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Russia’s FSB sees a threat from foreign Arctic researchers and Indigenous peoples activists

Vladimir Kulishov, who heads the Border Guard Service, said concern for environmental issues and Indigenous peoples is a pretext for other aims.

By Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer May 29, 2020
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The head of Russia’s Border Guard Service, a branch of the federal security service FSB, says that foreign researchers and Indigenous peoples activists operating in the Arctic aim to challenge the current legal and territorial status of the region and to undermine Russia’s development of natural resources.

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