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Daytime temperatures in August in one of the coldest parts of Russia – the archipelago of Severnaya Zemlya is higher than normal by 15-20 degrees, told RIA Novosti the scientific Director of the hydrometeorological center of Russia Roman Vilfand.
As previously noted Meteorologist, warming in the Arctic is twice as fast as in the whole planet. The manifestation of these environmental changes was the record temperature in 38 degrees, installed this summer in Yakutia Verkhoyansk, also known as the Northern pole of cold.
Underwater search expedition to survey the scene of the wreck of the legendary ship "Chelyuskin" was held in the Chukchi sea, according to Marsaskala of Rosmorrechflot.
The expedition was attended by academics and search engines. Its purpose was to update data on the actual location of the ship and creating a three-dimensional model of the condition.
. The North Atlantic Alliance has nothing to oppose Russian hypersonic weapons in the Arctic, says a journalist for the Danish newspaper Berlingske Emile Rottwell.
According to him, the us airbase of Thule and Greenland as a whole "absolutely defenseless" in front of missile systems "Dagger".
Moscow is closely following the character and thrust of the statements by the United States on Arctic topics, said in an interview with RIA Novosti Ambassador at large of the MFA of Russia Nikolay Korchunov.
"We carefully monitor the nature and direction of the official statements of Washington for the Arctic theme. In General, the administration of Donald trump continues to emphasize the special role of the US in Northern Affairs, imposing their own approaches. It seeks to prevent the growing influence in the region "opponents" and counts with the support of allies to strengthen its position in the issue of development of Northern resources," said Korchunov.
The keel of the border guard ship I rank "Blizzard" ice class project 23550 "Ermak" was laid at the Vyborg shipyard in Leningrad oblast, the correspondent of RIA Novosti.
"Today, the border service of the FSB Russia, memorable day, is laying the edge of the ship ice navigation. Huge resources of Russia in the Arctic, the Northern sea route, the increased attention of foreign countries to this area of Russia, of course, require us to increase ship groups to ensure that the solution of the tasks of border security. We've been waiting for this day," - said at the ceremony, the head of the Border service of FSB of Russia Vladimir Kulishov.
Scientists during aircraft surveys of polar bears in the Arctic are also going to fix the garbage and "junk spot" in the sea, said the head of Rosprirodnadzora Svetlana Radionova.
"We get an understanding of the type of environment where he lives (the polar bear - ed.). We simultaneously calculate, I'm the representative of the controlling Agency - we simultaneously calculate the objects that I call landfills dumps or landfills that prevent this predator," said Radionova on Tuesday during the round table in MIA "Russia today".
Programme in support of indigenous peoples of the North (kmns) will be created Minvostokrazvitiya in the framework of the strategy of Arctic development, the Ministry will create a body with the participation of indigenous peoples, said at a press conference on the development of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation Minister for development of the Far East and the Arctic region Alexander Kozlov.
"When a Ministry is created a specific organ, which will include including our indigenous communities, this Council defined that will participate in this work. From each region (representatives of) will be part of, and we will work together and see everything that is happening in the Arctic and supporting each other," said Kozlov.
The volume of financing of the state program on Arctic development up to 2024 will be about 57 billion rubles, said at a press conference on the development of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation Deputy Prime Minister - Plenipotentiary of the RF President in far Eastern Federal district Yuri Trutnev.
"The total amount of 57 billion rubles," - said Trutnev.
Scientists found out that by 2100 most subpopulations of polar bears in the Arctic are under threat of extinction due to reduction of sea ice caused by global warming. The study is published in the journal Nature Climate Change.
Polar bears Ursus maritimus species use sea ice to hunt with him on seals. In the summer, during the melting of coastal ice animals move on land where they have virtually no food and are funded by accumulated fat. Since the warm season in the Arctic lengthened, and the area of sea ice decreases in response to warming, polar bears each year have to be on the mainland more and more time
Russian schoolchildren have discovered a new island in the Arctic, said Russian geographical society on its website.
