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The programme is designed for nomadic schools, educational organisations, boarding schools and additional education organisations located in areas inhabited by indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation.

The programme has been in effect since 2021.

Alexey Sazanov, State Secretary and Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation, also supported the amendment's adoption.

The meeting was held on 10 October in New Delhi. The Russian side of the working group was headed by Vladimir Panov, Special Representative of Rosatom State Corporation, and the Indian side by Rajesh Kumar Sinha, Deputy Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.

The relevance of such installations is related to the sparse population of the Arctic, where no more than four million people live across vast territories, as well as the difficulty in creating reliable ground transportation infrastructure in permafrost areas.

As part of the comprehensive plan, the company must reduce emissions by 900,000 tons.

The passage was carried out by GlavSevmorput.

RUB 123 mn will be allocated to the federal project 'Development of International Economic Cooperation in the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation' in 2025.

The new nomination is currently undergoing approval.

Yury Trutnev, Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District, noted that these agreements have allowed to increase the planned goal of attracting investments to the Far East and Arctic up to 2030 to RUB 12 tn.

The bill is scheduled for a second reading in the State Duma.

The President noted that a decision has been made to allocate additional amounts of budgetary loans for the implementation of the master plans approved by the government.

It amounted to 22.9 mn sq m.

The document was signed by Vladislav Kuznetsov, Governor of Chukotka, and Sergey Khenkov, CEO of the company.

Turkey hopes to reach the Arctic through a partnership with Russia.

Over the two days, various activities were held, including themed contests, sports competitions and an exhibition of exclusive and vintage cars.

The length of this transport corridor will be 8,000 nautical miles.

The maximum permissible draft at the deep-water area of the port will be 14.5 m, which will allow handling Panamax-type vessels with a deadweight of 75,000 tons.

Mostly local residents apply for free land in the NAA.

Over 3,100 plots have been allocated in three years.

Around 240 hydrocarbon fields have been discovered in Yamal. About 60 companies, including recognised leaders in the oil and gas industry, are involved in their development.

The expedition's press service reported that 400 such sites need to be cleared across seven regions.

The aerial survey results will not only establish current population numbers but also predict future trends.

The project aims to train 750 people over three years, starting in 2024.

As part of the Tourism and Hospitality Industry national project, the Murmansk Region will allocate RUB 52.6 mn for the development of tourism infrastructure.

Oyva Timonen is developing a business in his native settlement.

Residents of the Arctic zone in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area will receive tax benefits.

This year, more than 800 schoolchildren of the Arkhangelsk Region are planned to improve their health at a children's camp in Sochi.

The Food of Pomors festival became part of a large inter-industry project for tourism development, The Gastronomic Map of Russia.

According to the Governor of the Murmansk Region, RUB 6 of private investment are expected for RUB 1 of budget investments.

The vehicle can navigate rough terrain quite swiftly, reaching speeds up to 50–60 km/h on ice hummocks.

The investor will be granted AZRF resident status.

The Minister for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic highlighted that this would contribute approximately RUB 20 tn to the budget.

The presentation of investment projects took place during the Arctic Day discussion organised by VEB.RF at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

For now, transportation vessels for the Arctic are also only being built at Zvezda.

As noted by Andrey Chibis, head of Murmansk Region, this initiative will enhance scientific potential and increase essential developments for Russia's Arctic region.

The Murmansk Region, Yamal-Nenets Area and Arkhangelsk Region experience the greatest shortage of personnel.

An orchestra greeted the expedition members upon their return.

Rosatom will manage this initiative on behalf of Russia, as stated by Alexey Likhachev, CEO of the state corporation.

Currently, three phases of the experiment have been scheduled.

The session also covered future development strategies for the AZRF and FEFD.

A cooperation agreement was signed among the Arkhangelsk Region, Arkhangelsk Commercial Seaport and Torgmall LLC.

Researchers drilled a borehole and conducted isotopic ice analysis.

It will be set at RUB 2 mn.

Alexander Makarov, director of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, believes that the collaboration between the two countries on Arctic research could be long-term.

From 2022, the list of ports where subsidised ship calls are possible has been expanded from 4 to 14.

These books were presented in Nanai, Dolgan, Sami and Tofalar languages.

