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Observance of the rights of Karelia's indigenous peoples was discussed on November 9th at the operational meeting in the Government of the republic. Karelians, Veppsians and Finns belong to indigenous peoples traditionally residing in Karelia.
According to Andrey Manin, Minister on National Politics and Relations with Religious Associations, today in the republic there are 46 national public associations and national-cultural autonomies, 25 of them represent indigenous peoples of Karelia. Their interests are protected by 10 joint working bodies which include representatives of bodies of the government, local self-government, national public and religious associations, noncommercial organizations. All these factors allow representatives of indigenous peoples of the republic to participate in decision-making on exercitation of constitutional laws of citizens of the Russian Federation.
Inclusion of Veppsians in the list of small indigenous peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation has allowed to include them in the Economic and Social Development of Small Indigenous Peoples of the North through to 2008 federal target program. After that, since 2009 support of economic and social development of small indigenous peoples of the North is carried out through subsidization of constituent territories of the Russian Federation. Thus, the first turn of the first starting complex of the secondary school, including a dining room, a gym and educational workshops has been constructed in the village of Sheltozero at involvement of funds of the federal and republican budgets.
In 2008 in the republic there has been developed a plan of prime measures on carrying out of the Second International Decade of the World's Indigenous People in Karelia. All of its activities are also directed on further strengthening of international cooperation with a view of solution of problems of indigenous peoples in spheres of education, culture, health, human rights, social and economic development. At the financial support of the state six republican periodicals in Karelian, Veppsian and Finnish languages are published, personnel structure of national editorial boards is preserved, issues of improvement of professional skills are decided. Political newspaper Karelia and The Land of Karelia appendix to National Newspaper of Karelia are published on a regular basis. National editorial board of Karelia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company offers programs in Karelian, Veppsian and Finnish languages. Use of the Baltic and Finnish languages in electronic mass-media is developing.
For the two decades in the republic there occurred becoming of the independent direction in publishing activity: publishing of books in Karelian, Veppsian and Finnish languages. During this period in the republic it has been published about 150 books and brochures in Karelian, Veppsian and Finnish languages, their general circulation has made over 200 thousand copies. Karelian language today is taught in 37 schools of the republic, and Veppsian language is taught in three schools.
Among the plans for 2010 and the following years, Andrey Manin has mentioned further becoming the Inter-regional center for support of the Baltic and-Finnish people of the Russian Federation in Olonets and the Inter-regional center for preservation and development of potential of traditional Russian culture in Pudozh, carrying out of the Pomor Inter-Regional Congress in territory of Karelia in September of the next year, carrying out of sociological researches.
According to the Minister, on results of the sociological research accomplished in 2008, the level of satisfaction of citizens of the republic with implementation of their ethnosocial and ethnocultural rights has made 76%.
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