Having run into Izhora

The expansion of the port in the Ust-Luga in the Leningrad Region and the industrial enterprises under construction near it pose a threat to the future of the indigenous Little Baltic-Finnish peoples, the Finugor information center reports . The association of the Izhor of the Leningrad Region "Shoikula" and the organization of Vodsk culture in St. Petersburg made an appeal that contains a request to the related peoples to maintain the preservation of the original habitat and cultural heritage of Ver and Izhora.

Due to the expansion of the industrial zone associated with the port in Ust-Luga Izhora and Wood are on the verge of complete physical destruction. In the region, it is planned to build 50 industrial enterprises, among which there are enterprises that pose a greater danger to the environment. In the Izhora Center of Vistino, it is planned to build a large plant for the processing of natural gas, in the territory of the Settlement of the Dia, the production and logistics complex, near which there should be neither residential houses, nor recreation areas. At the same time, the regions of living of indigenous peoples should be under the special protection of the Law "On Environmental Protection".

NCO Fenno-Ugria sent a public appeal to Riigikogu (parliament) and a number of Estonia ministries in connection with this problem. The rule of Fenno-Ugria asks to draw the attention of the EU departments to the problem and put this problem for discussion in the Council of the Baltic Sea, the chairman of which is Estonia in 2014. It is also important that the expansion of the port significantly increases the risk to the environment in the immediate vicinity of the eastern border of Estonia and the European Union.

According to the 2010 census, 64 representatives of the people and 266 Izhor lived in Russia. These small peoples are the closest related peoples of Estonians. Their disappearance was contributed to the repression and policy of Russification. Now, due to the expansion of the port, their traditional habitat is destroyed.

In September 2009, Sergey Ivanov said that Russia, who had then held the post of Deputy Prime Minister, said that for two to three years , it could completely abandon the services of the Baltic countries for the transshipment of goods. "This will be facilitated by the introduction of all the capacities of the new port in Ust -Luga, including the capacities for receiving cars transported by sea by sea," said Ivanov. Also, in his opinion, Russia will be able to take part of the transit cargo.