These are Pechora and Izhma.

The construction work is slated to commence in 2025.

The acquired hectares are intended to be used not only for residential construction or leisure but also for entrepreneurial activities like tourism.

According to the law, this pertains to the delivery of people and cargo to ships departing from Russian ports and subsequently arriving in Russian ports without entering the internal sea waters and territorial seas of foreign states.

The federal law outlines the territories involved in northern supply.

The total increase in the herd size across all reindeer farming establishments was 10,000 animals.

The total investment amounted to approximately RUB 2 tn.

The regional head noted that according to an analysis, an additional RUB 700 mln is needed to fully equip agro-industrial complex enterprises with special equipment.

Free trips to southern cities will be provided to students from 5th to 8th grades who are studying in the Arctic region.

Currently, there are 1528 hectares of land available for granting in the Arkhangelsk region.

In addition, the new fish factory plans to participate in the biological resources reproduction program by releasing salmon fry into the rivers of the Murmansk region.

The latest Russian icebreakers are constructed using 90% domestic materials.

In 2024, transportation volume may reach 80 mln tons.

The Russian Ministry of Education and Science has announced the establishment of smart greenhouses in Norilsk.

This helps to preserve minority languages.

The archipelago has about 3 thousand inhabitants.

In 2023, 213 individuals were granted land plots.

It has gathered researchers and experts from Russia, India, Kazakhstan, China, Indonesia, Finland, USA and India.

The maximum amount will be RUB 9 mn and the work experience requirements for teachers and medical workers will be abolished.

The agreement was signed by Vladislav Kuznetsov, Governor of the Chukotka Autonomous Area, and Alexander Shutikov, CEO of Rosenergoatom JSC.

The largest of such projects is the development of the Syradasay coal deposit.

Aleksey Chekunkov, head of the Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic, called Arctic tourism an extremely promising direction.

Aleksey Chekunkov, the head of the Ministry for Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic, reported that 52,000 people reside in the two districts.

An investment of RUB 80 mn was made in the project under an agreement with the Far East Development Corporation (FEDC).

Preliminary estimates suggest that more than 7,000 subsidised mortgage loans will be issued in the AZRF region by 2030.

There was an increase of over 20% in trade turnover.

The Head of Chukotka Autonomous Area informed President Vladimir Putin about the support for traditional industries during a meeting in Anadyr.

With an increase in the number of business entities, tax deductions in the Murmansk Region are also on the rise.

Pavel Khristenko, head of Greenatom's "Digital Arctic" directorate, announced plans to launch the Unified Digital Services Platform into commercial operation in early 2024.

According to Dmitry Yurkov, representative of the region's governor for Arctic development, transit voyages will only contribute to the development of both the NSR and Arkhangelsk.

Andrey Nikipelov, ROSATOM's Deputy Director General for Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Solutions, stated that the construction, fuel loading, and subsequent operation of the plants are provided by the state corporation.

Over 1.5 thousand children from Yamal will enjoy a vacation at the Black Sea as part of a federal program.

Irina Bulygina, Deputy Chairperson of the Regional Tourism Committee, anticipates around 600 thousand tourists in the region.

Vasily Piskarev, Chairman of the relevant committee, stated that domestic cruise companies and tour operators can now create more appealing routes than their foreign counterparts.

The project implementation will cost 20 million rubles.

At the Russian North forum, participants showcased their Arctic development projects.

The Minister for the Development of the Far East and Arctic is confident that Russia's partner nations will take an interest in the project.

Two research groups embarked on a journey from Kandalaksha to Kirovsk.

The Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic has compiled a list of first-category northern supply goods.

Aysen Nikolaev also highlighted that significant emphasis is being placed on the IT sector in the republic's development.

There are also plans to establish a unified educational cluster for training and retraining Arctic residents in high-demand specialties.

The AARI Director believes that scientific cooperation in the Arctic will certainly develop internationally over the next decade.

One icebreaker is estimated to cost RUB 30 bn, but it's possible that the price may increase during the construction process.

Preliminary calculations suggest that the new ASEZ 'Arktika' (ASEZ 'Arctic') projects in 2024 will pull in over RUB 100 bn in investments and generate more than 1,000 jobs.

