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Fenno-Ugria yearbook 2024 published
Fenno-Ugria’s latest, more comprehensive yearbook “Soome-ugri sõlmed 2024” focuses on Karelia. There are views on the Karelian culture from both the Russian and the Finnish …
Fenno-Ugria general assembly approved 2024 activities, elected new board
Fenno-Ugria’s general assembly on 11 June 2025 approved the Foundation’s 2024 financial and activity report. Also a new board was elected, composed of Madis Arukask, …
Nikolai Merkushkin no longer RF president's representative at Finno-Ugric World Congress
As of November 2024, Nikolai Merkushkin, who led the Republic of Mordovia from 1995 to 2012, will no longer be the representative of the Russian …
Fenno-Ugria representative participated in UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York
Fenno-Ugria's vice-chairman Sven-Erik Soosaar reports on his participation as a member of the Estonian delegation in the 24th UNPFII session in New York.
Erzya national activists convicted and given suspended sentences
On 10 April, a court in the Oktyabr district of the city of Saransk handed down a two-year suspended sentence to the national activists Yevgeny …
Tallinn Music Week again in 2026
Tallinn Music Week 2025 is over and the Fenno-Ugria Night once again offered a wide variety of musical experiences. For the tenth time, unique Finno-Ugric …
In Mari El, raions will be replaced by municipalities
The Head of the Republic of Mari El, Yuri Zaitsev, told the news agency TASS that the republic is planning a reform of its administration: …
Former MP declared as foreign agent cannot work as aide to MP in Komi Republic
The four-member Communist faction in the Komi State Council failed to secure Viktor Vorobyov a job as an aide to a member of parliament. Previously, …
Launch of 'The Waterfowl People' in York: report
Fenno-Ugria's travelling exhibition 'The Waterfowl People' was launched at the Spring Lange Building in the University of York on 8 May. Project manager Patrick O'Rourke reports on the festive launch.
Opening of exhibition 'The Waterfowl People' in York
On 8 May at 15:00 GMT, Fenno-Ugria will host the opening of the poster exhibition ‘The Waterfowl People’ at the University of York in the …
Komi leaders say, guns are the best for children
The educational institutions of the Komi Republic are carrying out the project ‘All the best for children’, which involves equipping special classes with educational weapons. …
New Russian map used in Udmurt schools
In Udmurtia, schools were obliged to display maps of the Russian Federation showing territories that are not de facto or de jure controlled by Russia.