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Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic and the Agency for Human Capital Development in the Russian Far East and the Arctic invite young people to join the team that is involved in the development of the Arctic. If you want to get a job or take an internship at the Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic or the Agency for Human Capital Development, you are welcome to take part in the open competition “Arctic Team” from June 1-21.
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The Parliament of Yakutia has prepared a project to create the special economic zone “Polar Star” in the Arctic part of the republic for the development of traditional industries of the North, including reindeer husbandry. This was reported on Monday by Elena Golomareva, chairman of the Committee on indigenous peoples of the North and Arctic affairs of the regional parliament.
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The world's first floating nuclear power plant (FNPP), Akademik Lomonosov, has been launched in Chukotka as per an order signed by Andrei Petrov, Director of Rosenergoatom, Electric Energy Division of Rosatom.
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A telephone conversation took place between President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of Finland Sauli Niinistö. The leaders discussed investment projects, the international and regional agenda, including the Arctic, and also agreed to continue cooperation on various levels.
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After the hottest winter on record, the Russian spring has yielded a Siberian heatwave that’s reigniting fires still simmering from last year.
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Baltic Shipyard has laid keel for the fourth icebreaker Yakutia in St. Petersburg. It is reported by RIA News with reference to the press service of the enterprise.
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The annual international Arctic summer school of the North-Eastern Federal University (NEFU) will be held online for the first time because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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National Park “Russian Arctic” launched the project “Arctic educational program” on Youtube, where employees of the national park and invited experts talk about the region.
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Dear friends!
The Northern Forum Secretariat congratulates you on the Day of Polar Explorers!
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The Belkomur project is a new railway route, which will connect industrially developed regions in Siberia and the Urals with ports in Russia’s north and north-west.
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The toxic compounds of fluorine and organic acids, used as a substitute for freons, have been accumulating in Arctic ice deposits for several decades, TASS reports with reference to a study by Canadian scientists published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.