Sápmi as a Traditional Sámi Land in Four Countries Supports Sámi Activist from Russia in Having his Asylum Case Processed in Norway

This article sheds light on Andrei Danilov’s political asylum case. Danilov is a Sámi activist who left Russia after the start of the war in Ukraine. His asylum case seems to have created a precedent; it is being processed in Norway because of his connection with the Norwegian part of Sápmi. The art...

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Published in:Arctic Review on Law and Politics
Main Author: Zmyvalova , Ekaterina
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, Faculty of Law 2023
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Online Access:https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/5454
https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v14.5454
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Summary:This article sheds light on Andrei Danilov’s political asylum case. Danilov is a Sámi activist who left Russia after the start of the war in Ukraine. His asylum case seems to have created a precedent; it is being processed in Norway because of his connection with the Norwegian part of Sápmi. The article also casts light on the impact of the war on the relationship between the Sámi people in Russia and the Sámi of Norway, Sweden and Finland.