The company's next shipment along the North Sea Route is scheduled for the 2024 navigation season.

Over the navigation period, 1.28 mn tons of cargo were dispatched, achieving 100.7% of the projected volume.

The enterprise, situated in the Arctic settlement of Liinakhamari, has a capacity of 165 tons of chilled fish per day.

The carbon polygon site is transforming into a shared scientific and technological testing ground.

The company is engaged in monitoring permafrost soils and conducting scientific studies.

An ethno-village houses a camp with traditional Khanty homes and a storage facility, along with art installations such as a family by a fireplace, a boat with a fisherman and sculptures of birds and animals.

The region is focused on developing its own workforce.

The model will facilitate a remote examination and analysis of various forms of support and protection of the rights of the indigenous peoples of the North in different countries, using the examples of three fictitious peoples—reindeer herders, fishermen and hunters.

As per Rosatom's head, such a demand is projected for the upcoming 10 years.

The annual cargo volume at the Murmansk port is expected to rise from 56 to 110 mn tons.

The project is slated for completion within a four-year timeframe.

Data from radio-navigation equipment and the automatic weather station is now relayed to the control centre in Murmansk promptly and in high quality.

Both parties have agreed to conduct the next consultation round in China in 2024.

The developers were offered internships at Skoltech's Centre for Applied AI, where they will be able to continue working on the project.

The region's Governor, Artur Parfenchikov, announced plans to construct the complex in Kostomuksha.

The championship will take place on Lama, a fjord lake located in the northern part of the Putorana Plateau, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site.

The groundbreaking construction concept based on gravity-base structures will expedite the launch of new gas liquefaction capacities and cut down capital expenditures, as stated by Leonid Mikhelson, the company's CEO.

The Export Support Center of Nenets Autonomous Area (NAA) aids local entrepreneurs in listing their design products on the Pinkoi e-commerce platform.

In line with an agreement with the Far East and Arctic Development Corporation, over 9.2 billion rubles (including Indian capital) will be invested in the project, providing employment to 280 individuals.

Experts from the Melnikov Permafrost Institute of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science and the North-Eastern Federal University noted that in 5 out of 6 key areas of the region, winter road operation is likely to be affected by rising air temperatures in the near future.

The conference is organised with participation of the district government, the Arctic Research Centre, the Russian Centre for Arctic Development, the Institute of Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems of Soil Science of the RAS, and St. Petersburg State University.

The component was produced within four months.

Preferential mortgages at 2% per annum will be extended to the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation.

The first Arktika-M spacecraft was launched into the target orbit in February 2021, with the second satellite scheduled for launch in late 2023.

New projects attract tourists with the opportunity to see the northern lights and landscapes of northern lakes, as well as immerse themselves in the atmosphere of rugged cliffs or fabulous snowy forests.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called the development of unmanned aviation one of the state's priorities.

The hotels will be built under a public-private partnership.

The uniqueness of these tests consisted in performing take-off and landing in real conditions from the helipad of a drifting nuclear-powered icebreaker.

The promotion of AZRF resident vacancies through online job fairs will last until November 2023 and will reach more than 200,000 job seekers.

Russia intends to substantially renew its merchant fleet in 2023–2027, with at least 260 vessels scheduled to be built at Russian shipyards.

The agreement calls for the establishment of the Arctic's first logistics company operating UAVs, and the creation of a centre of competence for unmanned technology in the district for replication in the Arctic regions.Nenets Autonomous Area may be among the leaders in the development of unmanned technologies. An agreement was signed at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) to develop the production of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the region. The document was signed by Yuri Bezdudny, governor of the NAA, and Igor Kalganov, CEO of T1 Holding. This is reported by the press service of the NAA governor.

FEDC will provide comprehensive support to the project, including assistance in developing an investment proposal and project, selecting a land plot, and applying for state support tools.

Some of the routes with the participants in the Arktika-East-77 expedition will also be travelled by staff from district libraries.

New trolleybuses will appear in the city this autumn.

The deputy prime minister had earlier stated that Russia needed to find a resource base for LNG projects for an additional 34 mn tons per year to increase its liquefied natural gas production to 100 mn tons.

The project was implemented under an agreement with the Far East Development Corporation (FEDC).

