Daria Egereva

Daria Anatolyevna Egereva (Russian: Дарья Анатольевна Егерева, born April 7, 1977 in Kolpashevo) is an imprisoned indigenous rights and climate activist. She is of Selkup ethnicity and co-chair of the International Indigenous Peoples' Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC). Egereva was last living in Moscow.

Since December 18, 2025 she is held by Russia in pre-trial detention on charges of extremism and terrorism which carry a sentence of 10 to 20 years of imprisonment. Her case has been widely reported internationally. Besides the IIPFCC and several NGOs, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights is demanding her release. The Russian human rights organisation Memorial considers Egereva a polical prisoner. The incident has also been commented on by scientists.

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