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		<title>UN Criticizes Sweden - On Land Rights, Resources, Reindeer</title>
		<link>http://www.reindeerblog.org/2008/08/19/un-criticizes-sweden-on-land-rights-resources-reindeer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Burgess</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Land Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(Press release from the Saami Council) The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination criticizes Sweden for numerous forms of discrimination of the Saami people in unusually concrete and strong language, in particular with regard to the Saami people&#8217;s right to land.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-189" title="reindeer1-main.jpg" src="http://www.reindeerblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/reindeer1-main.jpg" alt="" width="230" height="150" />(Press release from the <a href="http://www.saami-council.org" target="_blank">Saami Council</a>) The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination criticizes Sweden for numerous forms of discrimination of the Saami people in unusually concrete and strong language, in particular with regard to the Saami people&#8217;s right to land.</p>
<p>The United Nations has for several years condemned Sweden for not recognizing the Saami people&#8217;s right to land and resources.  Sweden has ignored this criticism so far taking no single action to end the discrimination of the Saami people identified by the UN.  The UN now sharpens its criticism further. The UN Committee on Racial Discrimination released on Monday 18.8 its Concluding Observations on Sweden in which it calls on Sweden to take several concrete actions to end the human rights violations Sweden subjects the Saami people to.<span id="more-385"></span></p>
<p>The Swedish government was disapproved with the regard to the burden of proof in cases pertaining to Saami land and resource rights, legal aid and legal protection of reindeer herding rights. The Committee has recommended Swedish Government in particular to:</p>
<p>-   Provide Saami villages (samebyar) with legal aid in court proceedings concerning right to land and natural resources.</p>
<p>- In cases concerning Saami land and resource rights amend the rules of evidence, so that the burden of proof no longer vests solely with the Saami parties, but rather is shared between the Saami and the other party.</p>
<p>-  Finalize the work of the Boundary Commission (Gränsdragningskommissionen) by providing additional resources so that correct boundaries for Saami reindeer grazing areas can be established. In this work is to be taken into account the oral tradition of the Saami Culture, as well as limitations in written documentary evidence of Saami title.  The Committee particularly underlines that the complimentary work must also include land areas to which the Saami have already lost grazing rights in past court proceedings.</p>
<p>The Swedish Government was previously observed by the Committee 2004.</p>
<p>- We are very pleased with the UN&#8217;s sharp criticism of Sweden, demonstrating insight in the problems facing the Saami people, says Mattias Åhrén, Head of the Saami Council&#8217;s Human Rights Unit.  - In particular, we appreciate the Committee&#8217;s call for concrete action.  Sweden can now no longer ignore the UN.  The Saami Council expects that Sweden immediately takes measures to implement the concrete recommendations of the UN, finishes Åhrén.</p>
<p>Pauliina Feodoroff                                    Mattias Åhrén</p>
<p>President, Saami Council                         Head of Human Rights Unit, Saami Council +4747379161</p>
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		<title>Nellim Reindeer Herders Ordered to Pay 100,000 Euros in Damages</title>
		<link>http://www.reindeerblog.org/2008/08/05/nellim-reindeer-herders-ordered-to-pay-100000-euros-in-damages/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Burgess</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ (Pic. Helsingin Sanomat) Three Sami reindeer herders from Nellim, in Northern FInland have just lost their case against the Finnish state forestry giant Metsahallitus in the Lapland District Court. The reindeer herders argued that the logging practices of Metsahallitus was destroying reindeer pastures - ground lichen and hanging tree lichen and were not only [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Nellim Reindeer Herders Ordered to Pay 100,000 Euros in Damages", url: "http://www.reindeerblog.org/2008/08/05/nellim-reindeer-herders-ordered-to-pay-100000-euros-in-damages/" });</script>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;"><img class="size-full wp-image-379 aligncenter" title="1135234481508" src="http://www.reindeerblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/1135234481508.jpeg" alt="" width="466" height="319" /> (Pic. Helsingin Sanomat) Three Sami reindeer herders from Nellim, in Northern FInland have just lost their case against the Finnish state forestry giant Metsahallitus in the Lapland District Court. The reindeer herders argued that the logging practices of Metsahallitus was destroying reindeer pastures - ground lichen and hanging tree lichen and were not only threatening their livelihood as reindeer herders, but also their ability to practice Sami reindeer husbandry and maintain their Sami culture.<span id="more-380"></span></p>
<p>The regional newspaper Lapin Kansa reported (Aug 1, 2008) that the herders had lost their case and were ordered to pay a total of 100,000 Euros in damages and court fees. The case revolved around a 27 ha area South of Lake Inari in the Ivalo Reindeer Herding District. The herders (who are Sami) did not have the support of the reindeer herding district of which they are a member. Metsahallitus claimed that they would lose 160,000 Euros annually were they not allowed log this area. Metsahalltus argued that they had no responsibility to guarantee the income of other users of the state forests and the court agreed.</p>
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		<title>В Якутии из-за пироплазмоза массово гибнут олени - Piroplasmosis Outbreak Kills Reindeer in Yakutia</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Burgess</dc:creator>
		
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ЯКУТСК, 29 июля. В Республике Саха (Якутия) выясняются причины гибели 72 оленей в Горном улусе. Об этом РИА «Новости» сообщил представитель Минсельхоза республики.
