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16/05/2022
Environmental protection is one of the main priorities of Russia’s chairmanship in the Arctic Council in 2021–2023. The Arctic is warming two to three times faster than the global average. For this reason, Russia has made it a priority to combat climate change, adapt daily living activities and ensure resilience to its impact, support the health of Arctic ecosystems, preserve biodiversity in the Arctic, and ensure the sustainable use of natural resources. The Roscongress Foundation organizes the events of Russia’s chairmanship. ...
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18/04/2022
The ‘Northern Character: INCulture’ International Art and Film Forum, which aims to help people with disabilities showcase their creative abilities, has concluded in Murmansk. The Forum included a film festival, discussions, roundtables, master classes, and exhibitions of paintings by artists from Russia and Sweden. ...
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08/04/2022
St. Petersburg hosted the conference ‘Employment Prospects for Graduates of Educational Institutions to Support Northern Sea Route Infrastructure’, which was attended by experts, representatives of development institutions, educational institutions, key SMEs, and youth public organizations. ...
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01/04/2022
The 7th Teriberka Arctic Festival will take place on 16–17 July 2022 as part of the main events of Russia’s chairmanship of the Arctic Council, which are managed by the Roscongress Foundation. A directive to hold the festival was signed by Murmansk Region Governor Andrey Chibis. ...
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31/03/2022
The Russian city of Novy Urengoy will host the Yamal Oil and Gas Forum on 7–8 April. The event will bring together senior executives and specialists from Russian oil and gas companies, members of the federal government, investors, technology and equipment manufacturers, and representatives of scientific and design institutes and associations. ...
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30/03/2022
The Project Office for Arctic Development’s discussion club held a meeting to consider the conservation of biodiversity in the Arctic. The online conference was attended by representatives of research centres that study Russia’s northern regions, specially protected natural areas, and private biodiversity conservation projects. ...
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29/03/2022
An interagency meeting was held in Moscow on the implementation of the programme for Russia’s chairmanship of the Arctic Council in 2021–2023. The meeting was chaired by Anton Kobyakov, an adviser to the Russian President and executive secretary of the Organizing committee in charge of preparing for and supporting Russia’s chairmanship of the Arctic Council. ...
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21/03/2022
The 2nd ‘Archaeology of the Arctic’ International Conference has concluded in Salekhard. The conference brought together more than 50 prominent scientists, including archaeologists, ethnographers, anthropologists, paleoecologists, and representatives of other scientific fields from Russia and Germany. ...
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21/03/2022
Sustainable forest management is one of the priorities of Russia’s chairmanship of the Arctic Council in 2021–2023, Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Chair of the Senior Arctic Officials Nikolay Korchunov said at a conference to mark the International Day of Forests, which is celebrated on 21 March. This year, the events of the International Day of Forests are dedicated to the theme ‘Forests and Sustainable Production and Consumption’. Celebrations in Russia are dedicated to the role of forests in the North. ...
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21/03/2022
Russia announced initiatives to digitalize Arctic museums and promote the crafts of the Indigenous Peoples of the North at the International Seminar on the Preservation and Popularization of Arctic Indigenous Languages, which took place in St. Petersburg on 17–18 March. The seminar is part of the main events being organized by the Roscongress Foundation for Russia’s chairmanship of the Arctic Council in 2021–2023. ...
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16/03/2022
The Higher School of Public Administration under the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), along with Far Eastern Federal University and Skolkovo School of Management, will take part in training managers for the Far East and the Arctic. Applications to participate in the ‘Muravyov–Amursky 2030’ personnel programme will be accepted until 1 April. Russian citizens under the age of 35 who have a higher education and are ready to work in the civil service can take part in the programme. The project is being implemented at the initiative of the Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East in cooperation with the Russian Far East and Arctic Development Corporation. ...
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14/03/2022
The agenda of the ‘Arctic: Territory of Dialogue’ 6th International Arctic Forum, which was previously scheduled for 11–13 April, will be discussed during upcoming events as part of Russia’s chairmanship of the Arctic Council in 2021–2023 based on a decision by the Forum’s Organizing Committee. ...
