the vice president al russian association of indigenous peoples of the north in our studio to the. president of the russian association of people. belongs to the small. one and a half thousand people only four hundred of them. able to gauge their native language the situation is similar for many natives who struggle to preserve their ethnic identity there are forty five aboriginal peoples in russia some of them totaling below ten persons by also lindsey is i would guess the spotlight today to talk about life and problems faced by russia's indigenous people's. business hello thank you so much for coming to the program hello so but when speaking about the e.u. to head the first person who comes to everybody's mind in russia you know all over the world they're so used to allies especially after the oscar winning film by famous japanese director. can you tell us was to add to the intention says in so the most courageous to this kind of today but he is he a hero and a model for them to follow and is it right or not and explaining who you are. you have to mention to use a. dark on your s