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The Kremlin likely behind Russia’s Finno-Ugric withdrawal statement By 43shares Oliver Loode, an Estonian human rights advocate of the indigenous Uralic peoples, says in an interview with Estonian World that the statement of the Association of the Finno-Ugric Peoples of the Russian Federation that called to boycott the next World Congress of Finno-Ugric Peoples in Tartu, Estonia, is probably Kremlin’s work, with instructions possibly coming straight from the president’s administrat...

Mulgimaa takes centre stage as Estonia embraces its Finno-Ugric family By 2245shares Abja-Paluoja, the capital of Estonia’s historic Mulgimaa region, has become the Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture 2021; Adam Rang, who is currently writing a book about Estonian sauna culture and its origins among Finno-Ugric peoples, attended the ceremony and reports on why it matters. It had all the grandeur, if not the scale, of a major diplomatic gathering. There were presidents and senior politicians, r...