The Northern Supply programme, aimed at exporting goods produced by indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East, will begin implementation in 2025, said Gadzhimagomed Huseynov, First Deputy Minister of the Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic. This was reported by TASS.

'We put a lot of emphasis in the first years [of the indigenous small-numbered peoples programme] on the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). [...] We built trade and logistics centres there, which help carry out northern supply deliveries. The most important thing is that from next year we will implement the Northern Supply programme,' he said during a meeting of the State Duma Committee for the Development of the Far East and Arctic.

He noted that trade and logistics centres allow collecting products of traditional economic activities from indigenous peoples and exchanging them for other goods.

To increase the volume of imported goods and reduce food prices, the construction of trade and logistics centres began in the Arctic regions of Yakutia in 2021. Their advantage is in storing imported products and reducing transportation costs. They also make it possible to restrain the growth of prices for socially important foodstuffs. Eight trade and logistics centres have been established and commissioned in Yakutia.

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