Arctic Russia

putin in st. petersburg

Prime Minister Putin today visits St. Petersburg and engages with three elements of Russia’s Arctic policy: military, economic and scientific.  

приайм-тасс report that Prime Minister will be in  St. Petersburg at the Admiralty shipyards, founded by Peter the Great in 1704,  for meetings to discuss modern naval armaments.  Presumably, this follows on from recent failures with the test launching of ballistic missiles.  Putin will also attend a ceremony launching the Arctic tanker Kirill Lavrov, one specifically adapted for operation in the Arctic.  In his capacity of Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Russian Geographical Society, Putin will also be visiting its h.q..