Research results show that permafrost depth has decreased over the last 65 years.

The premise does not need heating in the spring and autumn.

Nikolay Korchunov, Ambassador-at-large of the Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation, also added that possible energy projects with eastern countries were being discussed.

Two seasons of 10 episodes each are available to Aeroflot passengers.

Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic: The Russian Cabinet is considering the application of an Arctic Mortgage.

The builders plan to finish all the work by December 2027.

This year's festival was dedicated to the 105th anniversary of the birth of Sami writer Lazar Dmitrievich Yakovlev.

As part of the collaboration, FEDC will assist ROSATOM in choosing the most effective measures of state support for this project in the Russian Arctic. The SNPP will be constructed in the territory of Ust-Yansky ulus (district) in the northern part of Yakutia.

At the same time, the total funding for the programme in the country is about RUB 70 bn.

Serebryanaya Skazka Homeowners' Association unites 70 land users of the Serebryanka 8 km road agglomeration.

The new airfield is planned to become a key supply point for Arctic expeditions.

Mayor Dmitry Karasev noted that the increase in traffic is linked to the launch of the Arctic Tourist and Recreational Cluster.

Aleksey Yeremeyev, chairman of the region's state assembly, noted that diesel fuel is mostly used in the north.

The opening of the Naryan-Mar–Usinsk highway has been awaited by the inhabitants of the Far North for more than 30 years; it was the most famous road construction project in the Polar regions.

Children will receive training in areas such as IT technology, environmental education and military-patriotic education.

The centre will have four groups: field and technical, scientific and methodological, IT and organisational and logistics.

Significant projects with RS involvement included the construction of the Arctic shuttle tanker Project 42K, the ice-resistant self-propelled platform Severny Polyus, the atomic icebreaker Rossiya under Project 10510 Leader and a series of universal dual-ship nuclear icebreakers under Project 2220.

Record-breaking funds are used for prospecting, discovering and exploring new deposits of oil and gas, precious metals and diamonds.

In 2023, the health campaign will cover more than 17,000 children from 6 to 17 years old in the Murmansk Region.

By 2024, the estimated volume of cargo transported along the North Sea Route could reach 90 mn tons per year, and by 2030—about 216 mn tons.

Four voyages are planned for this year.

The money will be used to repair and build social facilities and objects of the urban environment

According to Deputy Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East and the Arctic, Pavel Volkov, the project will allow investors to select sites, browse resources and make investment decisions

Rosatom announces the selection of a developer of a unified digital services platform for the NSR

In February 2023, Glavgosexpertiza Russia issued a positive opinion on the design and estimate documentation for the construction of a plant to produce and process gas-chemical products at the Kumzhinskoye and Korovinskoye gas-condensate fields in the Nenets Autonomous Area

Dmitry Artyukhov, head of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area, called the new airport in Novy Urengoy the most modern in the world's Arctic.

Nornickel held preliminary consultations with Sami and reindeer herding enterprises in the Lovozero district to conduct an ethnological survey.

The first batch of finished products is due to reach the market at the end of 2023.

The duration of the natural phenomenon was 55 minutes.

It is also envisaged that smaller vessels will be used for transport on the NSR.

Investments in the project will amount to about RUB 2.4 bn.

The Russian government is allocating almost RUB 60 bn for the construction of the fifth and sixth series of universal nuclear-powered icebreakers of Project 22220.

The use of vibration excitation devices will minimise the risks of abnormal situations on transmission lines when exposed to adverse weather conditions.

The management of the air harbour in Yamal's gas capital has reported on last year's achievements.

The Ministry of Property Relations of the Murmansk Region has made the first decision to transfer a land plot to a participant in the Hectare in the Arctic programme for free.

In the Laptev Sea and in the Vilkitsky Strait, ice thickness ranged from 70 cm to 1.5 m.

More than 20,000 people visited the region.

The Federal Research Centre for the Comprehensive Study of the Arctic, run by the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, has developed an innovative method for the automated monitoring of railroad embankments using seismic sensors.

