PEN: The Finno-Ugrian peoples within Russia are in a difficult position

Resolution on Russia Submitted by the Finnish PEN Centre and seconded by the Russian and Danish PEN Centres The Assembly of Delegates of International PEN, meeting at its 76th International Congress in Tokyo, Japan, 25th September- 1st October 2010, Notes that the Finno-Ugrian peoples within Russia are in a difficult position.

Many of them are in danger of extinction or becoming absorbed by the Russians.

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