Investment Portal of the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation
On 10 May, Salekhard will host the international youth conference 'The Arctic. The Edge of the Future.'
YamalThe competition began in October 2022 with 158 companies from 39 regions of the Russian Federation, and 15 teams made it to the finals.
YamalThe vehicles carry cargo to the Vostochno-Messoyakhskoye field, located on the Gydan Peninsula in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area.
TransportThis year's festival was dedicated to the 105th anniversary of the birth of Sami writer Lazar Dmitrievich Yakovlev.
The Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area attracts workers from other regions and countries because of its higher wages and northern exoticism.
YamalThe Navarin and Ussuri motor vessels will carry 22,000 tons of containerised and general cargo of food and industrial goods.
ChukotkaThe old ones are planned to be sent to the more difficult sections of the North Sea Route.
TaimyrAccording to the project manager, Anatoly Zhozhikov, Head of the UNESCO Department at North-Eastern Federal University, all the necessary work on the Russian part is 100% complete.
Social projectsAccording to GTLK's press service, the port's construction readiness is 61%.
MurmanskSerebryanaya Skazka Homeowners' Association unites 70 land users of the Serebryanka 8 km road agglomeration.
Total investment under the agreements is more than RUB 110 bn.
InvestmentIt is noted that there are many applications from Western countries as well.
EcologyIt is a continuation of the Far Eastern Quarter programme.
Social projectsThe first harvest was recently taken off the Yamal icebreaker.
TransportThe event will open with a plenary session 'Aquatic Biological Resources. Fisheries and Stock Conservation in the Arctic.'
ArkhangelskThe new airfield is planned to become a key supply point for Arctic expeditions.
InfrastructureChernyshenko: Russia is ready to conduct research with Vietnam at Arctic research stations.
Aircraft will be on duty in the Murmansk Region in the summer.
TransportRussia's Glavgosexpertiza has issued a positive conclusion for the development of a water area to receive and maintain icebreakers and cargo vessels near a coal terminal on the Taimyr Peninsula.
EnergyAccording to Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation has enormous mineral reserves.
TransportMurmansk Region Governor Andrey Chibis noted that the company uses high-tech equipment, the localisation of which is almost 90%.
YamalThe 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.
Naryan-MarChildren will receive training in areas such as IT technology, environmental education and military-patriotic education.
YakutiaThe ABC-200 was developed by Russian Helicopters, a subsidiary of Rostec, for Russian Post's special project 'Unmanned Aerial Cargo Delivery.'
The authors of the initiative propose to fix in the law the notions of 'territories of northern supply' and 'territories with a limited timeframe for the delivery of goods.'
TransportPayments are provided for the purchase, delivery and installation of fast-built houses for small indigenous peoples of the North who lead a traditional way of life.
Krasnoyarsk KraiThe Russian government has approved a climate change adaptation plan for the period up to 2025.
EcologySignificant 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.
TransportRecord-breaking funds are used for prospecting, discovering and exploring new deposits of oil and gas, precious metals and diamonds.
Yakutia32 apartment buildings will be built during 2023–2024 in the districts of the Sakha Republic that are part of the AZRF.
Doctors have to travel in cars, all-terrain vehicles and helicopters to reach remote settlements.
YakutiaThe geography of the programme is wide-ranging and affects most municipalities in the Murmansk Region.
MurmanskThere are plans to expand the coverage of the water area and the volume of parameters measured.
EcologyBy 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.
TransportFour voyages are planned for this year.
TransportThe Siberian Institute of Creative Industries Development will take part in promoting the crafts and trades of the northern peoples of the Krasnoyarsk Territory.
The scheduled events include The Power of Colour tourist festival, timed to coincide with the closing of the winter skiing season in Kirovsk, the Arctic festival Teriberka and the Bering Strait festival in the Chukotka Region.
ZapolyaryeIn 2022, the federal budget allocated RUB 500 million for the programme, allowing 9,600 children to vacation in Russia's southern resorts.
EconomyThe project will combine sports and culture in a single tourist cluster.
ArkhangelskAccording 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
InfrastructureRosatom announces the selection of a developer of a unified digital services platform for the NSR
InfrastructureThe ichthyofauna of the northern seas has become 66% more diverse
Equipment of large capacity, scrap metal and bulky waste can only be removed by ice-class vessels.
EcologyNikolay Korchunov, Chairman of the Senior Officials Committee of the Arctic Council, also drew the attention of these states' representatives to Rosatom's projects in the field of building small-capacity nuclear power plants.