Как рассказал собеседник агентства, падеж оленей произошел в Горном улусе, где размещены две оленеводческие фермы, принадлежащие Якутской сельхозакадемии и компании «Таба». По предварительным данным, произошла вспышка бабезиоза, по-другому — пироплазмоза. (English Summary Below)

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<p>ЯКУТСК, 29 июля. В Республике Саха (Якутия) выясняются причины гибели 72 оленей в Горном улусе. Об этом <a href="http://www.rosbalt.ru/2008/07/29/508357.html" target="_blank">РИА «Новости»</a> сообщил представитель Минсельхоза республики.</p>
<p>Как рассказал собеседник агентства, падеж оленей произошел в <a href="http://maps.google.ru/maps?f=q&amp;hl=ru&amp;geocode=&amp;q=%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8F%D1%85&amp;sll=61.957033,127.650146&amp;sspn=1.743297,4.943848&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=62.119299,127.694092&amp;spn=1.728884,4.696655&amp;z=8&amp;iwloc=addr" target="_blank">Горном улусе</a>, где размещены две оленеводческие фермы, принадлежащие Якутской сельхозакадемии и компании «Таба». По предварительным данным, произошла вспышка бабезиоза, по-другому — пироплазмоза. (English Summary Below)</p>
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<p>«Работники якутской республиканской ветеринарно-исследовательской лаборатории по данному факту поставили правильный диагноз и определили эффективные средства помощи, — сказал представитель Минсельхоза. — В результате проведенных противоэпизоотических мероприятий заболевание было своевременно диагностировано, что позволило не допустить дальнейшего его распространения».</p>
<p>Собеседник агентства отметил, что это первый случай пироплазмоза в Якутии среди домашних оленей, хотя иксодиды (клещи) распространены почти повсеместно. «Однако местные клещи были «чистыми», то есть не зараженными возбудителями пироплазмоза, — отметил он. — По всей видимости, животные заразились от оленей, прибывших из других регионов страны, тем более, что в последнее время их было закуплено немало».</p>
<p>По его словам, возбудитель болезни прибыл вместе с переселенными животными и заразил местных клещей, а те, в свою очередь, животных якутской сельхозакадемии и компании «Таба».</p>
<p>«Сейчас выясняется, из какого именно региона зараза попала в Якутию. По мнению специалистов, распространению болезни способствовали жаркие дни. Олени содержались на огороженной территории, скученность и стала основной причиной быстрого заражения», — сказал представитель Минсельхоза республики.</p>
<p>Отметим, бабезиоз или пироплазмоз вызывается паразитами красных кровяных телец и передается от больного животного здоровому через пастбищных клещей. <a href="http://www.rosbalt.ru/2008/07/29/508357.html" target="_blank">Rosbalt Nord</a></p>
<p><span onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()">72 reindeer in the <a href="http://maps.google.ru/maps?f=q&amp;hl=ru&amp;geocode=&amp;q=%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8F%D1%85&amp;sll=61.957033,127.650146&amp;sspn=1.743297,4.943848&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=62.119299,127.694092&amp;spn=1.728884,4.696655&amp;z=8&amp;iwloc=addr" target="_blank">Gorny Kolyma ulus</a> in Sakha Yakutia have died as a result of an outbreak of piroplasmosis. According to veterinary researchers, this is the first time that the disease (spread by ticks) has been found in domestic reindeer in Sakha (Yakutia), and suggestions are that reindeer imported from elsewhere in Russia are the culprit.   Crowding of animals encourages its spread in a herd. </span>In the Gorny Kolyma ulus there are two reindeer farms - one from the Yakutsk Agricultural Academy and the second is owned &#8220;Taba&#8221; agricultural company.</p>
<p>Piroplasmosis is  also called babesiosis and is a malaria-like infection caused by several <em>Babesia (B.)</em> protozoa that parasitize red blood cells. Signs/Symptoms include fever, chills, fatigue, headache, muscle pain, and anemia. A blood test may reveal the parasite in red blood cells and a chronic mild infection occurs. Babesiosis is more severe, and sometimes fatal. The babesia protozoa is a zoonosis and can potensially be a threat to humans. The parasite infection can be treated when diagnosed. The disease is not diagnosed among reindeer in Norway. Several reindeer died of the infection of sp. Babesiosis divergens in Scotland in 1997-98. (<a href="http://arcticportal.org/en/icr/ealat/ealt-news/ealt-news/new-ealat-phd-student---eli-risten-nergrd#L2wmJUdDl8BvwumaloTT1w" target="_blank">Thanks to EALAT Phd student Eli Risten Nergård, for that</a>)</p>
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		<title>&#8216;Ямальские газовики подарят оленям комфорт&#8217; / &#8216;Yamal Oil and Gas Comforts Reindeer&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Burgess</dc:creator>
		
