NRK Sápmi — Norway's largest broadcaster — has dedicated a separate piece to the nomination of Daria Egereva for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. The outlet notes that Deutsche Welle, The Barents Observer, Cultural Survival and several independent Russian outlets have already reported on the nomination.

On 10 September 2026, Moscow’s Basmanny District Court extended the pre-trial detention of Indigenous rights defenders Daria Egereva and Natalia Leongardt until 9 December 2026. By that date, the two women will have spent almost a year in detention without a verdict. Their case remains at the investigation stage.

Eight months after their arrest, Indigenous rights defenders Daria Egereva and Natalia Leongardt remain in a Russian pre-trial detention center, with no trial yet held in their case. Swedish public broadcaster SVT has highlighted their situation and the concerns of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

The International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) has joined calls for the immediate release of Daria Egereva and Natalia Leongardt, who have been held in detention in Russia since December 2025.

Amnesty International has released a special poster dedicated to Russian human rights defender and representative of the Selkup people Daria Egereva. The material was published on September 1 as part of the organization’s global Write for Rights 2026 campaign.

Russian human rights defender, Indigenous rights activist and environmental advocate Daria Egereva has been nominated for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. Her nomination was submitted in January by former UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples S. James Anaya and Øyvind Ravna, Professor at UiT — The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø.

The German publication Berliner Gazette has published an analytical article by Regzena Erdyneeva on repression against Indigenous Peoples and their human rights defenders in Russia. The editors of daria-egereva.org present a review of the article.

An English-language Wikipedia article dedicated to the International Indigenous Peoples’ Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC) now includes a separate section on Daria Egereva, the Forum’s co-chair, a member of the Selkup people and an Indigenous rights defender currently detained in Russia.

German investigative outlet CORRECTIV has published an investigation into the growing repression of Indigenous rights activists in Russia, focusing on the cases of Daria Egereva and Natalia Leongardt and the criminalization of the “Aborigen Forum.”

Today, Daria Egereva and Natalia Leongardt remain behind bars — people who spent years defending the interests of Indigenous communities and working for their future. Instead of recognition for this work, they are being held in pre-trial detention, accused of “participating in the activities of a terrorist organization.” They face between 10 and 20 years in prison.

According to the human rights organization OWD-Info, more than 2,100 people are currently detained in Russia for political reasons. Among them are many members of minority groups and Indigenous Peoples. Daria Egereva belongs to the Selkup people, one of Russia’s smallest Indigenous Peoples with a population of around 3,500.

Arctida, together with The Insider, set out to determine who actually speaks on behalf of Russia's Indigenous peoples at these forums, and whose interests they truly represent.

Bonn, Germany - While the UN climate talks preparing COP31 have begun in Bonn this week, Daria Egereva, an ethnic Selkup, Indigenous leader and climate activist, has been awaiting trial in Russian jail since 17th of December, when a large-scale, coordinated wave of repressive actions against Indigenous Peoples and their human rights defenders took place. Daria was detained shortly after coming back from UN climate talks in Belém (Brazil).