Eight members of the project group "Risksat" from Troitsk, Tula, Venev, Dedovsk, Gatchina, St.-Petersburg and Yakutsk made the discovery while processing satellite imagery.
Heavy-duty nuclear power plant, the ability to overcome the four-meter ice, and unparalleled speed — in the seaside town of Big Stone at the shipyard "Zvezda" started to build the world's largest nuclear icebreaker of project Leader. Recently I took the first cutting of metal for the hull. As the new icebreaker will strengthen the position of Russia in the Arctic — in the material RIA Novosti.
To 2033-mu needs to build three nuclear-powered. The first will be ready for operation by 2027. The cost is estimated at 130 billion rubles. According to the developers, a new class of icebreakers is unique in the world and has excellent technical characteristics, which allows year-round to conduct the caravans through the ice of the Arctic.
The main sources of water pollution in 2019 in the Arctic steel enterprises in Norilsk, Monchegorsk and Nickel, oil and gas facilities in the North of European Russia and Western Siberia, pulp and paper mills in Arkhangelsk region and gold mining enterprises of Yakutia, according to a review of the status and environmental pollution in the Russian Federation in 2019, published by Roshydromet.
As specified in the review, a significant contribution to the pollution of surface waters making a compound of Nickel, manganese, copper, molybdenum, iron, dithiophosphate Krasilovka and mercury. Also in 2019 compared to the previous year, the cases of surface water contamination by compounds of manganese (46%), copper (47%), Nickel (29%), and iron compounds decreased by 24%.
The public Council of the Arctic zone, which will monitor the interaction of residents of the economic zone and of indigenous peoples of the North (kmns), will be formed in October 2020, told RIA Novosti press-service of the Ministry for development of Russian Far East and the Arctic.
As noted in the press service, the formation of a public Council will be open, applications will be able to apply any interested citizens.
The program of state support of economic activity of indigenous small peoples of the North will be developed by the end of 2020, told RIA Novosti in the Ministry of the Russian Federation.
As explained in the Ministry, the program will include measures to support the creation of indigenous small peoples of the North production of food and agricultural products and export of such products. The program also envisages measures for the development of tourism in the places of residence of indigenous minorities.
To ensure the operation of vessels on the Northern sea route it is necessary to resume the work of ten polar stations in the Arctic seas, and to restore the monitoring stations at the mouths of large Northern rivers, told RIA Novosti the head of Hydromet Igor Shumakov.
In connection with plans to increase volume of cargo transportation via the Northern sea route (NSR), you must provide the court with timely information about the state of the ice. Currently, the Arctic region has only 41 ice station. The overall density of the observation network is insufficient.
The minimum value of ice with 80 years decreased by about half, and perennial ice and did almost disappeared, told RIA Novosti the head of Hydromet Igor Shumakov.
The interlocutor of the Agency noted that experts believe the reduction of ice, the main manifestation of the changes in ice conditions in the Arctic. This happens all year round.
New Islands in the Arctic appear due to the melting of the glaciers and sediments of soil in shallow water, told RIA Novosti the head of Hydromet Igor Shumakov.
"The discovery of so-called "new" Islands in the Arctic due to the degradation of glaciers. This primarily refers to the archipelago of Franz-Joseph. In some cases, of the Peninsula, covered with ice, while the retreat of the glacier was separated by Straits from the main land and thus turned into Islands. Today this process continues and it is difficult to say how many more amendments would have to be made in geographic and navigation maps of the Northern polar region," said Shumkov.
The first testing ground for the study of permafrost, and test technologies that can be used in the development of the Arctic, earned on Svalbard, told RIA Novosti the head of Hydromet Igor Shumakov.
As said the head of Roshydromet, at the site of a thermometric wells, site monitoring of seasonal thawing layer, the wells for monitoring the underflow of taliks, meteorological complex. On the bottom of the fjord installed braid a length of 150 meters with temperature sensors and resistance for monitoring the formation of seasonal sea ice.
The President of Russia Vladimir Putin signed the law "On state support of entrepreneurial activities in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation".
