Taking part in the conference were Murmansk Region Governor Andrei Chibis, Head of the Federal Agency for Ethnic Affairs Igor Barinov, deputy heads and representatives of the constituent entities and municipalities, members of the Presidential Council for Interethnic Relations, as well as members of educational establishments and the academic and expert communities.
In his address, Magomedsalam Magomedov noted that interethnic relations in the majority of the regions in the Northwestern Federal District were better than average in the country, but some aspects deserved greater attention. “We regularly speak about the participation of various ethnic groups in the special military operation and about the interethnic combat brotherhood of the peoples of Russia. Today, I would like to emphasise the civic consolidation of the multiethnic people of Russia and the support they are providing on the home front to participants in the special military operation. We must create conditions for this and tell the nation about the hundreds of thousands of people of different ethnicities who have joined hands on the home front to support those who are fighting on the frontline.”
The Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office pointed out that the socio-political situation and interethnic relations were seriously influenced by migration and external information attacks, which are broadcasting destructive propaganda materials to broad audiences, primarily young people, and trying to foment interethnic and interreligious strife.
Magomedsalam Magomedov called for acting in accordance with the President’s instructions to step up educational work with the migrants and to adjust and more actively use the government information monitoring system in the field of interethnic and interreligious relations.
The meeting agenda included reports by representatives of the regions and discussions of current issues. Respective decisions were adopted following the seminar-conference.
In addition, Magomedsalam Magomedov and Alexander Gutsan held a working meeting with Murmansk Region Governor Andrei Chibis to discuss current issues of the region’s socioeconomic development and interethnic relations.
