Russian Foreign Ministry: Russia welcomes Arctic cooperation with non-regional countries
Russian Foreign Ministry: Russia welcomes Arctic cooperation with non-regional countries
Russia supports the creation of an international partnership in the Arctic with the participation of non-Arctic states.
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The 7th issue of the international journal «Arctic Review» was published and presented at the IECCA meeting
The 7th issue of the international journal «Arctic Review» was published and presented at the IECCA meeting
The 7th issue of the journal «Arctic Review» was represented during the IX annual meeting of the International Expert Council on Cooperation in the Arctic (IECCA).
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IX annual meeting of the International Expert Council on Cooperation in the Arctic (IECCA)
IX annual meeting of the International Expert Council on Cooperation in the Arctic (IECCA)
On November 18, 2021, the IX annual meeting of the International Expert Council on Cooperation in the Arctic (IECCA) was held. During the event, experts from Norway, China, India, Australia, as well as from the International Maritime Organization of the United Nations, institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RSPP spoke. In total, representatives of 12 countries have registered, including 7 representatives of embassies (Finland, Iceland, India, Singapore, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Poland).
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China in the Arctic: policy, strategy and prospects for cooperation with Russia
China in the Arctic: policy, strategy and prospects for cooperation with Russia
China is a "near-Arctic state", which today is an active player in the international political arena, including an active participant in international Arctic and economic cooperation. China's interests and demands in the Arctic region, which are largely due to the internal development of the republic.
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Look into the future: The International Arctic Station
Look into the future: The International Arctic Station "Snowflake"
The International Arctic Station "Snowflake" is a year-round and fully autonomous complex created on the basis of renewable energy sources and hydrogen energy, without diesel fuel. "Snowflake" will use the energy of hydrogen, wind and the sun.
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Current unresolved ecological challenges of the Arctic and their consequences
Current unresolved ecological challenges of the Arctic and their consequences
It was only in the XXI century, after the industrial boom of the XX century, when humanity extracted and used natural resources, without thinking about the impact of these actions on the environment, which, of course, affects the future of mankind, that they began to attach importance to environmental challenges. Humanity has to cope with many consequences of unresolved environmental problems today, not only at the regional level, but also at the global level.
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"Northern Sea Transit Corridor": Industry 4.0. in the Arctic
The Northern Sea Transit Corridor project is to create an integrated transport and logistics system for international transit sea cargo transportation on the Asia–Europe route via the Northern Sea Route (NSR). It was initiated in the Rosatom State Corporation in 2019 with the aim of creating a new offer on the international market of logistics services for the delivery of goods between Northwestern Europe and East Asia through the NSR.
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Spitsbergen (Svalbard). Doomsday vault and ghost towns.
Spitsbergen (Svalbard). Doomsday vault and ghost towns.
Stocks for Doomsday, ghost towns ... all this is not a description of horror films or fantasy novels, these are parts of the vast Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. Spitsbergen ("Sharp Mountains"), also known as Svalbard, is located in the Arctic Ocean. It is located between the northern shores of Norway and the North Pole. Between Greenland and Franz Josef Land.
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The Arctic Council: its structure and role in international cooperation of Arctic States
The Arctic Council: its structure and role in international cooperation of Arctic States
The Arctic Council is the leading intergovernmental forum promoting cooperation, coordination and interaction among the Arctic States, Arctic Indigenous peoples and other Arctic inhabitants on common Arctic issues, in particular on issues of sustainable development and environmental protection in the Arctic.
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Strategy for the development of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation and ensuring national security for the period up to 2035
Strategy for the development of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation and ensuring national security for the period up to 2035
Strategy for the development of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation and ensuring national security for the period up to 2035, approved by Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 26, 2020. The text of the document is posted on the official web resource of the President of the Russian Federation. Publication: http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/45972
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International educational project
International educational project "UArctic"
The University of the Arctic (UArctic) is an international network of universities, colleges, research institutes and other organizations involved in education and science in the North. UArctic, following the motto "Strong North-by common efforts", supports residents of the circumpolar North, provides them with unique educational and research opportunities on the platform of a powerful partner network.
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Youth Section of VIII annual meeting of the international expert Council for Arctic cooperation (IECCA)
Youth Section of VIII annual meeting of the international expert Council for Arctic cooperation (IECCA)
As part of the work of the expert council, a plenary meeting of the Youth Section of the VIII annual meeting of the International Expert Council for Cooperation in the Arctic (IECCA) was held in English. The plenary session was moderated by Dmitry Medvedev, Secretary of the International Expert Council on Arctic Cooperation, Candidate of Political Sciences and Hunter Tina Soliman, Professor at Macquarie Law School (Australia).
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VIII annual meeting of the international expert Council for Arctic cooperation (IECCA)
VIII annual meeting of the international expert Council for Arctic cooperation (IECCA)
On November 12, 2020, the VIII annual meeting of The international expert Council for cooperation in the Arctic (IECCA) was held in an online format. The topic of the meeting: “Science, Education and Human Resources Development for Arctic Projects Implementation". Russian and foreign experts, representatives of business and government involved in the development of the Arctic made presentations at the plenary session. The main topics of the meeting were the specifics of training personnel for the Arctic and forms of international cooperation in this area.
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Rights of Arctic States on the territory of the Arctic region. Boundaries and delimitation of the continental shelf.
Rights of Arctic States on the territory of the Arctic region. Boundaries and delimitation of the continental shelf.
The need for international legal regulation of the continental shelf regime is a natural consequence of the achievements of science and scientific and technological progress. Advances in technology have allowed us to begin effective exploitation of the subsurface resources and riches of the continental shelf. However, today the issue of the rights of Arctic States in the Arctic region, the borders and delimitation of the continental shelf is still acute.
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Modern geopolitical confrontations in the Arctic region
Modern geopolitical confrontations in the Arctic region
Eight countries have their own borders, continental shelves, and exclusive economic zones in the Arctic: Russia, Canada, the United States, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, and Iceland. The interest of States in these territories is due to the fact that their subsoil contains 83 billion tons of conventional fuel, of which about 80% is accounted for by the Barents and Kara seas, and the probability of developing new deposits is extremely high. Today, there are constant disputes over the Arctic territories.
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VII annual meeting Of the international expert Council for Arctic cooperation (IECCA)
VII annual meeting Of the international expert Council for Arctic cooperation (IECCA)
We invite you to participate in the VII annual meeting of the international expert Council for cooperation in the Arctic (IECCA), which will be held on November 7, 2019. The theme of the meeting in 2019: "Information technologies in the Arctic: navigation, communication and management".
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How oil is produced in the Arctic
How oil is produced in the Arctic
The Arctic is fraught with enormous wealth, which, of course, includes oil. But it is not enough to open giant deposits — it is necessary to find ways to produce, and in the case of the Far North, also to deliver raw materials to consumers. Gazprom Neft managed to solve this problem by implementing three large-scale projects for the development of the Arctic.
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“They didn’t just arise out of the ground!”
“They didn’t just arise out of the ground!”
The discovery of five new islands, emerging from under the glacier in the Kara Sea, excited the public. However, there are many questions that are not yet answered: what are the practical benefits of their discovery, how will the Arctic coastline change in the future, and what is the expedition doing to confirm the existence of the islands?
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Got up, washed, clean the Arctic: why volunteers clean uninhabited Islands
Got up, washed, clean the Arctic: why volunteers clean uninhabited Islands
In the Kara sea there is an island in the form of an anteater. Its territory is densely filled with fragments of machine parts and rusty barrels of fuel, which remained after the first wave of development of the Arctic territories of 1960-1970. Vilkitsky island was the next point on the map a great journey, and turned into a dump when supplied by the state objectives were met. The organization "Green Arctic" for the second year conducts expeditions to clean up the island of debris with the participation of volunteers from different countries.
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Journey Rosatom: the atom and the ice
Journey Rosatom: the atom and the ice
As part of Rosatom, there is one relatively small structural unit, the Affairs and prospects of which, without any exaggeration, is closely monitored not only by Russia but also by many countries of the world.  
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  • Russian Foreign Ministry: Russia welcomes Arctic cooperation with non-regional countries
  • The 7th issue of the international journal «Arctic Review» was published and presented at the IECCA meeting
  • IX annual meeting of the International Expert Council on Cooperation in the Arctic (IECCA)
  • China in the Arctic: policy, strategy and prospects for cooperation with Russia
  • Look into the future: The International Arctic Station "Snowflake"
  • Current unresolved ecological challenges of the Arctic and their consequences
  • "Northern Sea Transit Corridor": Industry 4.0. in the Arctic
  • Spitsbergen (Svalbard). Doomsday vault and ghost towns.
  • The Arctic Council: its structure and role in international cooperation of Arctic States
  • Strategy for the development of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation and ensuring national security for the period up to 2035
  • International educational project "UArctic"
  • Youth Section of VIII annual meeting of the international expert Council for Arctic cooperation (IECCA)
  • VIII annual meeting of the international expert Council for Arctic cooperation (IECCA)
  • Rights of Arctic States on the territory of the Arctic region. Boundaries and delimitation of the continental shelf.
  • Modern geopolitical confrontations in the Arctic region
  • VII annual meeting Of the international expert Council for Arctic cooperation (IECCA)
  • How oil is produced in the Arctic
  • “They didn’t just arise out of the ground!”
  • Got up, washed, clean the Arctic: why volunteers clean uninhabited Islands
  • Journey Rosatom: the atom and the ice
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Unusual Congress opened in Yurga