Minister Aleksey Chekunkov notes that LNG accounts for over 60% of cargo traffic

Foreign volunteers will be able to participate in the project

More than 110,000 people have received free land under the Far Eastern Hectare programme, which has been running for more than six years

The annual monitoring of Russia's Arctic zone seas has revealed an increase in the ice coverage of the Arctic Ocean's eastern seas in 2022.According to research data from the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI), the Barents and Kara Seas in the western part of the Russian Arctic have had their area under ice decrease. The average annual temperature here was also higher than normal, says the Krasnaya Vesna news agency.

The Soba Fish Hatchery expects to harvest at least 30 mn eggs of muksun fish by the end of 2022, which is almost twice as much as last year, when 16 million eggs were produced.

They will carry passengers on 28 city routes, with the first batch of buses already arriving in the region.

Decommissioned Soviet-built nuclear icebreakers will be scrapped.

In January–September 2022, coal production in Yakutia increased by 35% year-on-year to 28.7 mn tons.

As Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, explained, this is due to several reasons, including a reorientation of Russian energy exports from Western countries to the Asia-Pacific region.

A regional mechanism based on Capital Investment Protection and Promotion Agreements (CIPPA) will be launched to support investors in the Arkhangelsk Region.

The meeting was held as part of the 6th International Scientific and Practical Conference 'Problems of Forest Inventory and Forest Management.'

Over the first nine months of 2022, the Murmansk Ecotechnopark has seen an increase in the amount of municipal solid waste delivered for sorting.

Nornickel opened a new scrap metal recycling site.

On 28 October 2022, a regular meeting of the State Commission for Arctic Development, a key body to coordinate the formation and implementation of state policy in the polar region, was chaired by Yury Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and Presidential Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District.

The design capacity of the open-pit mine's first phase is estimated at 5 million tpy.

Plans were made to invest half a billion rubles to expand and update the Arkhangelsk algae plant's production facilities by 2026.

EMERCOM of Russia is planning to build an Integrated Emergency Rescue Centre in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area.

A memorandum was signed on the first day of Russian Energy Week by Aleksey Likhachev, Director General of the state corporation, and Leonid Mikhelson, Chairman of the Management Board of PAO NOVATEK.

In Yamal, the venison harvesting campaign is gaining momentum. More than 2,200 tons of reindeer meat are scheduled to be harvested this season, which will last until the end of December.

The opening of the first eco-industrial tourist route 'Shpil 555' took place in the vicinity of Nickel.

Vladimir Panov, Rosatom State Corporation's special representative for Arctic development, stated that all NSR projects now call for at least 132 high Arctic class vessels.

According to Rosenergoatom's Director of Economics and Finance, the data centre is to be located directly within the plant perimeter.

Three landfill sites equipped with sorting complexes with a capacity of over 400,000 tons will be built in the Arkhangelsk Region by the end of 2024.

The company was visited by representatives of the Far East Development Corporation, the Government of the Nenets Autonomous Area and the Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises.

Experts from the Arctic Tourism Laboratory visited sites in the Tersky District and analysed resources to improve the existing tourism product.

In the Murmansk Region, the main modernisation of spaces under this project has been completed: 13 sports spaces, 11 canteens, 19 public spaces, 18 classrooms and four greenhouses have been transformed in schools.

The head of the Republic Aysen Nikolayev noted that at the Eastern Economic Forum, the launch of automated hybrid power complexes with a total capacity of 7.2 MW in four remote communities was launched via teleconference.

The Far East Development Corporation (FEDC) and the First Ore Mining Company have signed an agreement to build a mining and processing plant on Yuzhny Island in the Novaya Zemlya archipelago, Arkhangelsk Region, which will be based on the Pavlovskoye lead-zinc ore deposit.

The Yakutian authorities signed a concession agreement with Sakhaneftegazsbyt at the Eastern Economic Forum for the reconstruction and modernisation of oil and gas storage facilities in the republic.

The preferential regimes established in the Arctic already have 500 residents, most of which are small businesses. The leaders in terms of the number of projects implemented are tourism and service companies.

The first full-time stage of the Arctic Challenge programme, a project of the Far East Development Corporation and the Agency for Strategic Initiatives supported by the Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic, took place in Moscow.

The nuclear-powered lighter carrier Sevmorput successfully returned to Murmansk and completed the programme of the first round-trip coaster envisaged by the North Sea Route Development Plan to 2035. The ship delivered 21 containers of fish, machinery and drilling equipment to the capital of the Kola Peninsula.

