Victoria Maladayeva

Victoria Maladayeva is a leading activist from Buryatia and a co-founder of the Free Buryatia Foundation, an organization that opposes Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Her work has focused on promoting Indigenous rights and resisting the disproportionate mobilization of ethnic minorities in the conflict. Maladayeva has expanded her advocacy beyond Buryatia, leading initiatives aimed at fostering solidarity among Russia's Indigenous peoples and highlighting their struggles against colonial oppression.