ScienceThe application should increase the interest of Yukaghir youth in their native language, as well as making it easier for children to learn it.
YakutiaDmitry Artyukhov, head of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area, called the new airport in Novy Urengoy the most modern in the world's Arctic.
YamalNornickel held preliminary consultations with Sami and reindeer herding enterprises in the Lovozero district to conduct an ethnological survey.
ArkhangelskThe new AZRF resident also plans to produce cheeses based on classic recipes.
In 2022, 11,667 children were born in Yakutia.
YakutiaA new constellation of spacecraft will allow the Arctic to be monitored every 15 minutes.
ClimateNorilsk (Alykel) airport named after Nikolay Urvantsev is now open for foreign flights.
NorilskThe duration of the natural phenomenon was 55 minutes.
ClimateIt is also envisaged that smaller vessels will be used for transport on the NSR.
TransportThe roadmap for the development of the port area was discussed at a meeting chaired by the head of Yakutia, Aysen Nikolayev.
Bus stops are equipped with infra-red heaters and 10mm-thick tempered glass.
MurmanskConstruction and installation work at the Zhatai shipyard should be completed by the end of this year.
TransportThe North Sea Route cargo target for 2022 exceeded by 2.1 mn tons
TransportThe 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.
TransportThe use of vibration excitation devices will minimise the risks of abnormal situations on transmission lines when exposed to adverse weather conditions.
EnergyChukotka Prospectors' Artel, a new FPV resident, will start developing the Bystrinskoye gold deposit in the Chaunsky district of Chukotka.
According to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, the funds will enable the construction and renovation of kindergartens, schools, polyclinics, cultural centres and sports facilities.
EconomyStatistics on the number of small indigenous peoples of the Far North in Russia are published.
ZapolyaryeThe NAA Department of Internal Policy summarised the results of public infrastructure development projects in municipalities based on local initiatives. It is about the winners of the Initiative Budgeting Grant Competition.
Nenets districtThe 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.
MurmanskIn the Laptev Sea and in the Vilkitsky Strait, ice thickness ranged from 70 cm to 1.5 m.
TransportYakutia's tin output in the first six months of 2022 was 360 tons, up 12% from 2021.
The Russian Environmental Operator has published a new ranking of regions by solid waste management efficiency
MurmanskThe new electric all-terrain vehicle has been tested at low temperatures for the first time.
ScienceThe Zvezda shipbuilding complex (Bolshoy Kamen) is preparing to start building a series of ten Arctic shuttle tankers with a deadweight of 120,000 tonnes.
InfrastructureThe 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.
ScienceMinister Aleksey Chekunkov notes that LNG accounts for over 60% of cargo traffic
TransportBy 2025, their number is to be reduced to seven.
Yamal is creating facilities for the proper storage, maintenance, and safe operation of Eco vehicles.
YamalThe Kayur company has launched snowmobile passenger and cargo transportation services in Chukotka
ChukotkaThe gas is already flowing into Russia's Unified Gas Supply System
YamalMore than 110,000 people have received free land under the Far Eastern Hectare programme, which has been running for more than six years
Far Eastern hectareThe 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.
TransportIn the Laborovaya village in the Priuralsky district of YNAA, the installation of a hybrid power plant powered by diesel, solar and wind energy has been completed.
In Yamal, 16 investment programmes are being implemented in the heat and power sector.
YamalThe regional authorities have applied for inclusion of the port in this programme, which provides preferential tariffs for regular cabotage
TransportA total of 542 projects are being implemented there, almost a third of them in the Arkhangelsk Region.
InvestmentThey will carry passengers on 28 city routes, with the first batch of buses already arriving in the region.
ArkhangelskDecommissioned Soviet-built nuclear icebreakers will be scrapped.
TransportIt will be completed on a special quay at the Baltic Shipyard.
A network of carbon polygons and carbon farms is planned in Yakutia, which will help the republic switch to a low-carbon economy faster, which in turn will reduce the amount of climate-altering greenhouse gases.
EcologyFSUE Rosmorport has signed a contract with Rosatom State Corporation to lease three diesel icebreakers to operate in the Arctic during the winter of 2022–2023.
TransportThe Hydrographic Enterprise of Rosatom Corporation has submitted a bid to find a contractor to build an Arc7 (LU7) ice-class hydrographic vessel.
ScienceAs 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.