In the vicinity of Egvekinot, the most beautiful Chukchi settlement, the foundation stone was laid on 7 August on the site of the new hunters' settlement named 'Nunalihtak. Avenetyn. The Master of the Land.' It is to be the setting for Alexey Vakhrushev's fantasy film, The Legend of the Ermine, which tells the story of Eskimo life in the troubled 17th century. The place will later become an ethno-park.

The first Arctic: Breaking the Ice forum and festival will be held in Usinsk, Komi Republic on 16-18 August as part of the main events schedule of Russia's chairmanship in the Arctic Council in 2021-2023, operated by the Roscongress Foundation with the support of the ANCO Clean Arctic.

The bill should regulate the procedure for the creation, operation and closure of rotational settlements.

On 31 July 2022, the President of Russia approved the new Maritime Doctrine of the Russian Federation. It is a key document for the national security and development, replacing the doctrine of 2015. The Arctic theme is among the fundamentally important issues outlined in the document.

Governor Andrey Chibis noted that the Murmansk Region remains the leader in applications among the Arctic regions. 4,500 applications for obtaining an Arctic Hectare on the Kola Peninsula have been submitted; 2,000 plots have been provided, and contracts are being concluded for 600 more applications.

Andrey Chibis, Governor of the Murmansk Region, held a working meeting with Zhanna Sedova, Director General of Enel Russia PJSC, regarding the implementation of the investment project for the construction and subsequent operation of the Kola Wind Farm.

Tundra Legends, the largest open-air ethnocultural park in Taymyr, broke ground on the riverbank in Dudinka.

On 21 July, Atomflot's Sevmorput nuclear container ship called at the roadstead of the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy seaport. The vessel delivered 149 containers and 48 metal structures to Kamchatka.

A conference on waste and microplastics in the Arctic was held at the Northern (Arctic) Federal University in Arkhangelsk on 20 July 2022. The event within the framework of Russia's chairmanship in the Arctic Council was organized by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of Russia jointly with the Roscongress Foundation.

In the Verkhoyanskiy district of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), it is planned to form a tourist and recreational cluster named 'Verkhoyanye — the heart of the Arctic.'

This decision was made at the meeting on the use of scientific and technological reserves and human resources of universities and scientific organisations for the technology development in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation, held under the leadership of Yury Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia and Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District.

Organisers of the VII Teriberka Arctic Festival presented the business and cultural programme of the event.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation is studying the possibility of creating another centre for large-size shipbuilding in Russia, which could partially satisfy the growing demand for new large-size vessels.

At the meeting, the development of the shipbuilding industry, the North Sea Route and the development of mineral deposits in the Arctic were discussed.

The stand of the Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic became a platform for 16 events on the Arctic agenda.

The participants of the International Seminar on Shipbuilding and Ship Repair in the Arctic discussed ship building and the modernisation of the existing fleet for use in northern latitudes.

There are plans to create more than 182 thousand jobs in 64 fields in the Arctic by 2035.

Beringpromugol will deliver more than 1 million tons of solid fuels to the market in 2022.

The filming took place in three regions: the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area, the Nenets Autonomous Area and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).

The discussion was held within the framework of the conference on preserving human health in the Arctic, which took place in the capital of Pomorie on 1–3 June.

Atomflot is working on opening a regular seasonal shipping line in the waters of the North Sea Route.

The Russian president has ordered to provide Arctic residents with social infrastructure. All the necessary arrangements should be made by 1 December.

This was announced at the Arctic: Territory of Development Conference on Ensuring a Comfortable Urban Environment.

Potential residents of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation (AZRF) will be able to calculate their savings over 10 years when implementing investment projects in the region.

The new flight will make it easier for the residents of Pomorye to get to the place of their vacation, visit relatives or go on business trips.

Intensive development of the Yanolovo joint-stock company is connected with a sharp increase in demand for metal.

The opening of the mini-plant will improve the quality of construction in the Srednekolymsky District of Yakutia and provide an alternative to wooden buildings.

Alexey Chekunkov, the head of the Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East, has delivered a report on the development of the Northern Sea Route before the Federation Council.

