River in Magadan Oblast, Russia

SM Nikolaev

 

«We must do everything for people to like living in their cities. [...] If we don’t listen to people, they will move to where the authorities do listen to them».

 

Aisen Nikolaev,

Head, Sakha Republic (Yakutia)

Working Group Members

 

Expert representatives from leading organizations and institutions

13
Total Members
2
Regions
12
Organizations
RegionFull NamePosition
1 Moscow Tatyana Menshikova Deputy Chief of Staff of the Commission of the State Council of the Russian Federation on Tourism, Physical Culture and Sports ANO Expert Coordination Center of the Commissions of the State Council of the Russian Federation
2 Moscow Natalia Volynets White Rosehip center for development of projects in the sphere of tourism, sport, education, culture and recreation
3 Moscow Leonid Gelibterman President of the International Ethnogastronomic Center
4 Moscow Alexander Zheleznyak Expert in the field of sustainable tourism of the Ecocenter "Zapovedniki"
5 Moscow Alexander Ilyin Executive Director, Chairman of the Management Board of NP Promoting Cinema and Tourism Development "KIT"
6 Moscow Valery Korovkin International Union of Tour Operators and Specially Protected Natural Areas "Arctic 21 Century"
7 Moscow Victor Kruzhalin Head of the Department of Recreational Geography and Tourism, Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor
8 Moscow Ivo Peterson Head of the multimedia project "Arctic Tourism"
9 Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Irina Ryabukhina Assistant to the Governor of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug on Sports, Culture and Tourism Issues
10 Moscow Ludmila Safonova Member of the Technical Committee "Tourism and Related Services" (Rostourism), expert on certification of tourist services and services of accommodation facilities, expert of the state hotel classification system, expert of the Arctic Cluster of Norilsk, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor
11 Moscow Lilia Bitkulova General Director of the classification center "Stars to Hotels" LLC, expert of the state hotel classification system, member of the working group for the development of regulatory documents for the tourism industry, member of the expert group of the regulatory guillotine "Tourism", member of the CDF Expert Council
12 Moscow Elena Gadzhieva Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Geography and Tourism of the Pushkin State University of Leningrad Candidate of Geographical Sciences, Associate Professor
13 Moscow Sergey Ivanov Advisor to the President of the Russian Automobile Federation
26 Mar 2026
Valery Anatolyevich Kryukov Awarded the Order of Friendship

On March 20, 2026, the President of the Russian Federation issued a Decree awarding the Order of Friendship to Valery Anatolyevich Kryukov, Chief Researcher at the Center for Resource Economics of the [ ... ]

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24 Mar 2026
Expedition of ZVEZDA LLC Held a Series of Meetings with Friends and Colleagues from the Northern Forum

The initiative to conduct an expedition trip by representatives of ZVEZDA LLC across the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug came from Nadezhda Anatolyevna Filippova, Chair of the Transport and Logistics Working [ ... ]

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24 Mar 2026

In Salekhard, as part of the Reindeer Herder’s Day celebration, a presentation was held for new Russian amphibious all-terrain vehicles manufactured by ZVEZDA LLC. 

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18 Mar 2026
The Northern Forum participates in Arctic Council's EPPR Working Group meeting

On March 18, The Northern Forum took part in the plenary meeting of the Arctic Council's Working Group on Prevention, Preparedness and Response to Emergencies (EPPR).

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18 Mar 2026
The Northern Forum strengthens ties with the USA: Peter Clark's visit and plans to publish a book about ALSIB

On March 18, the Secretariat of The Northern Forum was visited by Peter Clark, an American of Yakut descent, and his wife Katerina. The meeting focused on promising projects aimed at strengthening [ ... ]

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17 Mar 2026
The Northern Forum Director Vladimir Vasiliev and leadership of Anabarsky District discuss ecotourism development

On March 17, a working meeting took place between the Director of The Northern Forum, Vladimir Nikolaevich Vasiliev, and the leadership of the Anabarsky National (Dolgan-Evenki) District (Ulus). [ ... ]

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