TransportA regional mechanism based on Capital Investment Protection and Promotion Agreements (CIPPA) will be launched to support investors in the Arkhangelsk Region.
ArkhangelskThese include an oil and gas centre in Usinsk, a centre for the development of mineral resources and mountain tourism in Inta and a transport, logistics and industrial centre in Vorkuta.
The development allows defects to be detected up to 10% more often.
InfrastructureA favourable opinion on the reconstruction project of the Beringovsky seaport located in the Ugolnaya Bay in Chukotka was issued by the Glavgosexpertiza.
InfrastructureIn April 2023, the Murmansk Arctic University will appear in the Arctic region, formed by the merger of Murmansk Arctic State University (MASU) and Murmansk State Technical University (MSTU), the two largest universities in the AZRF.
ScienceOver the first nine months of 2022, the Murmansk Ecotechnopark has seen an increase in the amount of municipal solid waste delivered for sorting.
EcologyNornickel opened a new scrap metal recycling site.
EcologyMagnit retail chain has started test shipments of groceries and consumer goods via the North Sea Route (NSR) to St. Petersburg.
The region's head predicts that Chukotka would use 70% clean energy by 2030.
InfrastructureThey will undertake radar monitoring in addition to providing information on hydrometeorological conditions at high latitudes and broadband internet connectivity.
TransportAbout 900 jobs will be generated by the project.
ArkhangelskThe design capacity of the open-pit mine's first phase is estimated at 5 million tpy.
EconomyPlans were made to invest half a billion rubles to expand and update the Arkhangelsk algae plant's production facilities by 2026.
ArkhangelskThe Ural, universal nuclear-powered icebreaker, project 22220, under construction at Baltic Shipyard, St. Petersburg, has begun its sea trials.
Alexander Tsybulsky, Governor of Arkhangelsk Region, and Gadzhimagomed Huseynov, First Deputy Minister of the Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic, during a working meeting, discussed the readiness of investors to implement major industrial projects as part of the creation of an advanced development territory in Pomorie.
ArkhangelskBy 2025, up to 98% of the population of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) will be provided with sustainable access to high-speed Internet and quality cellular communications thanks to the Synergy of the Arctic project, an agreement on the implementation of which was signed between the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media and the region.
InfrastructureThe new site connects exploration assets on the Gydan and Taimyr Peninsulas.
GasA 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.
EcologyIn 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.
YamalThe government has extended the current Single Subsidy programme in the Far East to regions in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation.
According to Dmitry Livanov, Rector of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, a favourable state expert review of the project is expected in late 2022 – early 2023, after which construction of the facility will begin.
ScienceThe estimated investment is about RUB 150 mn.
YakutiaYakutopttorg brought socially important food products to the Arctic regions of Yakutia via the North Sea Route for the first time.
YakutiaVladimir 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.
TransportAccording to Rosenergoatom's Director of Economics and Finance, the data centre is to be located directly within the plant perimeter.
InfrastructureYuzhnoye and Severnoye Ice Protection Structures will protect the water area from drifting ice that could damage berths and vessels.
A new investor in the Murmansk Region, Aurora, which has become the 500th resident of the AZRF, plans to build a year-round hotel and tourist complex.
InvestmentVEB.RF State Corporation will finance the construction at Nakhodka Ship Repair Yard of eight crab vessels designed to operate in Russia's northern waters.
TransportA liquefied natural gas tanker model is being shown for the first time at the OMR 2022 shipbuilding and equipment conference and exhibition in the northern capital. The Project 10070 vessel is designed for the harsh conditions of the Arctic. Its creators are Atomenergomash and St. Petersburg State Marine Technical University.
TransportThe 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.
Nenets districtExperts from the Arctic Tourism Laboratory visited sites in the Tersky District and analysed resources to improve the existing tourism product.
MurmanskThis summer, 127,000 tourists visited the Murmansk Region.
Programmers from the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) will develop a digital trading platform that will enable representatives of the indigenous peoples of the North to sell goods of traditional folk crafts online.
YakutiaSuch vessels require retrofitting for tourism because they have been used for research purposes, said Sergey Gorkov, head of the holding company.
TransportThe Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation, the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and the Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation signed an agreement on the development of a mining cluster in the Arctic part of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) on the margins of the Eastern Economic Forum.
YakutiaThe 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.
YakutiaThe 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.