Unusual Congress opened in Yurga

02.08.2016

For the first time in the territory of Russia held VI International Congress of experts on sphagnum mosses.

The Arctic Exploring
"Rosneft" has conducted a study of the Arctic shelf

"Rosneft" has conducted a study of the Arctic shelf

28.07.2016

On the eve of yet another completed aero geophysical survey company.

Energetics
The largest nuclear-powered icebreaker in the world "Arctic" was launched on

The largest nuclear-powered icebreaker in the world "Arctic" was launched on

26.07.2016

St. Petersburg, 16 June. The Network published a video launching the world's most powerful nuclear icebreaker "Arktika". The solemn event was held today at the Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg.

Icebreaker fleet

Media
On Yamal appeared 12 new fires

On Yamal appeared 12 new fires

25.07.2016

Over the weekend in the Yamalo-Nenets autonomous district occurred 12 wildfires on an area of 246 hectares.

Security
Chechen special forces in the Arctic polar explorers helps build a runway to replace the cracked

Chechen special forces in the Arctic polar explorers helps build a runway to replace the cracked

21.07.2016

Chechen special forces squad, which is in the Arctic for the exercises, helps the Russian polar explorers to build a new runway. Current streak snapped, said Acting the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov in his Instagram. "First of all to inform you that the team of Daniel Vasilyevich (Martynov, head of the detachment -. Ed.) All right. Moreover, Martynov said that everything is fine "- he wrote.

Security

Media
"Gazprom" has received the right to land in VAT

"Gazprom" has received the right to land in VAT

20.07.2016

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree on granting the concern "Gazprom" the right to use subsoil on Layavozhskom and Vaneyvisskom fields.

Energetics