UNESCO hosted an event dedicated to the opening of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages. One of the speakers was the head of the Federal Agency for Nationalities Affairs I.V. Barinov, according to the telegram channel of the Russian delegation to UNESCO.
“The preservation and development of the languages of the peoples is a long-term and absolute priority of the state policy of Russia. This is determined by the specifics of the language situation in the country and correlates with the thematic areas of the Decade. The key areas for Russia are education, digitalization and culture,” he said.
Russia became the first country to create a National Organizing Committee and approve a National Action Plan.
The official portal "Wild Nature of Russia" reported that specialists from the Directorate of Biological Resources, Specially Protected Natural Areas and Natural Parks of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), together with the Nizhnekolymsky Environmental Inspectorate with the support of Russian business, conducted an expedition in the Kolymsky Bay
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