RAIPON receives money from Norilsk Nickel and spends it on contracts with affiliated companies In July, the Russian Ministry of Justice recognized dozens of independent anti-war organizations of indigenous peoples, including those from the “Arctic” regions, as extremist. The initiator of the persecution of some of these organizations was the Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East, better known as RAIPON.

RAIPON receives money from Nornickel and spending it on contracts with affiliated firms In July, the Russian Ministry of Justice declared dozens of independent anti-war organizations of indigenous peoples, including those from the Arctic regions, to be extremist groups. The Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East, better known as RAIPON, initiated the prosecution of some of these organizations.