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”Regions play a role in the Arctic”

Governor Yuri Yevdokimov

In a conference in Murmansk this week, Governor Yuri Yevdokimov stressed that the regions play an important role in securing Russian national interests in the Arctic.

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-When we discuss marine strategies and economic activities in the Arctic, the focus should not only be on the development of business activities and on the extended presence […], but first of all on the protection our national in the Arctic areas, the governor said. -In this connection, all levels of power have to participate, also the regional, Mr. Yevdokimov stressed. The two-day conference “Russia’s marine strategy and economic activities in the Arctic” started in Murmansk today. The federal Marine Board, the Russian Navy, the Kola Science Centre and the Arktikmorneftegazrazvedka company are among the organisers of the event.