On October 26, 2020, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the Decree "On the Strategy for the Development of the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation and Ensuring National Security for the Period until 2035".

The strategy states that "Arctic zone provides production of more than 80% of combustible natural gas and 17% of oil (including gas condensate) in the Russian Federation", "Сontinental shelf of the Russian Federation in the Arctic, according to experts, contains more than 85.1 trillion cubic meters. cub. meters of combustible natural gas, 17.3 billion tons of oil (including gas condensate) and is a strategic reserve for the development of the mineral resource base of the Russian Federation. " It is also noted that "in the Arctic zone there are objects of strategic deterrent forces in order to prevent aggression against the Russian Federation and its allies", "19 small nations live in the Arctic zone, there are objects of their historical and cultural heritage that have historical and cultural value of global significance."

The document gives a forecast according to which “the importance of the Northern Sea Route as a transport corridor of global importance used for the transportation of national and international goods will increase as a result of climate change”, and “the likelihood of an occurrence as a result of anthropogenic impact and climate change in the Arctic zone of events, having adverse environmental consequences, will create global risks for the economic system, the environment and security of the Russian Federation and the world as a whole. "

The main directions for the implementation of the Strategy in the Murmansk Region are “the integrated development of the seaport of Murmansk - the only ice-free Russian port in the Arctic, the development of the Murmansk transport hub as a multimodal transport hub, the construction of new terminals and transshipment complexes on the territory of this port”, “development of the congress, exhibition and business infrastructure of the city of Murmansk in order to realize the competitive advantages of the Russian Federation in the field of international cooperation and business tourism in the Arctic "," modernization of airport complexes, including the international airport of Murmansk "," development of the fishery complex (taking into account the need to preserve and develop resource potential fishery ", technical re-equipment of enterprises, including the construction of ships, the introduction of new capacities for deep processing of aquatic biological resources on a modern technological and organizational basis, as well as the development of aquaculture ".

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