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The story from Tyumenskaya News posted in the Reindeer Blog yesterday reflects an earlier &#8220;oil and gas and reindeer and good news&#8221; story that appeared in Rosbalt Nord a few weeks ago entitled Ямальские газовики подарят оленям комфорт / Yamal gas industry gives comfort to reindeer. The article quoted Sergei Khudi (who attended the EALAT [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "&#8216;Ямальские газовики подарят оленям комфорт&#8217; / &#8216;Yamal Oil and Gas Comforts Reindeer&#8217;", url: "http://www.reindeerblog.org/2008/07/30/%d1%8f%d0%bc%d0%b0%d0%bb%d1%8c%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%b8%d0%b5-%d0%b3%d0%b0%d0%b7%d0%be%d0%b2%d0%b8%d0%ba%d0%b8-%d0%bf%d0%be%d0%b4%d0%b0%d1%80%d1%8f%d1%82-%d0%be%d0%bb%d0%b5%d0%bd%d1%8f%d0%bc-%d0%ba%d0%be/" });</script>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_361" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.reindeerblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/dscn3621.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-361" title="dscn3621" src="http://www.reindeerblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/dscn3621-300x225.jpg" alt="Is Oil and Gas Development Hood for Reindeer Husbandry?" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Is Oil and Gas Development Good for Reindeer Husbandry?</p></div>
<p>The story from Tyumenskaya News posted in the <a href="http://www.reindeerblog.org/2008/07/29/%c2%ab%d1%8f%d0%bc%d0%b0%d0%bb-%e2%80%94-%d0%bf%d0%be%d1%82%d0%be%d0%bc%d0%ba%d0%b0%d0%bc%c2%bb/" target="_self">Reindeer Blog</a> yesterday reflects an earlier &#8220;oil and gas and reindeer and good news&#8221; story that appeared in <a href="http://www.rosbalt.ru/2008/7/30/498703.html" target="_blank">Rosbalt Nord</a> a few weeks ago entitled Ямальские газовики подарят оленям комфорт / Yamal gas industry gives comfort to reindeer. The article quoted Sergei Khudi (who attended the <a href="http://arcticportal.org/en/icr/icr-projects/ealat-information/yar-sale-10/2007" target="_blank">EALAT workshop in Yar Sale</a> and the <a href="http://arcticportal.org/en/icr/feature/ensinor-summary" target="_blank">ENSINOR workshop in Rovaniemi)</a>. Khudi works for <a href="http://yts.org.ru/pv27_yts/" target="_blank">Yamaltranstroy </a>as an advisor on environment and indigenous issues.</p>
<p>According to Khudi <span onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()">pipeline passages for reindeer are being built on the traditional</span><span onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()"> nomadic </span><span onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()"> routes of reindeer herds and these are arranged with the brigadiers of the reindeer herding households.</span> <span onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()"> To date, 15 such passages that are 100 metres in width have been built. Khudi also said that reindeer are even allowed migrate on roads and fishing areas in the area of Bovanenkovo. </span><span id="more-360"></span></p>
<p>САЛЕХАРД, 29 июня. На полуострове Ямал по маршруту пролегания основной транспортной магистрали к Бованенковскому газоконденсатному месторождению будут построены около тридцати специальных переходов для оленей. Об этом заявил советник по вопросам экологии и взаимодействию с коренным населением компании «Ямалтрансстрой» Сергей Худи, сообщает ИА «Север-Пресс».</p>
<p>По его словам, все переходы сооружаются в местах традиционных маршрутов кочевий оленьих стад и согласовываются с бригадирами оленеводческих хозяйств. На сегодняшний день уже построены и успешно функционируют около пятнадцати пологих оленьих переходов шириной до ста метров.</p>
<p>Худи также отметил, что план обустройства Бованенковского месторождения позволяет оленям свободно проходить не только по маршрутам пролегания дороги и газопроводов, но даже по территории промысла. Ширина переходов спроектирована с таким расчетом, чтобы животные не сбивались с размеренного шага, ступая по переходу, будто по склону невысокого холма.</p>
<p>Отметим, согласно официальной статистике, численность поголовья домашнего северного оленя в Ямало-Ненецком автономном округе составляет более 700 тыс. голов, что составляет около 44% от общероссийской численности домашнего оленя. Из них в крупных и средних хозяйствах содержатся более 210 тыс. голов (33%), в частных оленеводческих хозяйствах — более 515 тыс.</p>
<p>Ямальские олени выпасаются на тундровых просторах, равных 47 млн гектаров, в округе работают 3 тыс. личных оленеводческих хозяйств, в которых сохранена в первозданном состоянии уникальная арктическая оленеводческая культура. Около 9 тыс. тундровиков проживают в Ямальском и Приуральском районах — регионе стратегических интересов ОАО «Газпром».</p>
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		<title>«Ямал — потомкам!»</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Burgess</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Парламентская газета &#8220;Тюменские известия&#8221;. Осенью в ЯНАО пройдет заседание координационного совета ассоциации коренных малочисленных народов Севера «Ямал — потомкам!». Его главным вопросом станет разработка концепции развития этнического населения региона на ближайшие десять лет.