The collected scrap will be taken to steel mills for further processing.

The areas in question include sites in the Gulf of Ob and the Yenisei Bay.

The holiday in the region is celebrated annually on August 2.

The service and excursion centre for travellers on the territory of the Kola Peninsula will be created at the end of 2025.

A project office comprised of the Corporation's experts, representatives from educational institutions and key NSR enterprises is proposed to be formed.

This was announced by Governor Alexander Uss at a meeting of the Presidium of the Government of the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

The company does not abandon its plans to develop the project and intends to launch industrial coal mining this year.

This was reported by the Governor of the Murmansk Region Andrey Chibis during a briefing session.

The northernmost region of Russia will have a new point of attraction for residents, tourist groups and solo travellers.

The Arctic Development Project Office participated in the Clean Country Forum held at the Skolkovo Technopark.

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Dmitry Artyukhov, the governor of Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area (YNAA). He suggested paying 'northern' bonuses to government employees in the Arctic zone from the first days of their work.

Pevek, the northernmost city in Russia, plans to start making soda based on its own tundra berry concentrate.

The Ministry of Development of the Far East and the Arctic begins to receive documents from investors planning to implement new projects in the territory of the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation using a subsidy for creating or upgrading infrastructure facilities.

Over RUB 43 bn will be invested in the project

ROSATOM's North Sea Route (NSR) Directorate states that the platform will serve up to 1,500 users

They expect to create 24 new jobs in implementing new projects

The meat will be delivered to Almaty

According to the Minister of the Russian Federation for the Development of the Far East and Arctic, the new projects will help create 16.5 thousand jobs.

According to Grigory Ledkov, President of the Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North (RAIPON), they are implementing the Children of the Arctic programme that aims at developing various education formats for the Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East with consideration to their cultural aspects. One of such formats is nomadic schools.

The main themes are announced as the Digital Future of Libraries and the Museum as Creator of Regional Values

The first meeting of the Organizing Committee for the Arctic: Territory of Dialogue, the VI International Arctic Forum, takes place

According to Vasily Potemkin, Managing Director of the Far East Development Corporation, the introduction of new stations will also help reduce the Northern Supply costs

According to Governor Dmitry Artyukhov, thermometric wells have already been drilled in Salekhard, Labytnangi and Novy Urengoy

According to Aleksey Isachkin, Deputy Director of the Department of Shipbuilding Industry and Marine Facilities, the ministry is planning to acquire 318 ships.

Funds will be used to build the Utrenniy LNG terminal in the seaport of Sabetta

The Umka glamping facility was opened to travellers on 14 September in Chukotka Autonomous Area.

The Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic, Rosatom and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) signed an agreement on the implementation of a carbon-free nuclear power generation project The Far East concession mechanism will be used to develop small-scale nuclear power generation in Yakutia.

The new route has linked two groups of ancient rock art sites — Zalavruga and Besovy Sledki — into a single track, Artur Parfenchikov, the head of the republic, announced on VKontakte on Friday.

The expedition participants will also take samples from old-growth forests and carry out dendrological research in the Kholmogorsk district of the region

For a fortnight, WANO specialists observed work processes and interviewed crew members of Atomflot's nuclear-powered vessels and employees of Baltiysky Zavod JSC

The Far East and Arctic Development Corporation and the Russian Export Centre discussed promoting Far Eastern and Arctic companies and the goods and services they produce abroad.

As part of the exercise, twelve emergency drills will be conducted in six of Russia's subarctic regions, each of which reflects the specific nature of the area's potential emergencies.

Applications are being accepted until 15 October through the website of the Karelia Venture Capital Fund.

41 companies in the region have become residents of the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation. The total investment in their projects is over RUB 2 bn.

The Norilsk renovation project is aimed at improving the citizens' quality of life and is closely linked to the development of the city's main employer and the Krasnoyarsk Territory in general.

A new resident of the 'Stolitsa Arktiki' ASEZ is set to build a modern, competitive, specialised bulk terminal in the port of Murmansk.

Companies that operate in the Arctic Zone will have some of their infrastructural construction and repair costs compensated

Over the 27-day submission period, the organisers received 8,195 drawings from 7,232 artists between 6–17 years old.

