She fought forIndigenous voices at the UN. Now she’s in a Russian jail cell.

She fought forIndigenous voices at the UN. Now she’s in a Russian jail cell.

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Russian authorities have detained an Indigenous climate advocate, accusing her of participating in a terrorist organization in what international observers are calling “retribution” for her United Nations advocacy on behalf of Indigenous peoples.  Daria Egereva, an Indigenous Selkup woman from the city of Tomsk in western Siberia, has b…