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03/03/2022
Khanty-Mansiysk will host the 7th World Congress of the Association of World Reindeer Herders on 4–8 March in a hybrid format as part of the plan of main events that the Roscongress Foundation is organizing during Russia’s chairmanship in the Arctic Council in 2021–2023. The event is being organized by the Government of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District and the Association of World Reindeer Herders, an international organization that represents the interests of all indigenous peoples involved in reindeer herding. ...
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03/03/2022
The business programme of the ‘Arctic: Territory of Dialogue’ International Arctic Forum has been published on the event’s official website with the themes and annotations of the main sessions. The Forum will take place on 11–13 April in St. Petersburg. As of now, the business programme includes about 30 panel sessions and roundtables. ...
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09/02/2022
The international conference ‘The Arctic: Developments from the Perspective of the Humanities’ will take place in Moscow on 15–16 February as part of the plan of the main events of Russia’s chairmanship in the Arctic Council in 2021–2023, which are being organized by the Roscongress Foundation. ...
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10/01/2022
The Arktika nuclear-powered icebreaker, the most powerful of its kind in the world, escorted a convoy of ships to the port of Pevek for the first time. The lead icebreaker of Atomflot, a Russian company that maintains the world’s only fleet of nuclear-powered icebreakers, successfully piloted three motor ships, Yury Arshenevsky, Inzhener Trubin, and Polar King, which delivered general cargo to Chukotka for companies implementing investment projects in the region, Atomflot reported on 1 January. The voyage to Chukotka was the furthest east that the icebreaker has travelled. ...
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17/12/2021
An online conference on "Russian-Canadian Cooperation in the Arctic region sustainable development" was held as part of the Roscongress Foundation's Think Arctic project. This event was attended by experts, government officials and business community representatives of two countries, as well as the Arctic council sustainable development working group (SDWG). The priorities of Canada's Arctic strategy, as well as the current state and prospects of Russian-Canadian cooperation in the field of sustainable development, were discussed by conference participants. ...
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16/12/2021
The first volunteer expedition to the Yamal tundra "Explore Yamal" has been completed, bringing together 20 volunteers from the Arctic Council member states. It was organized by the state budgetary institution of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug "Arctic Volunteerism Center" as part of Russia's chairmanship of Arctic Council in 2021-2023, operated by the Roscongress Foundation. ...
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13/12/2021
Participants of the Northern Cuisine Gastronomic Festival, held in Moscow on December 10-11 within Russia's chairmanship framework in the Arctic Council in 2021-2023, discussed close relationship between food industry and Arctic tourism. Besides business sessions, a large-scale show program was held at the festival, featuring the best chefs from Russia's nine Arctic regions and the Arctic Council member countries. ...
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09/12/2021
Murmansk region was the first in a series of stories that will be shot during Russian presidency in the Arctic Council in 2021-2023. As part of "Regions of Russia" project, nine films will talk about important investment projects, interesting tourist destinations, nature, and local customs of the Arctic regions. ...
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06/12/2021
A seminar on small aircraft aviation in the Arctic was held in Moscow within the frames of the action plan of Russia’s Chairmanship of the Arctic Council, the operator being the Roscongress Foundation. The seminar was attended by representatives of transportation agencies and organizations of the Arctic Council member states, the Arctic Council Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG) and the Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response Working Group (EPPR), as well as indigenous minorities of the Arctic. The organizers are the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation together with the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia). ...
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03/12/2021
The first Senior Arctic Officials’ (SAO) plenary meeting during the Russian Chairmanship has just concluded in Salekhard and on screens across Arctic States and Observer countries. The Russian Federation hosted around 180 registered delegates from the eight Arctic States and six Indigenous Permanent Participant organizations, as well as the Arctic Council’s six Working Groups and over thirty Observers in a hybrid meeting format. ...
