Today in Moscow, under the chairmanship of the Assistant to the President of Russia, Chairman of the Maritime Board Nikolai Patrushev, a meeting of the Maritime Board of the Russian Federation was held, at which it was decided to form a comprehensive project "Development of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation and the Northern Sea Route". Governor Andrey Chibis also took part in the meeting.
The Russian Arctic occupies 30% of the country's territory and is its resource base. 76% of Russia's total reserves of combustible natural gas, 21% of oil, 60% of rare earth metals, 41% of copper, and about 50% of lithium are concentrated in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation. For individual minerals, reserves in the Russian Arctic account for a significant percentage of the global total.
Nikolai Patrushev, Assistant to the President of Russia, Chairman of the Maritime Board, noted that accelerating the economic and infrastructural development of the Arctic zone, maintaining control over the Arctic territory, as well as the shelf and the Northern Sea Route are Russia's most important tasks.
The Arctic is also a key region in terms of ensuring Russia's security.
"Climate change and the development of technology create more opportunities for the development of significant reserves of resources and the use of the transport potential of the Arctic. Under these conditions, the Arctic zone of Russia becomes a territory of key importance for the realization of national interests and ensuring national security. The longest part of the Russian state border runs here – about 20 thousand kilometers, which must be guarded and protected from the increased provocative actions of our Arctic neighbors," Nikolai Patrushev stressed.
During the meeting, measures were considered to ensure the protection and protection of the Russian state border in the Arctic latitudes, ensuring military security, the development of dual-use facilities and emergency rescue infrastructure, the formation of satellite constellation and communication systems.
Special attention is paid to the development of mineral resource centers, science and technology in the interests of innovative development of the Arctic, environmental safety and environmental protection.
Proposals have been developed aimed at developing technologies adapted for use in Arctic conditions, as well as updating the research fleet and intensifying marine scientific research in the Arctic.
One of the key priorities in the development of the Arctic is the creation of comfortable living conditions.
"In our opinion, the project "Development of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation and the Northern Sea Route" can receive the status of a national project. We will continue to work on this together," Governor Andrei Chibis commented after the meeting.
/ Ministry of Information Policy of the Murmansk region /
Photo: press service of the Maritime Board of the Russian Federation