News & Views on the Russian presence within the Arctic Circle
7 May 2010
Taimyr local government officials report that there will be a meeting between interested parties taking place in Dudinka in the Taimyr region in order to discuss, ‘information on the construction of a new icebreaker, which will go into Dudinskiy port, the practical results of hydrometeorological support of navigation of ships along the Murmansk Norilsk Nickel-Murmansk-Dudinka, as well... Read More...
26 April 2010
In the light of concerns about the relative (declining?) position of the west in the world, such as these expressed in this book by an HSBC economist, I often wonder whether it would be better if western countries couldn’t fix on a more coordinated approach to issues such as Russia’s development of the Arctic region. Medvedev’s visit to Norway to discuss such... Read More...
23 April 2010
Special Envoy of the Russian Foreign Ministry Anton Vasiliev made a good job of explaining Russia’s Arctic plans in the RIA Novocti interview with journalists from London, Moscow, Finland, France and also some experts and academics. The discussion was wide-ranging and based on Medvedev’s 2020 document. The discussion covered issues of climate change, transport and communications,... Read More...
16 April 2010
The cultural dimension of Russia’s Arctic policies is repeated again today in a debate in the Duma, underlining the almost intense ideological elements that were evident, for example, in the ‘Kraftwerk video’ (yesterday). According to Michael Nenashev, Duma Member and representative of United Russia Party it is necessary to create a common cultural position for the unification... Read More...
12 April 2010
Deputy PM Ivanov discusses, in a t.v. debate, a new Arctic expedition here and expresses confidence that, after spending millions of roubles, the results will confirm the continuity of Russia’s continental shelf into the Arctic ocean, it will prove to be an extension of the Siberian continental shelf. The expedition will take place this year and if Russia’s case is confirmed... Read More...
9 April 2010
As Putin addressed the United Russia conference on Socio-Economic Development in Siberia which touched on questions of housing policy, mortgages for young families and professionals in the south and northern areas of that vast region, including the Arctic and the Far North, a problem which has been mentioned before, Chilingarov has addressed the problem of climate change and what it... Read More...
7 April 2010
In an interview with Regnum, oil and gas expert Alex Kontorovich, who once stated that the Arctic reserves will be equivalent to the reserves in the Persian Gulf, outlines the steps involved in Arctic development. Kontorovich is an Academician based at the Keremovo Scientific Centre in Siberia (see here and here) and estimates that the results of all the present activity will not be realised... Read More...
6 April 2010
Following on from recent reports about the imminent application re: the Sea of Okhost at a conference called Nedra 2010 one Anatoly Smirnov announces that Russia will make a new submission to the UN’s Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf no sooner than 2013. The remarks were made at this meeting which makes it clear that A.I. Smirnov is an Academician and Dr. of Historical... Read More...
5 April 2010
In addition to the posts here and earlier reports such as this one the realities on the ground are not often the same as the vaunted dreams of the politicians. Лента.ru and other agencies reported on the fact that employees of the Marine Engineering Services went on hunger strike after a year without pay. The workers worked on military berths around the Murmansk region... Read More...
2 April 2010
мурманск-вестник has a sort of retrospective look at Marine Arctic Geophysical Expedition a company with around 40 years of experience in geophysical underwater surveys, which this year will work on the northern Barents Sea and the Laptev Seas, the latter of which is considered, so it is claimed in the article, as having perhaps the best potential for developing hydrocarbon... Read More...
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