The document defines the legal regime, the procedure of entrepreneurial activities and support policies in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation. To controls this area related Ministry of Russia and the management company (Corporation of development of the Far East). The Ministry will be able to exercise normative-legal regulation and a number of other functions and the management company, including, to accept applications and conclude agreements on the implementation of investment activities, maintain a registry of residents of the Arctic zone.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on granting privileges on income tax and VAT, as well as the introduction of the deduction of mineral extraction tax in the implementation of new projects in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation, informs an official portal of legal information. The law is part of the government package aimed at the state support and stimulation of entrepreneurial activities in the Arctic.
The law resets the tax rate on the profit of organizations in the part transferred to the Federal budget, provided that the region lowers its portion of the tax rate. These rates will apply for 10 years from the date of receipt of the first profit from activities in the Arctic zone under the investment agreement. But for this to make separate accounting of incomes (expenditures) received from this and other activities.
Arctic medical cluster may appear in Vorkuta to make the Northern sea route more comfortable and safe, the press service of the RA Deputy Prime Minister, presidential envoy to FEFD Yuri Trutnev.
Trutnev on Monday held a meeting on further development of single-industry towns of Vorkuta and INTA in the Komi Republic.
Fires in the Arctic has led in June to the emissions record for the 18 years of observation of the monthly volume of pollutants, reports the New York Times, citing a report from the European centre for medium-range weather forecasts.
It is noted that in total, the fires in June were released into the atmosphere of 59 million metric tons more than the volume of CO2 emissions per year in Norway.
A comprehensive security system, including ground and aviation groups, to safe navigation in the water area of the Northern sea route is created in the RF Ministry of emergency situations, told RIA Novosti press-service of the Department.
"Of EMERCOM of Russia in cooperation with other Federal Executive authorities are ready to provide events for safe navigation in the water area of the Northern sea route. To achieve these goals, the office creates a comprehensive system of security in the Arctic zone, including ground and aviation groups, as well as experimental proving ground for testing promising models of equipment, equipment, equipment and technologies, designed for use in low temperature conditions", - is spoken in the message.
The state Duma adopted the law on granting privileges on income tax and VAT, as well as the introduction of the deduction of mineral extraction tax in the implementation of new projects in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation. He is part of the government package aimed at the state support and stimulation of entrepreneurial activities in the Arctic.
The law resets the tax rate on the profit of organizations in the part transferred to the Federal budget, provided that the region lowers its portion of the tax rate. These rates will apply for 10 years from the date of receipt of the first profit from activities in the Arctic zone under the investment agreement. But for this to make separate accounting of incomes (expenditures) received from this and other activities.
The melting of permafrost due to climate warming may lead to the exit surface of ancient ecosystems, including viruses, reported RIA Novosti senior researcher at the North-Eastern scientific-experimental station in the village of Chersky Pacific Institute of geography Feb RAS Sergey Davydov.
He noted that the remains of mammoths found anthrax. In addition, the reduction in the number of Yukaghirs – the people of North-Eastern Siberia at the time, happened because of the black smallpox in the North, it proceeded with a high mortality rate, said Davydov.
Nenets Autonomous Okrug refused from Association with the Arkhangelsk region, recalled in an interview with RBC, the acting head of the region Yuri Bezdomny.
Earlier, in may, it was reported that heads of regions will not hold a referendum. Then at the meeting with participation of the Secretary of the General Council of the party "United Russia" Andrei Turchak, it was decided that the development of the Arkhangelsk region and Nenets Autonomous district will take place exclusively in the framework of the macro-region, without political Association.
The monument to the 26th U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, who is willing to buy the Fund of Andrey Filatov Art Russe, can set next to monument to Sergei Witte, and the monument to the ruler of Russian colonies in America, Alexander Baranov, may be an important exhibit of the Museum of the Arctic in St. Petersburg, all expenses will be made from personal funds Filatov, told RIA Novosti press-service of the Fund.
Director of the Foundation added that all costs will be financed from personal funds Filatov. The issue is being discussed with the authorities of new York and Alaska, last of the appeal Fund was sent to new York mayor bill de Blasio and mayor of Sitka's Gary Paxton this morning - the city administrator of Sitka, Mr. John Leach, the original complaints are gone to the recipients at DHL, said Lavery.
