Friday, March 29, 2024
Russia’s Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and the Arctic expects around 15 trillion rubles ($235 billion) to be invested in the Arctic within the next 15 years due to subsidies envisioned by the development strategy for Russia’s Arctic zone through 2035, Deputy Minister Alexander Krutikov...
On Thursday, Arctic countries vowed to combat global warming, which is three times higher in the Far North, and to keep the area peaceful as its strategic value grows, The Moscow Times reports. As foreign ministers from countries bordering the Arctic met in Reykjavik, Iceland, they discussed accelerated global warming,...
Norilsk Nickel has not yet submitted a plan to restore the environment at the oil spill site in Norilsk, head of the environment watchdog Rosprirodnadzor, Svetlana Radionova said on Friday. She hopes that the company will not delay compensation for damage, otherwise her department is ready for litigation, TASS...
People going in for sports will be able to receive tax deductions from their personal income taxes from 2020, Vedomosti reports, citing the Ministry of Finance’s decision to start work on the project. The proposed move comes in the wake of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s order to impose tax...
Four people died in a Mi-8 helicopter crash at Ugolniye Kopi airport in Russia’s Chukotka, a source in the Chukotka Autonomous Region government told TASS. "Four people died. The preliminary reason for the crash is a technical malfunction," the source said. A source in the Ministry of Defense also said that...
Dmitry Chumakov, Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN from Russia addressed a high-level United Nations conference on climate, saying that Russia thinks that implementing the climate agenda should not be hampering international trade, and lead to unfounded restrictions and discrimination. Chumakov mentioned the Glasgow conference event on climate saying that...
Russia's national fishing department announced on Thursday that it has filed a claim against Norilsk Nickel, the world's largest nickel and palladium supplier, for $801 million in damages related to an Arctic fuel leakage last year. After 20,000 tons of petrochemicals that leaked out of a power plant in the industrial...
Three people were killed after an avalanche struck a ski resort near the Arctic city of Norilsk late on Friday, the local branch of Russia’s emergency services ministry said, Reuters reports. The bodies of two adults and a young child were found as part of a search and rescue mission...
According to a recent study by scientists at the Carbon Brief climate analytics website, Russia has contributed 6.9 percent of the world's carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions since 1850, Moscow Times writes. Russia is fourth in the world in terms of yearly carbon emissions, according to data from the Union of...
According to Kommersant sources, Aeroflot and Gazprom Neft want to sign an agreement on the supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at the Eastern Economic Forum (to be held in Vladivostok on September 2–4). The businesses did not respond to requests for comment. Because of its origin, SAF is regarded...