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02/12/2021
On 10-11 December 2021 Moscow will host the Taste of the Arctic International Gastronomic Festival of northern cuisine within the frames of Russia’s Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. The participants of the two-day business and gastronomic program will be representatives of the Arctic countries, federal and regional government authorities, ambassadors of the Arctic Council member states, chefs from the best restaurants of the Arctic regions of Russia and other countries, as well as culinary experts, tour operators, and restauranteurs. The key events of the program, including the Arctic Cuisine culinary marathon and the blogger battle, will be broadcast live on the website of the Russian Chairmanship of the Arctic Council, the Roscongress Foundation, as well as in the festival community in VKontakte social media. ...
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29/11/2021
Experts and officials from Russia and other Arctic countries will gather in Moscow on 2–3 December 2021 for a seminar on developing small aircraft in the Arctic. The event aims to improve the route network in the Arctic region, develop air transport, develop Arctic tourism, introduce the use of unmanned aircraft, and coordinate search and rescue between Arctic countries. ...
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26/11/2021
The Roscongress Foundation, together with leading Russian and foreign expert bodies, is organizing a series of international Think Arctic conferences. During the Russian Chairmanship of the Arctic Council in 2021–2023, ten online discussions are planned with Arctic Council member states (Denmark, Canada, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and the United States) and observers (the PRC, Republic of Korea, and India). Participants of the cross-country dialogues will discuss Arctic strategies of the states and promising directions for international cooperation in the region based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals until 2030. ...
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25/11/2021
The Russian Federation invites all Arctic Council delegates in person and virtually to the first Senior Arctic Officials’ (SAO) plenary meeting under its Chairmanship, taking place on December 1-2, 2021, in Salekhard, in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District. The hybrid SAO meeting will bring together representatives from all eight Arctic States, six Indigenous Permanent Participant organizations, six Working Groups and 38 Observer states and organizations to discuss updates on the Council’s ongoing and emerging projects, its work on addressing black carbon and methane emissions, and marine related activities. ...
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24/11/2021
Adviser to the Russian President Anton Kobyakov met with Finnish Ambassador to Russia Antti Helantera in Moscow to discuss the development of bilateral mutually beneficial cooperation between the countries as well as the participation of representatives of the Finnish government and business in key business events. ...
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16/11/2021
The Senior Arctic Research Coordination Officials meeting will be held in a hybrid format on November 18 in Moscow. Its participants are representatives of the Council's member countries (Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the United States) and the permanent participants - the Arctic Indigenous Peoples' Organizations. ...
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12/11/2021
The Organizing Committee of the 6th ‘Arctic: Territory of Dialogue’ International Arctic Forum, which will take place at the Expoforum Convention and Exhibition Centre in St. Petersburg on 11–13 April 2022, discussed the main aspects of preparations for the Forum, such as the creation of business, cultural, and sports programmes and the preparation of the venue and St. Petersburg to host this international event, including with regard to the requirements of the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing. ...
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10/11/2021
The conference on attracting human resources to the Arctic will take place in Arkhangelsk on 15–16 November and will bring together officials, representatives of the business community, as well as experts from Russia and other member states of the Arctic Council. The conference will take place online at the Lomonosov Northern (Arctic) Federal University, as part of the plan of major events in connection with Russia's chairmanship of the Arctic Council in 2021–2023, operated by the Roscongress Foundation. ...
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08/11/2021
The Arctic Council's Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG) met in Moscow in a hybrid format. This was the first meeting of the SDWG chaired by the Russian Federation. Abidat Magomedova, Deputy Director of the Department of International Cooperation and Technological Development of the Far East and the Arctic, in the Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic is the Chair of SDWG. The operator of the Russian Chairmanship of the Arctic Council is the Roscongress Foundation. ...
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25/10/2021
The Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG) of the Arctic Council will meet from 26–28 October 2021 in Moscow to discuss projects and the future work plan of the SDWG. All activities during the Russian Chairmanship of the Arctic Council are managed by the Roscongress Foundation. ...
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21/10/2021
The International Conference on Bioremediation of Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems of the Arctic Coast will be held on 25–26 October in Moscow as part of the Russian Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. Roscongress Foundation is the operator of all activities of the Chairmanship. ...
