And..Abramovich Returns..!
(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’s fortunes - announced that he would be running for the post of speaker in the [...]
Posted: July 25th, 2008 under Chukotka, Politics, Russia.
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‘A Debate With Racist Undertones..’
(Pic - Philip Burgess, Reindeer in downtown Hammerfest) A media fury has erupted in Finnmark surrounding comments by a parliamentary representative Olav Gunnar Ballo who claimed that reindeer herders did not have the right to live and that reindeer husbandry was acting as a brake to development and that as a livelihood ‘it was just [...]
Posted: June 18th, 2008 under Norway, Politics, Reindeer.
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Reindeer News from Norway: Predation, Traffic & Politics
Predation is a serious problem for reindeer herders in the spring and early summer after calving season, as young calves are particularly vulnerable to predation. Kristian Jåma, a Sami reindeer herder from Sør-Fosen in Sør-Trøndelag region said to NRK Sami Radio that he feels that his claims about predation loss are not believed. In a [...]
Posted: June 3rd, 2008 under Norway, Politics, Predation.
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