- It's no wonder since that organization is entirely under the Putin government's control, says Indigenous activist Pavel Sulyandziga, who has escaped to the USA. Pavel Sulyandziga. FOTO: DAN ROBERT LARSEN / NRK Russia's largest Indigenous organization, RAIPON (Russia's northern Indigenous people's organization), has declared that it completely supports Vladimir Putin's Ukraine war. In the … Continue reading RUSSIA’S LARGEST INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATION SUPPORTS THE WAR IN UKRAINE