InvestmentOn 17 September, Monchegorsk will host the Arctic Investor Day, which will showcase the investment opportunities of the city and the region, as well as the results of the Murmansk Region's Arctic benefits package and striking projects by residents of the Russian Arctic zone.
Admiralty Shipyards has commissioned the North Pole ice-resistant self-propelled platform (ISP), a research and expedition vessel designed for long-term drifting in the Arctic ice.
TransportVostok Air, a new resident of the Yakutia Advanced Special Economic Zone (ASEZ), is organising the Heliport Yakutsk helicopter centre. The enterprise will create a modern aviation technical base for import-substituting service for foreign-made helicopters and will be able to receive aircraft 24 hours a day.
InfrastructureAn Arktika-M satellite constellation capable of taking up to 2 million accurate images a year will be formed over the Polar region. This will allow for detailed monitoring of the hydrometeorological situation in the macro-region, said Nikolay Korchunov, Ambassador-at-Large for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a senior official at the Arctic Council, during the Arctic Salon in St. Petersburg.
ScienceThe 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.
EconomyThe 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.
ZapolyaryeA NAVigational TEleX (NAVTEX) shore station will be installed in the Chukchi port of Pevek to ensure safe navigation along the North Sea Route. It is designed to provide navigational and meteorological information. The construction project has been approved by Glavgosexpertiza Russia.
FSUE Rosmorport's diesel electric-powered icebreaker Viktor Chernomyrdin was granted the Passenger ship characteristic in the class notation. As of now, the vessel can be used for Arctic cruises, including trips to the North Pole, in a period free of statutory activity.
TransportArktikGeolDobycha and GOLDARCTIC became residents of the Russian Arctic Zone (AZRF) with projects for the exploration and development of natural ore, placer and man-made gold and silver deposits in the Arctic zone of the Chukotka Autonomous Area.
ChukotkaA programme participant opened a tourist camp in Karelia by the picturesque Lake Urosozero.
KareliaIn 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.
ChukotkaThe 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.
KomiParticipants in the plenary session 'Tourism in the Arctic. Rapid Development' at the Bering Strait International Festival will discuss ways to improve the tourism industry in the Russian North.
As part of the North Sea Route development, a needs-based programme for the construction of ice-class cargo ships until 2035 shall be created.
TransportThe project for a new vertically integrated gas chemical complex for methanol production in the Nenets Autonomous Area was discussed by Irek Faizullin, Minister of Construction, Housing and Utilities of the Russian Federation, Igor Manylov, head of Glavgosexpertiza, and representatives of the investor, RusChem Management Company LLC.
GasThe book titled 'Murmansk Region. Modern Guide' will be presented at the Biblio-Globus trading house
MurmanskOn 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.
TransportGovernor 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.
MurmanskAn integrated plan for the development of the North Sea Route until 2035 was submitted for consideration by the Russian Government. It covers both infrastructure development and the construction of new icebreakers, the launch of satellites, the improvement of security systems, and the updating of meteorological technologies.
The Supervisory Board of the Chukotka advanced economic development territory chaired by the Governor of the Chukotka Autonomous Area Roman Kopin, attended by representatives of the Ministry of Far East and Arctic Development of Russia and the Far East and the Arctic Development Corporation, as well as federal and regional authorities, met in Anadyr.
ChukotkaSuring his visit to Arkhangelsk, Aleksey Chekunkov, Minister of the Russian Federation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic visited the region's leading universities and research centers – the Northern State Medical University (NSMU) and the Lomonosov Northern (Arctic) Federal University (NAFU).
EducationThe event, chaired by the Minister of the Russian Federation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic, held at the government seat of the Arkhangelsk Region, and attended by the head of the region Aleksandr Tsybulskiy, covered the implementation of major investment projects.
ArkhangelskTundra Legends, the largest open-air ethnocultural park in Taymyr, broke ground on the riverbank in Dudinka.
TaimyrOn 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.
TransportThe 7th Arctic Festival ended in Teriberka. This year's event broke the attendance record, set a year earlier.
The requirements for the total investment volume and the minimum number of jobs to be created were excluded from the conditions, the government decree says.
InvestmentThe control stage of the North Pole ice-resistant self-propelled platform completed
TransportRules for granting subsoil areas in the Arctic will be prepared as part of the development of the North Sea Route
EconomyIn 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.'
YakutiaThis 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.
EconomyEvery day, volunteers will ascend to a height of 1,000 m.
