the war is a crime. "This is a terrible threat for everyone, and especially for minorities."

It appears Russia and it's open arms policy to its many indigenous populations often lauded by our Russian Membership doesn't seem to be as excepting as they make out?
Russia seems to want to arrest any of these indigenous people from across Russia for even contacting any of these organisations, maybe to force them to fight in Ukraine perhaps?

Russia has always been very scared of the Nordic countries especially Finland. Before and during WW2 the Russians thought they could take Finland, the Finns kicked them out. If you want to see why please watch a film called "Sissu", very graphic but enlightening about the Finns.

originally posted by: crayzeed
Russia has always been very scared of the Nordic countries especially Finland. Before and during WW2 the Russians thought they could take Finland, the Finns kicked them out. If you want to see why please watch a film called "Sissu", very graphic but enlightening about the Finns.

Thank you for the recommendation, I will certainly look out for it.