Head nuclear-powered icebreaker Arktika (project 22220) will be handed over in 2020 to the customer in the face of Rosatom in trial operation for one year, so that in 2021 the ship stood in dry docking to replace the right motor, told RIA Novosti on Monday the head of the United shipbuilding Corporation Alexey Rakhmanov.
Earlier in June, the General Director of Rosatom state Corporation Alexey Likhachev, during his working meeting with President of Russia Vladimir Putin said that the icebreaker "Arktika" on June 23, came from St. Petersburg on the final stage of sea trials. It is planned that the icebreaker in September, the deadline is in October of this year will be commissioned Rosatom.
The solemn ceremony of raising the flag of the hydrographic service of the Navy of Russia took place on Saturday in Severomorsk on a small hydrographic vessel project 19910 "Nicholas Skosyrev," said the press service of the Northern fleet.
"With the rise of the flag the ship officially became part abnormally-saving group of the Northern fleet. The name "Nicholas Skosyrev" assigned to the ship by order of the chief of the Russian Navy in recognition and memory of the chief of the hydrographic service of the Northern fleet, the participant of the great Patriotic war, rear Admiral skosyreva Nikolai", - stated in the message.
The head of the Ministry for development of Russian Far East and Arctic region Alexander Kozlov has published in his Instagram video with a family of owls that took intended for red-listed Mandarin duck special slot.
"Everyone knows I'm the "guardian owl". Therefore, from a native of the Amur region today sent me this video. View, how wonderful!" - wrote the Minister.
The installation of the missiles "Caliber" the icebreaker is not defensive, but offensive step, said Thursday the commander of the U.S. Navy in Europe and Africa Admiral James Foggo
"Russia is aggressive in his approach to the Arctic. They recently presented a new ice breaker "Ivan Papanin", which can carry cruise missiles "Caliber". I already asked this question a few times and will ask again: who put missiles on the icebreakers? Some countries put defensive armament on their icebreakers, but "Caliber" has no defensive weapons," he said during the webinar.
Russia is reliably protected from the impacts of strategic aviation of the USA via the North pole with modern air defense systems, but the grouping of forces and means should be increased due to the increased activity of NATO in the Arctic, believes the military expert, chief editor of the magazine "national defense" Igor Korotchenko.
Informed military expert Vladislav Shurigin, commenting on the frequent flights of us strategic aircraft in the Arctic, reported the newspaper "Izvestia" that the United States work out the targeting of Russia is the shortest distance between the two countries via the North pole.
The flag-raising ceremony at the new small hydrographic ship of the Northern fleet "Nikolay Skosyrev" will be held in one of the last days of June, said on Saturday the press service of SF.
"The hydrography flag of the Russian Navy will be raised on a small hydrographic vessel "Nikolay Skosyrev" in one of the last days of June. The ship's crew and the leadership of the hydrographic service initiated the preparation of the ceremony on behalf of the commander of the fleet Vice-Admiral Alexander Moiseyev", - stated in the message.
The specialists of the hydrometeorological warning about frosts in some Russian regions. This was reported on the website of the meteorological service.
According to weather forecasters, in the South of the Urals and Siberia June 20 aktiviziruyutsya due to the atmospheric fronts of air masses coming from the Arctic and continental regions of Asia.
The shortest distance between the US and Russia is over the North pole, exactly through the States and are discussing the attacks on our country, believes military analyst Vladislav Shurigin.
"The United States for over 70 years, work out the application of air strikes over the North pole," said Shurygin in interview with the newspaper "Izvestia", commenting on the frequent flights of us strategic aircraft in the Arctic.
The Jewish Autonomous region together with the Federal ministries have prepared proposals for the allocation of additional funds to balance the budget, agreed the amount of 1.53 billion rubles, said the acting Governor of the region Rostislav Goldstein in an interview with RIA Novosti.
In late may, Deputy Prime Minister Yury Trutnev instructed the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation and the government of the EAO to submit proposals for additional funds to balance the budget. Goldstein then said that the amount of imbalance of the budget of the region is of 2.06 billion rubles.
Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized the oversight agencies during the state of emergency in Norilsk and asked Deputy Prime Minister Victoria Abramchenko to carefully analyze the situation, to prevent this from happening.
"I ask you, Victoria Valerievna, and even look at all of our respective organizations and structures of control. Where were they then? Here I saw the same as the fuel went on the ground. Why not needs, timely response to events? It forces us to consider how, in practice, organized our work," he said.
State prize of the Russian Federation in the field of science and technology for 2019 by the decree of the President of Russia awarded to the creators of the world industry single-walled carbon nanotubes, developers of drugs for cancer immunotherapy and researcher of the cultural heritage of the peoples of the Arctic.
The names of the winners at a briefing on Thursday announced assistant to the President for science and education Andrei Fursenko.
Statements by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg that the Russian troops supposedly stand at the borders of the Alliance, contrary to logic and common sense, said the official representative of the Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.
Previously, Mr. Stoltenberg in an interview with Welt said that Russia is active in the Arctic, strengthens its presence in the Mediterranean region, and Russian forces are directly at the outer borders of NATO.
Russian head versatile atomic icebreaker "Arktika" is expected to be commissioned in the state Corporation "Rosatom" in the autumn of this year, said General Director of Rosatom Alexey Likhachev.
Deadlines for "Arctic" Rosatom were previously delayed - if it was originally scheduled for may-June of 2019, then it was decided to take the icebreaker in may 2020. "Arctic" can be commissioned Rosatom with the faulty propeller motor that has failed due to short circuit and which is planned to replace the dock Kronstadt naval plant (part of USC) in 2021, wrote in March this year, the newspaper "Kommersant" with reference to sources.
The rapid temperature rise of permafrost under conditions of climate change requires the creation of a unified database to monitor her as in natural conditions, and in the cities, said RIA Novosti Professor at the George Washington University (USA) glaciologist Dmitry Streletsky.
He explained that the system of monitoring of the permafrost is everywhere in some form. "The problem is that there is no coordination. Basically monitoring the background state of permafrost do different groups of scientists, and there is no coordination at the country level", - said the scientist.
The bill of Ministry for the liberalization of access to mining on the continental shelf in the Russian Arctic needs substantial study, and speak about the creation of a consortium of subsoil users prematurely, said in an interview with RIA Novosti the head of the Ministry Dmitry Kobylkin.
The ninth of June on the portal of projects of normative legal acts published a draft law prepared by the Ministry, which aims to liberalize access to the shelf of the Arctic and the Pacific ocean from 2021, to be allowed to work for both Russian and foreign companies. However, it is proposed to determine the company agent that will work on behalf of the government, in consortium with other companies wishing to develop offshore areas and to have a blocking stake in the consortium.
The expert of the National Interest Caleb Larson called the Russian icebreakers weapon for "capture" of the Arctic and spoke about their features and benefits.
In his opinion,
The Northern fleet in conjunction with the 12th commander of the defense Ministry and the Russian geographical society will be held in August the expedition on the Novaya Zemlya archipelago, its members rekonstruiruet route Arctic Explorer Vladimir Rusanov, and perform a number of studies reported the press service of the Northern fleet.
"In the middle of August 2020, the Northern fleet will send another Arctic expedition to the Islands of Novaya Zemlya archipelago. In addition to the Northern fleet in its composition will include representatives of the 12th Main Directorate of the Ministry of defense of Russia, Russian geographical society, national Park "Russian Arctic" and research institutes. Will head a comprehensive research expedition team of 10-12 soldiers and scientists representative of the 12th Central Board captain 2 rank Sergei Zinchenko," - said in the message.
Deputy Prime Minister Yury Trutnev instructed the acting Governor of the Arkhangelsk region Alexander Tsybulsky to prepare a plan for the development of a comfortable urban environment of Arkhangelsk, reported the press service of Deputy Prime Minister.
Trutnev during the videoconference held a meeting on the draft programme of development of Northern (Arctic) Federal University (NARFU) named after Mikhail Lomonosov in Arkhangelsk in the years 2021-2035.