Предыдущая стратегия жизни тундровиков была рассчитана на такой же срок. Окружная Дума утвердила ее в 2000 году. Время прошло быстро. И не впустую, [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "«Ямал — потомкам!»", url: "http://www.reindeerblog.org/2008/07/29/%c2%ab%d1%8f%d0%bc%d0%b0%d0%bb-%e2%80%94-%d0%bf%d0%be%d1%82%d0%be%d0%bc%d0%ba%d0%b0%d0%bc%c2%bb/" });</script>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.reindeerblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/100_0867.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-356" title="100_0867" src="http://www.reindeerblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/100_0867-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a><a href="http://www.t-i.ru/?w=2&amp;articleID=19510" target="_blank">Парламентская газета &#8220;Тюменские известия&#8221;.</a> Осенью в ЯНАО пройдет заседание координационного совета ассоциации коренных малочисленных народов Севера «Ямал — потомкам!». Его главным вопросом станет разработка концепции развития этнического населения региона на ближайшие десять лет.</p>
<p>Предыдущая стратегия жизни тундровиков была рассчитана на такой же срок. Окружная Дума утвердила ее в 2000 году. Время прошло быстро. И не впустую, как утверждает президент ассоциации депутат Государственной Думы ЯНАО Александр Евай. Основные положения принятого десятилетнего жизненного плана для охотников, оленеводов и рыбаков в целом выполнены.</p>
<p>Новая концепция развития КМНС будет составлена с поправкой на новое положение дел в регионе и в стране. Вектор промышленного развития округа устремлен на полуостров Ямал, где «Газпром» начинает разработку ожерелья газоконденсатных месторождений. Ждут освоения и нефтеносные залежи близ поселка Новый Порт. (English Summary Below)<span id="more-355"></span></p>
<p>— Поэтому при создании новой концепции мы постараемся охватить все стороны жизнедеятельности северных народов. От поддержки традиционных отраслей: оленеводства, рыбодобычи, охотничьего промысла — и до вопросов трудоустройства, социальной поддержки, решения проблем в сферах здравоохранения, образования, культуры, — рассказывает Александр Евай.</p>
<p>Вопросы и предложения к исполнителям проекта «Урал промышленный — Урал Полярный» у активистов ассоциации есть уже сегодня.</p>
<p>— Наши требования при проектировании сводятся к тому, чтобы при реализации проекта были учтены права и интересы коренных народов, населяющих Ямал, — поясняет президент ассоциации. — Большое внимание должно быть уделено охране окружающей среды.</p>
<p>Для ханты и ненцев сохранность экосистемы предгорных районов Ямала не просто дело принципа. Это залог нерушимости исконной жизни. Символ сохранения традиций, сбережения вековых укладов их бытия. Об этом шел долгий разговор на заседании актива ассоциации, проведенном в Шурышкарском районе. Тот уголок округа — уникальная территория. Там с отрогов Урала к Оби сбегает множество неглубоких, быстрых и кристально чистых речушек.</p>
<p>Они насыщают великую реку кислородом. Чистят ее тяжелые воды. И служат нерестилищем ценных пород рыб. Если нарушить созданную природой гидросистему, пострадают бассейны малой и большой Оби. Экологи предрекают, что от этого возникнет угроза и рыбным запасам реки, и окружающей среде.</p>
<p>Разработка нефтяного месторождения в окрестностях Нового Порта еще не начата. И местная власть радеет за то, чтобы база по его обустройству была отстроена прямо в поселке. Такое решение даст населению муниципалитета рабочие места. А муниципальному бюджету обеспечит дополнительные налоговые поступления. Начнет возрождаться и инфраструктура поселка.</p>
<p>— От месторождения до населенного пункта относительно недалеко, и разработчики вполне могли бы к нему дорогу построить, — считает вице-президент ассоциации депутат Ямальской районной Думы Сергей Худи.</p>
<p>Пока не ясно, как нефтяники станут транспортировать добытое углеводородное сырье. Если, говорят в ассоциации «Ямал — потомкам!», для перевозки будет построен зимник, он пересечет пути каслания многих оленеводческих бригад. Есть даже предложение — использовать для транспортировки сырья морской транспорт. Как считают в ассоциации, укрупненный порт мог бы принимать нефтяные танкеры и, опять же, обеспечить работой местных жителей.</p>
<p>Практика освоения отдаленных месторождений показала, что при их разработке эффективно применение разных транспортных схем. И не всегда оправдан расчет на какой-то один канал грузоперевозок. Только сухопутный, особенно железнодорожный, транспорт признан безусловно надежным, всепогодным и максимально безопасным.</p>
<p>— Сейчас идут предварительные слушания по этому вопросу, — поясняет Александр Евай, — и мы готовы выслушать мнение разработчиков месторождения.</p>
<p>Вопросы добычи полезных ископаемых на Полярном Урале пока решаются в основном на бумаге. Подготовка к пуску ямальских газоносных месторождений идет полным ходом. Сроки названы. Первый газ Бованенково должен поступить в единую газотранспортную систему страны уже через 1200 с небольшим дней.</p>
<p>«Масштабной работой» назвал Александр Евай действия «Газпрома» на Ямале. Они ведутся при партнерской помощи ассоциации «Ямал — потомкам!». На прошлой неделе ее представители проехали по маршруту строящейся железной дороги Обская — Бованенково. Посетили участки тундры, где идет прокладка газопровода. Оценили состояние факторий. Общая оценка — твердое «хорошо».</p>
<p>— Обнадеживает то, что еще в самом начале работ по освоению полуострова прошло множество общественных слушаний. И мы, представители коренных народов Ямала, и администрация округа вместе предложили руководству «Газпрома» целый перечень мероприятий по защите исконного населения региона, — признает Александр Вадетович.</p>
<p>Для членов ассоциации «Ямал — потомкам!» очевидно, что финансирование всей программы социальной поддержки тундровиков нельзя взвалить на прибыль, полученную только от разработки Бованенково. «Газпром» планирует освоение Харасавэйского, Крузенштерновского, Тамбейской группы месторождений. Поэтому поддержка оленеводов, охотников и рыбаков будет долгосрочной и последовательной.</p>
