Komi activist refused to communicate with court in Russian

Komi activist Aleksey Ivanov, in Russia’s Komi Republic, insists on speaking in his native language at his trial.

Unique photo album of Uralic peoples published

The Estonian National Museum has published a unique photo album entitled The Human Face of Nations: Finno-Ugric and Samoyedic People in Old Ethnographic Photographs, most of the pictures in which are seeing publication for the first time. The coffee-table book serves as a useful introduction to an exhibition opening at the museum in February and to the Finno-Ugric World Congress due to be held in Estonia later this year.

Mari Republic Centenary Calling Attention to Chaos

Confusion and Conflict 100 Years Ago

Anniversary celebrations are supposed to unite people, but the anniversaries of the creation of non-Russian republics now are having the opposite effect, not only highlighting tensions between non-Russian and Moscow officials but also between different subgroups of the titular nationalities.

The VIII World Congress of Finno-Ugric Peoples will be postponed

ANNOUNCEMENT

NGO Fenno-Ugria announces that due to the emergency situation caused by the COVID-19 virus, the VIII World Congress of Finno-Ugric Peoples will be postponed.

Another Way to Wreck a National Movement in Russia:

Create an Official Double

In some non-Russian republics, officials are trying to destroy the national movement by an open and direct attempt to declare it extremist and thus make illegal, but in others, they are using a more indirect approach by creating spoilers.

FUFF-2020 Call for Films Now Open!

If you made a short film in a Finno-Ugric language or about a Finno-Ugric topic, the VII Finno-Ugric Film Festival will be happy to consider it for the competition or experimental programme!

Greetings to Mishkan – Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture 2020

Greetings to Mishkan – Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture – 2020 by Oliver Loode (head of the secretariat of Finno-Ugric Capitals of Culture).

Man Dies After Self-Immolation Protest Over Language Policies In Russia’s Udmurtia

Albert Razin

A 79-year-old man who lit himself on fire protesting against Russia’s language policies in the capital of the Volga region of Udmurtia has died.

TAGYNA PUSH (MAKING A DUGOUT BOAT)

The film is in Mari language with English subtitles.
Dir. Alena Ivanova – 22’30 – Mari El, Russia
A documentary about making a canoe-type boat with wide thin boards using mechanical and thermal treatment.

Mini-Grant Competition Launched for Finno-Ugric Language Initiatives

URALIC Centre for Indigenous Peoples, on behalf of the project «SANA 2019: Civil Society Network for Preserving and Revitalising Indigenous Languages», is announcing a competition for mini-grants.

The competition is held with the objective to support new and original local initiatives for preserving and practicing indigenous Finno-Ugric languages in the Baltic Sea region.