Some of the delegates to the 11th meeting in the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region with the Kola bay and Murmansk in the background.
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Russia's top Arctic diplomat, Anton Vasiliev (right) in disucssion with State Duma Deputy Maxim Shingarkin, Deputy Chairman of the Committee on natural resources, wildlife management and ecology.
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Norwegian Parliament member Morten Høglund, until the Murmansk meeting; Chairman of the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region.
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Murmansk Governor Marina Kovtun speeking to the Arctic parliamentarians. To her left, Vasiliy Shambir, Speaker of the Murmansk Regional Duma and to the right, Maxim Shingarkin, State Duma member and vice-chair of the committee on natural resources, wildlife management and ecology.
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The 11th meeting in the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region took place in the Murmansk Governor's meeting hall on September 19th, 2013.
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Aili Keskitalo (left) talking with Consul Gøril Johansen from the Norwegian Consulate General in Murmansk during the coffee-break at the Arctic Parliamentarian Conferance in Murmansk. Aili Keskitalo was detained after the meeting, allegedly for violating Russian visa-rules.
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Murmansk Governor Marina Kovtun discussing Arctic issues with Foreign Ministry Ambassador Anton Vasiliev.