<p>Свое отношение к реализации проекта энергетической безопасности в ассоциации выражают четко: «Мы осознаем значение ямальского газа для всей страны. Для нас главное, чтобы при строительстве газовых промыслов, газопроводов люди тундры не остались наедине со своими проблемами. И мы находим понимание как в администрации округа, так и в руководстве «Газпрома».</p>
<p><a href="http://www.t-i.ru/?w=2&amp;articleID=19510" target="_blank">Александр БЕЛОВ — из Салехарда </a></p>
<p>This is a summary by the Parliamentary Paper of the Tyumenskaya News of the progress made by in the Yamal Nenets Auonomous Okrug region related to oil and gas development (namely Gazprom) and relations with indigenous peoples, reindeer herders specifically through the Nenets organisation &#8216;Yamal to Descendents&#8217;. With the future development of the mega project &#8220;<span onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()">Ural industrial - Polar Ural&#8221;, the importance<br />
of taking account reindeer herders and protecting the environment was emphasised by Alexander Evay, State Duma representative. Note was made of the partnership between Gazprom and Yamal to Descendents, and a visit to </span><span onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()">the construction of the railway and pipelines between Obskaya - Bovanenkovo to assess the progress and</span><span onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()"> Assess the state of factors.</span> The stated overall impression was<span onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()"> an overall &#8220;Good.&#8221; By chance, EALAT researcher Anna Degteva was also in the same region travelling with Brigade 4 and will be reporting on this assessment in the late fall. You can read a <a href="http://arcticportal.org/en/icr/ealat/work-packages/work-package-2/field-work-report---yamal-peninsula" target="_blank">short report from her on the EALAT websit</a>e.</span></p>
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		<title>В Якутии появился еще один национальный наслег - Беллетский</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Burgess</dc:creator>
		
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The East Siberian Pipeline Route - Passes through Aldan



ИА SakhaNews. В Якутии селу Хатыстыр Беллетского (Google карты) наслега Алданского района присвоен статус «эвенкийский национальный».Вчера на четвертом пленарном заседании Ил Тумэн якутские парламентарии приняли решение о наделении Беллетского наслега (сельского округа) Алданского улуса статусом «эвенкийский национальный». Данный статус позволит наслегу реализовать права представителей коренных малочисленных народов, [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "В Якутии появился еще один национальный наслег - Беллетский", url: "http://www.reindeerblog.org/2008/07/28/%d0%b2-%d1%8f%d0%ba%d1%83%d1%82%d0%b8%d0%b8-%d0%bf%d0%be%d1%8f%d0%b2%d0%b8%d0%bb%d1%81%d1%8f-%d0%b5%d1%89%d0%b5-%d0%be%d0%b4%d0%b8%d0%bd-%d0%bd%d0%b0%d1%86%d0%b8%d0%be%d0%bd%d0%b0%d0%bb%d1%8c%d0%bd/" });</script>]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://www.1sn.ru/show.php?id=24954" target="_blank">ИА SakhaNews</a>. В Якутии селу <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%80+&amp;sll=69.013042,23.039204&amp;sspn=2.72801,8.843994&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=58.815164,125.0354&amp;spn=0.942906,2.301636&amp;t=h&amp;z=9" target="_blank">Хатыстыр Беллетского</a> (Google карты) наслега Алданского района присвоен статус «эвенкийский национальный».Вчера на четвертом пленарном заседании Ил Тумэн якутские парламентарии приняли решение о наделении Беллетского наслега (сельского округа) Алданского улуса статусом «эвенкийский национальный». Данный статус позволит наслегу реализовать права представителей коренных малочисленных народов, оговоренные в соответствующих статьях Конституции РФ, а также будет способствовать исполнению Декларации прав коренных народов мира, принятой ООН в прошлом году, и федерального законодательства в отношении коренных малочисленных народов Севера. (English Summary Below)<span id="more-351"></span></p>
<p>Со статусом «национальный» население связывает свои надежды на вхождение в федеральную и республиканскую программы «Экономическое и социальное развитие коренных малочисленных народов Севера до 2011 года», расширение возможностей по восстановлению эвенкийской этнической духовной и материальной культуры, сохранение традиционного природопользования, приобретение определенного фактора защиты в период интенсивной вторичной индустриализации юга Якутии.</p>
<p>Справка:</p>
<p>Беллетский наслег впервые упоминается в итогах Всесоюзной переписи населения 1926 года по Томмотскому эвенкийскому району. Коренные жители наслега – эвенки, испокон веков занимались охотопромыслом, рыболовством и оленеводством.</p>
<p>Центр Беллетского наслега – село Хатыстыр, расположенное в шестидесяти километрах от города Алдан. На территории наслега проживает 1853 человека, в том числе эвенков – 1252, эвенов – 8, 1 чукча, 2 юкагира, якутов – 52 и русских - 50. Всего коренных малочисленных народов Севера – 68,2 процента.</p>
<p>Из общего числа населения занято в народном хозяйстве – 736, из них в госсекторе – 309. Инвалидов – 59, малоимущих – 898 человек. Число предпринимателей – 18, занятых личным подсобным хозяйством – 48.</p>
<p>Экономика наслега представлена сельскохозяйственными предприятиями – ОАО КМНС «Хатыстыр», 24 кочевых родовых общин, 2 крестьянских хозяйства, которые содержать 9563 голов оленей.</p>
<p>The village of <span onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%80+&amp;sll=69.013042,23.039204&amp;sspn=2.72801,8.843994&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=58.815164,125.0354&amp;spn=0.942906,2.301636&amp;t=h&amp;z=9" target="_blank">Hatystyr Belletskogo</a>, in the Aldan region of Sakha (Yakutia) </span></span><span onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()">has been granted special status as an Evenki village. </span><span onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()"> This status will allow community members to realize the right of representatives of small indigenous peoples as stipulated in the relevant articles of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, but will also contribute to the execution of the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People, adopted by the UN last year, and federal legislation in relation to indigenous peoples.</span></p>