In 2016, employees of the Russian Arctic National Park discovered a unique vessel
ScienceAZRF resident Chukotatomenergo (a division of Rosatom State Corporation) is developing the construction of a marine terminal designed to provide energy for the Baimskoye ore deposit development project.
ChukotkaPavel Volkov, State Secretary and Deputy Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic, participates in the forum.
EconomyThe 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.
TransportAt the meeting, the development of the shipbuilding industry, the North Sea Route and the development of mineral deposits in the Arctic were discussed.
EconomyThe presentation of the best tourist routes of the AZRF regions was held at the stand of the Ministry of the Russian Far East Development — 'The Arctic: Territory of Dialogue'.
The Arctic Settlement Design Code is a set of standards and codes of practice governing the appearance of the urban environment in the Arctic.
InfrastructureThe project is aimed at attracting managers from all regions of the Russian Federation to key positions in the governments of the Arctic regions and in the leading enterprises of the Arctic zone, thus creating social elevators for the Russian residents.
EconomyThat's practically $100 billion a year in goods that will be produced in the next few years.
InvestmentThe 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.
EconomyThere are plans to create more than 182 thousand jobs in 64 fields in the Arctic by 2035.
EconomyIt pays special attention to the ethnic factor in entrepreneurship.
The business programme of the stand includes more than 15 events.
EconomyIn the Russian Arctic, 20% out of 432 projects implemented under the preferential regime of the AZRF relate to the tourism sector.
InvestmentNow the purification of drinking water for residents of Anadyr takes place in automated mode, a system of dispatching and automatic control was also created.
ChukotkaThe filming took place in three regions: the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area, the Nenets Autonomous Area and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).
YakutiaThe 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.
ArkhangelskSince 1 August 2021, the largest number of applications for ‘hectares’ in the Arctic were received in the Murmansk Region, the Republic of Karelia, the Arkhangelsk Region and the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area.
A total of thirteen structures that are no longer fit for operation will be dismantled.
EcologyThe port of Lavna will become an important transport hub on the North Sea Route.
InfrastructureFSUE Atomflot issues preliminary results of the winter and spring navigation season.
TransportThe Russian president has ordered to provide Arctic residents with social infrastructure. All the necessary arrangements should be made by 1 December.
EconomyThis was announced at the Arctic: Territory of Development Conference on Ensuring a Comfortable Urban Environment.
KareliaThe president of Russia noted the impressive achievements of Russian Arctic polar explorers at high latitudes.
RITM-200 is the seventh reactor of the 22220 series produced at the Machine-Building Factory of Podolsk.
EnergyMore than 25 representatives of the restaurant industry of the Murmansk region will take part in forming the menu of the festival's gastronomic food court.
MurmanskVNIRO and the Far East and Arctic Development Corporation (FEDC) sign a cooperation agreement.
EconomyThe 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.
ArkhangelskIntensive development of the Yanolovo joint-stock company is connected with a sharp increase in demand for metal.
YakutiaA total of 24.5 million rubles will be invested in the project, aimed at improving the tourist attractiveness of the region.
The company will provide face and body treatments, spa services, laser procedures, massage and hydro massage.
ChukotkaThe workshop is already called the lasrgest in Russia.
MurmanskThe resident is implementing a project to supply power to the Baimsky Mining and Processing Plant, which is being built in the Chukotka advanced special economic zone, using modernised floating power units.
ChukotkaAlexey 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.
EconomyThe collected scrap will be taken to steel mills for further processing.
YakutiaThe President of the Russian Federation asked to specify the investment projects and obligations of cargo shippers in terms of volumes in the plan.
The total investment in these projects exceeds 1.3 trillion rubles.
EconomyPhlogopite mica is a unique raw material used for the production of electrical insulating materials.
MurmanskThe educational module consisting of three stages starts on 20 April. It will last four months.
YamalThe holiday in the region is celebrated annually on August 2.
Nenets districtThe service and excursion centre for travellers on the territory of the Kola Peninsula will be created at the end of 2025.
MurmanskIt took three months to prepare for the museum's opening.
Priority will be given to activities aimed at the development of investment projects.
EconomyThe Elgen company will produce more than 1,400 ounces of precious metal annually.
YakutiaCooperation agreements were signed between MIPT and the Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East, as well as between MIPT and the Far East Development Corporation (FEDC).
ScienceThis was announced by Governor Alexander Uss at a meeting of the Presidium of the Government of the Krasnoyarsk Territory.
EconomyThe company does not abandon its plans to develop the project and intends to launch industrial coal mining this year.