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19/10/2021
On 21 October, Naryan-Mar will host a roundtable discussion on implementing the “Children of the Arctic” International Project. The participants will discuss the concept of the project for the period 2021–2023 and identify partners and approaches for its implementation. The roundtable is part of the action plan of Russia’s chairmanship of the Arctic Council in 2021–2023. The Roscongress Foundation is the operator of all presidency events. ...
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15/10/2021
The Green Energy in the Arctic Conference was held in Moscow under the aegis of Russian Energy Week 2021 and the 2021–2023 Russian Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. The event was organized by the Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic. The conference was attended by representatives of federal agencies, development institutes, and Russian and international companies. ...
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13/10/2021
On 14 October, the Green Energy in the Arctic Conference will take place in Moscow, with a business breakfast on the theme 'How to Achieve Carbon Neutrality in the Arctic'. Representatives of federal authorities, state corporations, Russian companies and foreign companies will take part in the discussion. ...
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13/10/2021
Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Plenipotentiary of the Russian President in the Far Eastern Federal District Yury Trutnev recently spoke to the Russia 24 TV channel during an interview about the implementation of the development strategy for the Russian Arctic, the development of the Northern Sea Route, international cooperation in the region, and Russia’s chairmanship in the Arctic Council. ...
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12/03/2021
Confirmed participants of the 24th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (2–5 June 2021) will include the following representatives of the World Health Organization: Hans Kluge, Regional Director for Europe at the World Health Organization, and Melita Vujnović, Head of WHO Office in the Russian Federation. It is expected that Hans Kluge will make a speech as part of the SPIEF 2021 business programme. ...
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26/01/2021
Forums, exhibitions, conferences, business events, and other projects will require mass vaccination for potential participants, as well as observing all the requirements of Rospotrebnadzor (the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing). ...
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14/07/2020
The Federal Law on State Support of Entrepreneurial Activity in the Russian Arctic Zone has been adopted by the State Duma and approved by the Federative Council of the Russian Federation. According to the document, the Russian Arctic becomes a special economic zone with a wide range of tax breaks and other business preferences. These measures are to stimulate well-paid job creation in the Arctic through increasing the number of new enterprises. ...
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06/07/2020
The Roscongress Foundation held a meeting with agency representatives of the Arctic Zone regions of the Russian Federation. Representatives of Arkhangelsk and Murmansk regions, Krasnoyarsk Territory, the Komi Republic, the Republic of Karelia, the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), and Yamalo-Nenets and Nenets autonomous areas took part in the meeting. ...
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11/06/2020
The Arctic Council has published a report by Einar Gunnarsson, Chair of the Senior Arctic Officials, which is dedicated to the first year of Iceland’s chairmanship (2019–2021). The Arctic Council is an international organization whose mission is to promote collaboration on the environmental protection and sustainable development of the polar regions. The Council will be chaired by the Russian Federation between 2021–2023. ...
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14/04/2020
The results of the 25th international Gourmand Awards for best cookbooks have been announced. Among the winners is a resident of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) Nadezhda Gerasimova. Jury members rewarded her book ‘Traditional cuisine of the Evenki people of Southern Yakutia’ ...
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13/04/2020
The Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East issued an order ‘On the selection of investment projects to be implemented on the territory of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation’ dated 10 April 2020. The ministry will be reviewing the projects over the period from 15 April to 1 June. ...
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23/03/2020
The second tax code of the Russian Federation has recently undergone a series of amendments. Tax benefits will now be available under federal law for large-scale economic projects in the Arctic. The full document is available on the Russian government’s official legal information web portal. ...
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19/03/2020
Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation Anton Kobyakov and Ambassador of Finland to the Russian Federation Mikko Hautala met in Moscow. The parties discussed the main areas to expand cooperation between the two countries: developing the Russia–Finland business dialogue, and the global Arctic agenda. Mr. Kobyakov and Mr. Hautala also addressed the global situation caused by the spread of coronavirus and effective measures taken by various countries. ...
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17/03/2020
A meeting has taken place in Moscow between Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation Anton Kobyakov and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sweden to the Russian Federation Malena Mård. The individuals discussed developing business dialogue between Russia and Sweden, cooperation in the Arctic, participation in international events, and new ways of working together. ...