<p><span onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()">This will assist the community in entering the federal and republican program &#8220;Economic and social development of Indigenous Peoples of the North until 2011&#8243;, to better enable them to restore their Evenki spiritual and material culture, the preservation of traditional land use, and acquire some protection from the activities related to this period of intensive industrialization in southern Yakutia.</span></p>
<p><span onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()"><strong>Belletsky</strong> <em>nasleg </em>was first mentioned in the  All-Union census of 1926 on Tommotskomu Evenk region.</span> <span onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()"> For centuries, fishing and reindeer herding have been the main livelihoods. Hatystyr village is situated sixty kilometers from the town of Aldan.</span> <span onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()"> In <em>naslega </em>are 1853 people, including 1252 Evenki, with Eveny, Chukchi, Yukagirs and Yakuts also resident, along with Russians. Nearly 50 people are engaged in reindeer husbandry in </span><span onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()">agricultural enterprises called OAO KMNS &#8220;Hatystyr&#8221;, 24 nomadic clan communities and 2 farms, which contain the 9563 reindeer.</span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.1sn.ru/show.php?id=24954" target="_blank">Original /url</a></p>
<p>This is good news for this village, as the town of Aldan to the South, is directly on the (new) route of the East Siberian Pipeline (see map at top of article for pipeline route), which undoubtedly will transform traditional livelihoods, such as reindeer husbandry in the entire Evenki area and taiga reindeer husbandry, which is already under threat.  (<a href="http://www.kommersant.com/p-12898/environmental_impact_pipeline/" target="_blank">Here is another story </a>on the threat of this pipeline to forestry in the region).</p>
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		<title>And..Abramovich Returns..!</title>
		<link>http://www.reindeerblog.org/2008/07/25/abramovich-returns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Burgess</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ (Pic - Moscow Times, Kopin sworn in, as Abramovich watches) Yesterday, the new Governor of Chukotka (Roman Kopin) was sworn in and not long afterwards, the former Governor Roman Abramovich  - whose personal riches completely transformed the province&#8217;s fortunes - announced that he would be running for the post of speaker in the [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "And..Abramovich Returns..!", url: "http://www.reindeerblog.org/2008/07/25/abramovich-returns/" });</script>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.reindeerblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/kopin.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-347" title="kopin" src="http://www.reindeerblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/kopin.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="167" /></a> (Pic - <a href="http://www.moscowtimes.ru/article/1010/42/369190.htm" target="_blank">Moscow Times</a>, Kopin sworn in, as Abramovich watches) Yesterday, the new Governor of Chukotka (Roman Kopin) <a href="http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080724/114807982.html" target="_blank">was sworn in</a> and not long afterwards, the former Governor Roman Abramovich  - whose personal riches completely transformed the province&#8217;s fortunes - <a href="http://www.lenta.ru/news/2008/07/14/call/" target="_blank">announced that he would be running</a> for the post of speaker in the Chukotka Duma.</p>
<p>This is a surprising move, as it seemed that he had <a href="http://www.reindeerblog.org/2008/07/08/abramovich-resigns/" target="_self">grown tired of governing Chukotka</a> (he spends only  a handful of days a year there), but he may have been moved to action by the pleas of the former speaker Vasily Nazarenko who offered to step down if Abramovich promised to return.</p>
<p>New Governor Kopin is part of the young team that Abramovich created to transform the region - and he has been head of the Chaunsky and Bilibino regions, has a good knowledge of the issues facing reindeer husbandry and other traditional livelihoods in the region. Quoted in a <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article861480.ece" target="_blank">Times article from 2003</a>, Kopin said,</p>
<blockquote><p>To love this place you have to be a particular kind of person or to have been  born here.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Mining Talk Heats up in Finnmark</title>
		<link>http://www.reindeerblog.org/2008/07/24/mining-talk-heats-up-in-finnmark/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Burgess</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Gold, copper and platinum fever continue to pass over Finnmark. Test cores in Kvalsund had chief geologist Kjell Nilsen enthusing
This is Norway&#8217;s largest copper find&#8230;We&#8217;re talking about billions. With today&#8217;s prices, we have found values of between eight and ten billion kroner (1.25 bn Euros)
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.reindeerblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/nussir.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-299" title="nussir" src="http://www.reindeerblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/nussir.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="329" /></a>Gold, copper and platinum fever continue to pass over Finnmark. Test cores in Kvalsund had chief geologist Kjell Nilsen enthusing</p>