TaimyrThe initiative aims at providing information for supervision and management decision making and consolidation of knowledge about rare and endangered animal and plant species of the Arctic regions of Russia.
On 28 March, 39 Moscow schoolchildren went on a training ski hike in Karelia. Seven of them prepare to take part in the Great Arctic expedition to Cape Chelyuskin, the northernmost point of the Russian continent.
KareliaRussia is seven years ahead of Europe, the U.S. and Japan have launched into highly elliptical orbit the first meteorological satellite Arktika-M in 2021, said the head of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Alexander Sergeev, at a working meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
ScienceThe clinic provides medical services under the compulsory insurance programme and on a paid basis at an affordable cost of about RUB 3,000 per examination.
InfrastructureThe northernmost region of Russia will have a new point of attraction for residents, tourist groups and solo travellers.
ZapolyaryeThe Arctic Development Project Office participated in the Clean Country Forum held at the Skolkovo Technopark.
EcologyThe Far East and Arctic Development Corporation has taken part in the round table Energy Security of the Far North and Far East Regions, which was held at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation as part of the 7th international conference The Arctic: Sustainable Development.
From 1 March to 15 April 2022, the Severnoye Tushino park in Moscow will host a photo exhibition dedicated to the project Children of the Arctic. The images installed in the park's central square tell about the life of indigenous peoples of the North.
CultureThe universal port of Lavna in the Murmansk Region and the railroad approaches to it will be built according to the estimated deadlines and numbers.
InvestmentThe Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East has announced the results of the Federal Contest of Best Practices for Urban Environment Development and Digitalization, as Well as Public and Courtyard Space Development in the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation (AZRF), which was held at the end of 2021.
InfrastructureThe 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.
InvestmentOver RUB 43 bn will be invested in the project
InvestmentAccording to the World Meteorological Organisation, a meteorological observing station measured the record temperature on 20 June 2020, 'during an exceptional and prolonged Siberian heatwave'
According to Alexander Tsybulsky, head of the region, the sources of financing establishment of the new centre will be identified next year.
InfrastructureThe filmmakers will receive RUB 300 thousand
CultureAccording to Dmitry Artyukhov, the governor of the region, several potential investors have already submitted their applications
InvestmentThey expect to create 24 new jobs in implementing new projects
InvestmentThe meat will be delivered to Almaty
EconomyAn emergency response centre has been set up to provide urgent assistance to vessels caught in difficult ice conditions
The Northern Department of the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (Rosgidromet) has opened several positions at polar weather stations in the Arctic Zone of Russia.
EconomyThe first unmanned aerial vehicles for the Russian Post were tested in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area, reports the press office of the region's governor.
TransportThe construction work on the ice bridge is already underway
TransportAccording 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.
ZapolyaryeThe main themes are announced as the Digital Future of Libraries and the Museum as Creator of Regional Values
CultureThe Park will occupy the premises of the former headquarters of the 10th Army
Thanks to government efforts, small businesses will now find it easier to become residents of the Arctic Zone
InvestmentAleksey Chekunkov, Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East and the Arctic, took part in the meeting of the State Duma Committee on the Development of the Russian Far East and the Arctic.
EconomyArktika icebreaker is one of the most powerful icebreakers in the world. After an engine replacement and set up, carried out by Baltic Shipyard (Saint Petersburg, part of United Shipbuilding Corporation), Arktika will be sent to a base in Murmansk this November.
TransportAccording to Vasily Potemkin, Managing Director of the Far East Development Corporation, the introduction of new stations will also help reduce the Northern Supply costs
EcologyAccording to Governor Dmitry Artyukhov, thermometric wells have already been drilled in Salekhard, Labytnangi and Novy Urengoy
InfrastructureOver 4 thousand applications for the Arctic hectare were received in two months, Deputy Prime Minister Yury Trutnev reported in the Federation Council on Wednesday when speaking on the implementation of the Arctic Zone development strategy.
Aleksey Chekunkov, the head of the Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic, said that starting from 2022 the nuclear-powered LASH carrier Sevmorput will perform voyages at least three times a year with a return to the point of departure
TransportThe parties will offer new products and services to develop staffing mechanisms, promote the WorldSkills movement, and create opportunities for children and youth to develop their talents.
