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  • Khanty woman, Siberia<br />
© Sophie Grig/Survival<br />
    Russia: Khanty protection laws removed
    13 July 2005 Federal and regional laws that protected the Khanty and Siberia’s other tribes have been removed.
  • Khanty child, Siberia<br />
© Sophie Grig/Survival<br />
    Russia: Campaign improves life for the Khanty
    31 December 2001 Towards the end of 2000, Survival issued an alert to its supporters, asking them to write letters in support of the reindeer-herding Khanty of Siberia. The Khanty, a semi-nomadic people who have traditionally depended on their reindeer herds for almost ev
  • Khanty tribesperson of Siberia fishing, Russia 1992<br />
© 1992 Jürg Gasche/Survival<br />
    Russia: Oil companies steal Khanty land
    30 September 2000 "This is the only place where the land is clean in this region, we must keep this territory clean because if an oil company comes then we won't be able to hunt and keep reindeer, it will be the end." Khanty hunter