<blockquote><p>This is Norway&#8217;s largest copper find&#8230;We&#8217;re talking about billions. With today&#8217;s prices, we have found values of between eight and ten billion kroner (1.25 bn Euros)</p></blockquote>
<p>Other materials in a 6 kilometre ridge include platinum, silver and gold. Nilsen told <a href="http://www.finnmarkdagblad.no/nyheter/article3680188.ece" target="_blank">Finnnmark Dagblad</a> said Nussir ASA intends to apply for permission to extract the minerals and if successful, production might start in year 2011, he adds. This is an area of reindeer husbandry and herders have already expressed their concerns about mining activity, <a href="http://www.reindeerblog.org/2008/05/29/full-frontal-attack-on-reindeer-husbandry-nrk-norway/" target="_self">as reported in the Reindeer Blog</a> and in <a href="http://www.nrk.no/kanal/nrk_sami_radio/1.6035350" target="_blank">NRK</a>, where herder <span onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()">Berit Kristine Hætta stated that reindeer need peace in this area after calving, a claim questioned by a Nussir spokesperson.<br />
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<p>Meanwhile, in Karasjok, <a href="http://www.google.no/url?sa=t&amp;ct=res&amp;cd=1&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.snsk.no%2Finternet%2Fno%2Fmenu%2Fmain.asp%3Furl%3D1%26ID%3D1&amp;ei=pUiISO6kN4jy1gb6sfDLCA&amp;usg=AFQjCNENTjgQfMnLhe6GObL4I8yjwG9k0Q&amp;sig2=WX_Ncrhrd6xOq7d_LOF0Kg" target="_blank">Store Norsk Gull</a> are drilling 15 test holes (in their search for gold) in Ráitevárri and Rivkkaoggi (the heart of the winter pastures in this area) and reindeer herders are not happy about it, <a href="http://www.nrk.no/kanal/nrk_sami_radio/1.6148638" target="_blank">as reported in NRK yesterday</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.reindeerblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/raitevarri.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-344 aligncenter" title="raitevarri" src="http://www.reindeerblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/raitevarri.jpg" alt="" width="436" height="403" /></a></p>
<p>In a letter to the <span onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()">Områdestyret for East Finnmark</span> reindeer herders Lars Larsen Anti, Marit Kirsten Anti Gaup og Samuel John L. Anti wrote that the company has made no attempt to dialogue with them</p>
<blockquote><p>This has not happened, and, therefore, we require full stop of the business until Store Norske Gold have met with us and clarified their activities in the area. We demand direct negotiations and clarification from the company.</p></blockquote>
<p>The reindeer herders are considering engaging a lawyer if activities are not halted.</p>
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		<title>South Sami Reindeer Herders in Norway Under Pressure</title>
		<link>http://www.reindeerblog.org/2008/07/17/south-sami-reindeer-herders-in-norway-under-pressure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Burgess</dc:creator>
		
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(Pic - Torill Kolbu) There was an interesting interview with south Sami reindeer herder Jon Anders Mortensson in Ostlendingen today. Mortensson herding area is the Elgå reindeer district in the mountainous region of southern Norway. In this region there are six herding families, in all about 35 people, herding around 3000 reindeer.
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<p style="text-align: left;">(<a href="http://www.ostlendingen.no/article/20080717/NYHETER02/135232866&amp;usg=ALkJrhj6OH8IvVg_hteNo1DXk7GkEs6B8g#" target="_blank">Pic - Torill Kolbu</a>) There was an interesting interview with south Sami reindeer herder <span onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()">Jon Anders Mortensson </span>in <a href="http://www.ostlendingen.no/article/20080717/NYHETER02/135232866&amp;usg=ALkJrhj6OH8IvVg_hteNo1DXk7GkEs6B8g#" target="_blank">Ostlendingen </a>today. Mortensson herding area is the <a href="http://maps.google.no/maps?f=q&amp;hl=no&amp;geocode=&amp;q=Elg%C3%A5+&amp;sll=62.573106,15.776367&amp;sspn=12.962731,37.133789&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=62.186014,11.953125&amp;spn=3.266289,9.283447&amp;t=h&amp;z=7" target="_blank">Elgå </a>reindeer district in the mountainous region of southern Norway. In this region there are six herding families, in all about 35 people, herding around 3000 reindeer.</p>
<p><span onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()">Mortensson stressed the importance of the intergenerational transfer of knowledge and that older herders don&#8217;t retire, rather play a critical role in educating the future generations.</span></p>
<blockquote><p>We cannot survive with these big losses to predators, year after year. <span onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()">It makes me question more whether it is appropriate that  my children become full time reindeer herders. </span><span onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()"> Do they have a profession in the future, or will they get an education in another occupation?</span> <span onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()"> These questions and thoughts arise ever more frequently in my head </span></p>
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<p><span onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()">Mortensson gave an overview of the reindeer year- starting with calving in higher ground in the spring, after which calves follow their mothers and eat new green vegetation in lower areas. As biting insects increase, reindeer again head for higher ground and at this time, reindeer are gathered and &#8216;earmarked&#8217; to show ownership. After summer comes &#8216;mushroom madness&#8217;, when reindeer go into &#8216;rapture&#8217; for mushrooms.  The late fall is time for another gathering for slaughter. In the new year, reindeer are moved to </span><span onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()">the winter pastures and then on to spring calving again.</span></p>