The 10th-anniversary Arctic: Today and the Future International Forum was held in St. Petersburg.

The Russian Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East has drafted the federal law 'On Amendments to the Federal Law "On State Support for Entrepreneurial Activity in the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation"'.

The reindeer population has shrunk dramatically in the coastal region of Pomorye.

The assessment will be informed by data from electromagnetic probing.

The money will be spent on the purchase of equipment, new laboratories and renovation of buildings

Over 15,000 small-size vessels are currently registered in the Archangelsk Region but moorings existing in the region do not have modern equipment and do not offer a service package for clients

In Billings village, polar bears appear from August to the end of November

It is planned to conduct interviews with native speakers of the languages of the indigenous peoples of the Arctic, collect materials from public and private archives about the linguistic and cultural heritage

It is planned to create 15 world-class scientific and educational centers in Russia

This is essential for assessing the oil and gas potential in the region

The Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and the Human Capital Development Agency of the Far East and the Arctic have prepared a draft of the programme for state support of the traditional economic activities of small indigenous communities living in the Arctic regions of Russia

The port of Liinakhamari with its investment project of a tourism cluster in Murmansk Region became the resident of the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation (AZRF), reports TASS citing the Press Service of Murmansk Region.

According to the press service of the Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic, as part of Russia's chairmanship of the Arctic Council, which is scheduled for 2021–2023, the Ministry will propose its own programme for interregional cross-border cooperation.

The heavy multipurpose transport helicopter Mi-26 can get an Arctic version, as reported by TASS with reference to Andrey Boginsky, CEO of the Russian Helicopters holding (part of Rostec).

'The integrated expeditionary unit of the Northern Fleet and the Russian Geographical Society to the Arctic, located on the Ilya Muromets icebreaker, has completed its missions in the eastern regions of the Chukchi Sea', TASS news agency reported.

The budgetary allocations for the implementation of the state program in 2021 will amount to 4.4 billion rubles, in 2022 - 6.5 billion rubles, in 2023 - 6.5 billion rubles

Three constituent entities of the Federation, whose territories are fully or partially included in the Arctic zone of Russia, are among the ranking leaders by forming the activities of regulatory authorities in the regions.

The Ministry for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic has prepared a new version of the state programme "Social and Economic Development of the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation" for 2021–2024.

The Commission of Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic approved the applications submitted by the first five investors

Any Russian enterprise that launches a new project or type of activity in the Arctic regions can obtain the status of a resident of the Arctic zone.

The cross erected by Georgy Sedov's expedition in 1913 was discovered in the Novaya Zemlya archipelago by the participants of the joint Arctic expedition which the Northern Fleet is making together with the Russian Geographical Society (RGO) and the Russian Arctic National Park on MB-12 sea tug, TASS reports.

Stolitsa Arktiki MC, a subsidiary of the Far East Development Corporation and the Murmansk Region Development Corporation, has been established in Murmansk.

During a meeting of the Council for the Arctic and Antarctic under the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, Alexander Krutikov, Deputy Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East, discussed the most essential areas for the integrated restoration and development of aviation in the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation.

On behalf of Yury Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, a bill has been prepared that will allow the Russians to receive free land plots in the Russian Arctic zone for the purpose of building a house or running any business.

On Wednesday, 8 July, the senators reviewed and approved an array of federal laws on government support for entrepreneurship in the Arctic zone of Russia.

According to Delovoy Petersburg, Hydrographic Enterprise, a subsidiary of the state-owned corporation Rosatom, and Mezhregiontruboprovodstroy JSC signed a state contract for the construction of the Utrenniy terminal of the Arctic LNG 2 project.

On 23 June, the lead universal icebreaker 'Arktika' of Project 22220 left St. Petersburg for the final stage of sea trials.

An investor can apply for a non-repayable subsidy of up to 20% of the total investment in the project if the latter is no less than RUB 300 million

Amendments to the Tax Code which take effect from 1 April are set to further incentivise the extraction of hydrocarbons on the shelf, the production of liquefied natural gas (LNG), the development of gas chemistry, as well as the development of new oil and gas provinces in the Arctic zone.

President Vladimir Putin has approved the foundations of the Russian national Arctic policy until 2035.