According to the group’s data, there are currently 599 oil and gas fields in the resource-rich Arctic region, with some 220 sites already in production. Also, some 338 new fields have been discovered and may enter development at any time. This means that if the companies find the necessary financing …
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“India will help Russia in the development of the Northern Sea Route and opening this route for international trade the same way as Russia helps India to develop with the aim of space exploration and the preparation of the national manned Gaganyaan program,” Modi said, speaking via video link at …
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In a statement issued Tuesday, Moscow’s diplomatic mission to the US branded the exercises “provocative,” and said that they would have a profound impact on “confidence-building in Europe.” At the same time, the envoys argued that the actions flew in the face of international commitments to “ensuring the sustainable and …
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Earlier in the day, a source from the Russian Ministry of Defense told Moscow’s Izvestiya newspaper that it was preparing to deploy a squadron of Su-34 fighter-bomber jets in the area. Major General Igor Churkin, Chief of Staff of the 45th Air Force and Air Defense Army, said that an …
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The Christophe de Margerie, a liquefied natural gas tanker operated by Russian shipping firm Sovcomflot, made history this week when it docked at the remote Arctic terminal of Sabetta, after sailing through the normally ice-locked Northern Sea Route (NSR) from Jiangsu in China. Traveling solo through the Bering Strait, it …
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The development of the Arctic should not affect either the coronavirus or economic crisis. This was stated today by Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Trutnev. He spoke at a meeting of the state Commission for development of the Arctic zone of the country. In July a development strategy of the Arctic …
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Already in 2021 in the Arctic can appear their melons. To grow them would be in special climatic conditions. This statement was made by Irina Mikhailova, the Director of the Polar experimental station, branch of VIR, at a conference in TASS. According to him, this year will start experiments with …
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The program of development of the Northern sea route until 2024, implemented by the Russian government on behalf of the President, causes considerable resonance, including audible and negative evaluations of, say, an astronomical amount of investment does not pay off. However, the payload of the Northern sea route, which does …
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In the State Duma discussed the package of draft laws on state support of entrepreneurial activities in the Arctic zone of Russia. At a joint meeting of the Arctic Council at the Federation Council and the expert Council for legislative support of the far Northern regions of the state Duma, …
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The traces belonging to the most mysterious and ancient people of the Arctic – shirta found in the Bay Makarov is the Kara sea. To such conclusion Krasnoyarsk archaeologists. They dug a shelter, built under ground, with an area of almost 150 square meters. It was found tools made from …
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