<p>Mortensson is concerned about the future of the livelihood and whether future generations of Sami reindeer herders in this region. He singled out losses to predators as being the biggest problem in their region. Each spring around 2000 calves are born and nearly 400 are lost -</p>
<blockquote><p><span onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()">70-80 percent of all the dead reindeer are caused by predators.</span> <span onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()">In addition, there are some still-born calves and some die as a result of stress due to the activity and traffic in the calving area. </span><span onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()">Calving is a very sensitive time for us.</span> <span onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()"> </span><span onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()">In that time, we want the least amount of interference around the reindeer.</span></p></blockquote>
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		<title>Abramovich Resigns</title>
		<link>http://www.reindeerblog.org/2008/07/08/abramovich-resigns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Burgess</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[While this story might seem more appropriate elsewhere, for the residents of Chukotka, the majority of whom are Chukchi (there are also Yupik, Yukaghir, Even and others) several thousand are engaged in reindeer husbandry, it it is important news. The collapse of the Soviet Union was a disaster for Chukchi reindeer husbandry, and the decline [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Abramovich Resigns", url: "http://www.reindeerblog.org/2008/07/08/abramovich-resigns/" });</script>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.reindeerblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/abramovich.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-334" title="abramovich" src="http://www.reindeerblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/abramovich.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="204" /></a>While this story might seem more appropriate elsewhere, for the residents of Chukotka, the majority of whom are Chukchi (there are also Yupik, Yukaghir, Even and others) several thousand are engaged in reindeer husbandry, it it is important news. The collapse of the Soviet Union was a disaster for Chukchi reindeer husbandry, and the decline in herd size was more dramatic there than anywhere else in Russia (from nearly half a million to 100,000 reindeer). Abramovich&#8217;s tenure as Governor saw a enormous investment in the social and cultural capital of Chukotka as he poured millions of his personal fortune into the regions infrastructure and housing. He also prioritised reindeer husbandry and the livelhood has stabilised, been reinvigorated (See <a href="http://arcticportal.org/en/icr/icr-projects/ealat-information/anadyr-chukotka-03/2008" target="_self">EALAT Information presentations </a>from Chukotka) and seen substantial investment. He has not been without his critics, but noone doubts that citizens of Chukotka are better off now than they were when he started as Governor, 8 years ago.<span id="more-333"></span></p>
<blockquote><p>Looking back, however, it seems that the then-34-year-old oligarch wanted to show the world how he could actually transform an isolated and neglected area into a prosperous region.</p>
<p>And he did just that over the next seven years of his governorship. His professional team of managers pulled Chukotka out of its state of crisis. New schools and hospitals were built, housing units were repaired and investment flowed into the region. Last year the government approved a development program for Chukotka based on the region&#8217;s mineral resources that was submitted by Abramovich&#8217;s Millhouse Capital company, which owns two gold mines there.</p>
<p>Already, cash revenues in Chukotka are among the highest in Russia, lagging behind only Tyumen, Yamal-Nenets and the Moscow region, and average salaries surpass those in both Moscow and Tyumen. In addition, while Abramovich was governor, the number of people who left Chukotka for other cities dropped, and both alcoholism and the crime rate declined. <br />
(<a href="http://www.moscowtimes.ru/article/1016/42/368798.htm" target="_blank">From the Moscow Times</a>) </p></blockquote>
<p>The <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/abramovich-quits-job-in-siberia-to-spend-more-time-on-western-front-860003.html" target="_blank">London Independent </a>noted that he had already tried to resign in 2006, but was dissuaded by Putin.</p>
<p>More was in the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/04/world/europe/04russia.html" target="_blank">New York Times</a> and the <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4262482.ece" target="_blank">Times of London</a>.</p>
<p>His resignation comes just a week before the official opening of his flagship project in Chukotka - the $750 Million Kinross gold mine, <a href="http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/1009/42/368847.htm" target="_blank">as reported in the Moscow Times</a>,</p>
<blockquote><p>Canadian miner Kinross Gold launched a new gold processing plant in the Chukotka autonomous district Wednesday, as the remote region prepares to more than triple gold output this year, the regional government said.</p>
<p>The plant will process ore from the Kupol field, owned 75 percent by Kinross and 25 percent by Chukotka, which could make Kinross the second-largest gold miner in Russia after Polyus.</p>
<p>Total investment in Kupol, including exploration, construction of the plant and associated infrastructure, exceeded $750 million, the Chukotka administration said in a statement. It said the plant would produce from 13.8 tons to 14.6 tons of precious metals, mainly gold and silver, this year. It will boost the amount of ore processed daily to 3,000 tons in October from an initial 1,500 tons</p></blockquote>
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