EconomyThere are incentives for four types of business in the Arctic: offshore oil extraction, onshore oil extraction, solid minerals extraction and other investment projects
EconomyFunds will be used to build the Utrenniy LNG terminal in the seaport of Sabetta
EconomyThe Umka glamping facility was opened to travellers on 14 September in Chukotka Autonomous Area.
Far Eastern hectareA new 2.5-thousand-hectare natural landscape park, Teriberka, is to open in the Arctic.
Camels have been found in one of the most remote northern regions of Yakutia's Arctic zone.
ZapolyaryeThe Minister for the Development of the Far East and Arctic, Aleksey Chekunkov, and the Governor of Yamal, Dmitry Artyukhov, held a working meeting in Moscow.
InfrastructureComprehensive territorial development strategies for towns in the Far East and Arctic to be developed with the participation of the Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic
InfrastructureThe 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.
EconomyThe 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.
ZapolyaryePresidential Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District Trutnev: 2,600 Arctic Hectare applications have been received in a week
The official ceremony dedicated to the launch of the Children of the Arctic information portal took place at the Far East Development Corporation's presentation venue in Moscow.
CultureThe terminal, with a capacity of more than one million passengers a year, will open in the summer of 2023.
InfrastructureRussia's first Earth cryology laboratory to study permafrost
ScienceFor a fortnight, WANO specialists observed work processes and interviewed crew members of Atomflot's nuclear-powered vessels and employees of Baltiysky Zavod JSC
TransportThe 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.
EconomyThe participants will go on a 5-km trek to an ancient glacier located on the southern slope of the Rai-Iz massif.
A project to clean up the Arctic coastal zone is being implemented in Yakutia in line with the principles of a public-private partnership.
YakutiaThe total investment in the two projects is around RUB 500 mn.
MurmanskThe company, Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Diagnostics is investing the proceeds, as well as its own funds, into the creation of a private computerised tomography centre.
ArkhangelskApplications are being accepted until 15 October through the website of the Karelia Venture Capital Fund.
Karelia41 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.
ArkhangelskOver the course of the year, 57 Murmansk projects received resident status, including private entrepreneurs.
It makes itpossible to allocate additional resources for the implementation of social tasks in the territory of the Russian Arctic
InvestmentOn the island of Lesnaya Osinka in the Onega district will create an ornithological station.
InvestmentA new resident of the 'Stolitsa Arktiki' ASEZ is set to build a modern, competitive, specialised bulk terminal in the port of Murmansk.
InvestmentCompanies that operate in the Arctic Zone will have some of their infrastructural construction and repair costs compensated
InfrastructureThe Agency for Human Capital Development in the Russian Far East and the Arctic, together with Petrozavodsk State University and the Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov have estimated the staffing needs of the Russian Arctic zone's economy.
On 1 June 2021, an online service will be launched in the Arctic for the free provision of land plots for any non-prohibited economic activity and sea plots for aquaculture.
InvestmentThe Ministry for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic wants Russian and international private companies to have easier access to Russia's continental shelf in the Arctic and the Pacific as of 2021
InvestmentConstruction on the first and second nuclear-powered icebreakers of the Lider project is scheduled to begin in 2023 and 2025 respectively, according to Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce of the Russian Federation Alexei Besprozvannykh, TASS reports.
TransportThe 10th-anniversary Arctic: Today and the Future International Forum was held in St. Petersburg.
InvestmentThe 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"'.
InvestmentThe terminal is scheduled to go into operation in March 2023
EconomyAO Yanolovo has staked out its claim as the first resident of the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation (AZRF)
EconomyThe assessment will be informed by data from electromagnetic probing.
GasThe money will be spent on the purchase of equipment, new laboratories and renovation of buildings
OilThe capsule was left in the Arctic by a resident of Saint Petersburg during a polar cruise aboard the nuclear-powered icebreaker 50 Let Pobedy
ZapolyaryeAccording to researchers, miners should switch to searching for primary diamond deposits
EconomyThe ship is being built in Saint Petersburg at the Almaz Shipbuilding Company
TransportOver 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
InfrastructureThe Solovetsky Islands might become the pilot territory in which to introduce the concept of engaging private investment in the development of distributed power generation, in particular, that based on renewable energy, TASS reports
The Prime Minister of Russia, Mikhail Mishustin, signed a list of orders based on the results of his working trip to the Murmansk Region
TransportThe President stressed that this applies not only to oil companies, but also to many others, including metallurgical enterprises
EconomyIt is planned to develop tourist clusters on the territories of the city of Kirovsk, the village of Teriberka, Kovdorsky, Pechengsky and Tersky municipal districts
InfrastructureIn Billings village, polar bears appear from August to the end of November
ZapolyaryeIt 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
EconomyAccording to the results of laboratory tests, its efficiency in ice conditions reaches 80%
The Human Capital Development Agency in the Russian Far East and the Arctic is currently finishing an assessment of the need for personnel in the Russian Arctic
EconomyFive businesses have already been granted resident status
InvestmentThis was necessary for justifying the outer border of the Russian continental shelf in front of the UN Commission
EconomyThis is essential for assessing the oil and gas potential in the region
OilThe 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
EconomyFormation of the Development Fund for the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation is to commence in January 2021, according to the recently enacted National Economic Recovery Plan for the Russian Federation, TASS reports.
