The MIKON flagship program in the Fram Centre is using both social and environmental sciences to examine how High North industrial development will affect the natural world, regional societies like the Sami and economic activity.
The sea ports in Northwest Russia in the first half of the year had a total growth in turnover of 2,1 percent. That is thanks to the bigger amounts of oil shipped in the region.
Norilsk-Nikel has informed Norwegian authorities that they will not fulfil the agreement with the Nordic Investment Bank on improvement of the environmental impact from the smelter in Nikel on the Kola Peninsula.
Japanese companies might be interested in investing in the projected Belkomur railway line between Western Siberia and the Barents Sea, experts from the Nomura Group believes.
Yesterday’s meeting between Dmitry Medvedev and Barrack Obama brought Russia a big step closer to its desired membership in the World Trade Organization.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s statements about a planned increase in import duties on foreign cars might cast shadows over the country’s quick accession in the World Trade Organisation.
Russian veterinary and phytosanitary inspectors this week visit Finnish food processing companies. Finnish authorities believe the visit will be followed by a lifting of trade restrictions on meat.