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21/01/2020
A meeting was held in Moscow between the Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation Anton Kobyakov and the Ambassador of Singapore Premjith Sadasivan. The meeting was focused on the strengthening of commercial and economic ties between the countries and the participation of the official delegation of Singapore in key business events taking place in Russia, including the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Eastern Economic Forum and International Arctic Forum. ...
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11/07/2019
The roundtable “The Arctic and the Antarctic: Resource Potential, Ban or Fishing, Elements of Cooperation” was held as part of the III Global Fishery Forum. Scientists and experts discussed cooperation and development of approaches to managing aquatic bioresources within the framework of international agreements and regional fisheries management organizations in Arctic and Antarctic waters. The organizer is the Federal Agency for Fisheries and the operator of the Forum is the Roscongress Foundation. ...
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14/05/2019
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree amending Decree No. 296 of the President of the Russian Federation dated 2 May 2014 “On the Land Territories of the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation”, which significantly expands the land territory of the Arctic zone to include several areas of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). ...
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09/04/2019
Practical issues related to the Arctic can be resolved only in collaboration with scientists according to a statement made today by the President of the Association of Polar Explorers and Special Presidential Representative for International Cooperation in the Arctic and Antarctic Arthur Chilingarov at the ‘Arctic: Territory of Dialogue’ 5th International Arctic Forum. ...
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09/04/2019
Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation and Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District Yury Trutnev familiarized himself with the leading Arctic developments and investment projects on display at the 5th International Arctic Forum in St. Petersburg. ...
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09/04/2019
Roscongress Foundation Chairman of the Board and CEO Alexander Stuglev and University of the Arctic President Lars Kullerud on 9 April signed a cooperation agreement to establish effective communication between expert, business, and political communities in the Arctic region and the Russian Federation as part of the scientific and educational spaces of the Arctic regions. ...
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09/04/2019
The ‘Arctic: Territory of Dialogue’ 5th International Arctic Forum is being held in St. Petersburg on 9–10 April. As part of the Forum, the Roscongress Foundation’s Social Platform has co-organized an exhibition of children’s drawings for the Green Paintbrush national social project designed to provide schoolchildren with early vocational guidance. ...
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08/04/2019
The Youth Day session of the International Arctic Forum 2019 on infrastructure development was opened by Leonid Irlitsa, Adviser to the Chief Executive Officer of Atomflot. According to the speaker, one of Rosatomflot’s main tasks is providing icebreakers for large national Arctic hydrocarbon projects. ...
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08/04/2019
The International Arctic Forum has published a programme on its official website for the films that will be screened at the event. Feature films and documentaries will be shown at the International Arctic Forum showing the historical and cultural heritage of Russia’s Arctic regions and several projects will be presented. ...
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08/04/2019
In view of the medical industry’s keen interest in improving the health of the Russian population and the success of the Healthy Life Forum: Towards 80+, discussion around the further development of the global health care system will continue at the International Arctic Forum ‘Arctic: Territory of Dialogue’, which is slated for 9–10 April 2019 in St. Petersburg. ...
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06/04/2019
Ahead of the ‘Arctic: Territory of Dialogue’ 5th International Arctic Forum, which will be held on 9–10 April in St. Petersburg, Roscongress Information and Analytical System experts created a series of digests covering the most important comprehensive research on the event’s agenda. ...
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03/04/2019
Participants in the session ‘Comprehensive Scientific and Technical Programmes and Projects for the Development of the Arctic: A Dialogue between Potential Partners’ at the International Arctic Forum will discuss which comprehensive, scientific, and technical objectives should be resolved on a priority basis for the sustainable development of the Arctic region. ...
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09/08/2017
Gas production in the region has also grown by 15%. #TerritoryOfDialogue Source: http://tass.ru/ekonomika/4444035 ...
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07/08/2017
The satellite will aid in weather forecasting and monitoring of emergencies and the environmental situation. #TerritoryOfDialogue Source: http://tass.ru/nauka/4423694 ...
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