The Far East Development Corporation and investors have entered the first agreements on projects in the Russian Arctic zone; investor projects had previously been approved by the Committee of the Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic.
InvestmentAccording to the website of the Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic, the organisers of the sailing expedition that took place in the waters of the Arctic and Siberia from 1 August to 30 September plan to use Russia's term as chairman of the Arctic Council to discuss the exploration of the Arctic zone on small vessels.
TransportSo far, on the Arctic Russia portal, 114 potential projects have been registered in the personal account of one investor in the Arctic zone, including 33 projects that are planned to be implemented in the Murmansk region.
InvestmentAccording 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.
EconomyThe 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).
TransportAccording to Zarina Doguzova, Head of the Agency, this proposal should be formalised in a new law on tourism
On the way, he will pass ice tests
ТранспортSocio-economic development and the structure of employment in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation has a number of features
ЭкономикаClimatologists have found that in the past few years, the area of ice in the Bering Sea has decreased to a minimum
КлиматThe 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
ЭкономикаThree 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.
EconomyGazprombank will provide NOVATEK with a EUR 522 mn loan for the construction of two floating gas storage facilities in Murmansk and Kamchatka, the bank said. According to Kommersant, the barges are to be located in Murmansk and Kamchatka by the end of 2022.
The vessel is to undergo ice trials on the way
TransportIt covered 130 kilometres and delivered a 150-kilogramme load
TransportThe document is designed to improve their quality of life
EconomyThe Commission of Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic approved the applications submitted by the first five investors
InvestmentAny 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.
EconomyThe Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation are preparing the programme for Russia's chairmanship in the Arctic Council, which will include a series of events dedicated to the issues of indigenous minorities.
The Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic is developing a plan on adaptation to climate changes in the Russian Arctic, taking into consideration the damage to indigenous minorities' traditional economy.
EconomyThe Deputy Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East held the first online meeting with the authorities of the regions included in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation.
InvestmentThe companies will establish a joint venture
InvestmentStolitsa Arktiki MC, a subsidiary of the Far East Development Corporation and the Murmansk Region Development Corporation, has been established in Murmansk.
EconomyDuring 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.
EconomyThe Ministry of Development of the Far East and the Arctic, together with the Federation Council Committee on Federal Structure, Regional Policy, Local Government and Northern Affairs, is preparing a series of solutions to overcome the problems that the regional airlines of the Far East and the Arctic have faced due to coronavirus.
Yuri Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District, held a meeting on the further development of the single-industry towns of Vorkuta and Inta of the Komi Republic.
EconomyIn the Arctic regions, unemployment does not exceed 3% on average, which is lower than the national average.
EconomyThe Agency for the Development of Human Capital in the Far East and the Arctic, together with the Government of the Arkhangelsk Region, the Agency for the Development of the Arkhangelsk Region, the WorldSkills Union of Young Professionals, the Northern (Arctic) Federal University and the Northern State Medical University, will open the Human Capital Development Centre in Arkhangelsk.
EconomyOn Wednesday, 8 July, the senators reviewed and approved an array of federal laws on government support for entrepreneurship in the Arctic zone of Russia.
EconomyAccording 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.
GasThe Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East expects to achieve threefold, up to 3 million people a year, growth of tourist flow to the Arctic by 2035.
The Government allowed the use of foreign-flag vessels for coastal shipping in the Russian Federation if it is not possible to find Russian-flag vessels.
EconomyThe Russian Government ordered the International Arctic Forum 'The Arctic: Territory of Dialogue' to be held in 2021 in St. Petersburg.
EconomyOver a million tourists travelled to the Arctic last year
EconomyAn 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
InvestmentAmendments 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.
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