The President of the United States Donald trump ordered to develop a program for the construction of icebreakers for the Arctic and Antarctic.
"The United States will develop and implement a programme of procurement of the icebreaker fleet (to ensure) Arctic security, which will support our national interests in the Arctic and Antarctic", — stated in the Memorandum of the President, directed members of his administration.
Concern "Almaz-Antey" and the defense Ministry signed contracts for the supply of three regiments of anti-aircraft missile system s-400 "Triumph" and four sets of s-350 "Vityaz", told RIA Novosti press-service of the organization.
The armed forces will get the equipment no later than 2023.
The team of Krasnoyarsk scientists have developed a unique biosorbent for the elimination of oil contamination of soil after the accident, which is able to save the ecosystem of the Taimyr Peninsula, the press service of Shibhu them. M. F. Reshetnev.
According to her, the biosorbent polymer porous material with high absorption capacity. The sorbent composition comprises isolated from soil in areas of contamination of oil-oxidizing microorganisms capable of decomposing oil. Petroleum products contact the sorbent, and then the organisms begin to proliferate, using as nutrients themselves petroleum products and organic matter of the sorbent.
Russian forces air defense able to shoot down various targets on the distant approaches, including American bombers, according to Russian experts.
So what do the experts commented on the statement by Ukrainian consulting company Defense Express, who wrote that the American B-52H Stratofortress are supposed to hit "strategic targets in the Arctic and parts of Siberia", without entering the airspace of Russia.
State Duma Deputy Ruslan Balbec called ignorant Ukrainian experts, who talked about the U.S. capability to strike at Siberia.
Earlier, Ukrainian experts on the site Defense Express stated that the missile armed strategic bombers B-52H Stratofortress of the U.S. air force is able to "strike a blow" for Russia without entering the aircraft in a controlled C-400 area airspace and the existing missiles "enough to attack major strategic targets of Russia in the Arctic and parts of Siberia."
The first Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on defense Franz Klintsevich in an interview with radio station "Moscow speaking" called the statement of the Ukrainian consulting company Defense Express about the U.S. capability for "blow" in Siberia speculation and try to keep background information.
Also Klintsevich said that the us missiles can attack any point of the globe.
Missiles strategic bombers B-52H Stratofortress of the U.S. air force is able to "strike a blow" for Russia without entering the aircraft in a controlled s-400 "Triumph" area airspace. So Ukrainian consulting company Defense Express, commented on their recent flight over the Arctic, near the border with Russia.
The article says that the range of start installed on aircraft, cruise missiles, 980, and more than 1200 kilometers respectively.
Tourism in the regions of the Russian Arctic in the near future will not be a mass, said Deputy Minister of nature and environment of the Russian Federation Elena Panova.
"Mass tourism in the Arctic in the near future will not. In order to move in this direction and reach impressive achievements, we must consider some components when creating the strategy of economic development of the Arctic zone", - she said, speaking at the online event "Arctic tourism - new challenges for business".
People in remote and inaccessible areas of Chukotka have a non-standard strategy of acquiring and cooking, thus ensuring its food security, but also following a long-standing culinary traditions, to such conclusion employees of the Museum of anthropology and Ethnography named after Peter the Great (Kunstkamera) Russian Academy of Sciences, article which will be published in the English issue of "Journal of Siberian Federal University".
As the authors work for the villages and tundra of the Russian Arctic endemic problems of food supply: the range of goods does not satisfy all nutritional needs of the local population is largely accustomed to native foods, imported products are often overdue and in addition is sold at inflated prices.
The Northern fleet and the Russian geographical society will hold the third joint expedition of the Arctic in 2020, said the commander of the Federation Council Alexander Moiseev.
He added that a joint expedition will be dedicated to several memorable dates - 75 th anniversary of the great Victory, the 110th anniversary of the Hydrographic expedition of the Arctic ocean, the 120th anniversary of the Russian polar expedition and the 145th anniversary since the birth of the famous Arctic Explorer Vladimir Rusanov.