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Health and living conditions for the numerically small peoples of the Russian North of Russia has deteriorated so much that life expectancy among many has fallen below 50. A primary reason cited in an article in Gazeta.ru is the lack of medical care. In Chukotka for example, it can take up to 28 hours for [...]

So said Toomas Ilves, the President of Estonia, as he marched his delegation out of last weeks Finno Ugric Congress in Khanty Mansisk. Ilves even called for the European Union to become engaged in protecting Finno Ugric languages. These remarks were designed to irritate Russia, no doubt, as more than 2 million Finno Ugrian people [...]