The Northern Sea Route as a Tool of Arctic Development

2019 ◽  
pp. 21-44
Author(s):  
Ju.V. Zvorykina ◽  
K.S. Teteryatnikov
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Arctic Zone ◽  
Investment Projects ◽  
Northern Sea Route ◽  
Important Region ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
Asian Pacific ◽  
Simplified Procedure

The article is devoted to the analysis of the role of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) in the socio-economic development of the Arctic zone of Russia. The authors believe that climate change, gradually leading to the melting of polar ice, opens up new opportunities for the development of Arctic resources and navigation in the seas of the Arctic Ocean. Of particular interest to the NSR are non-Arctic countries, critically dependent on the supply of foreign mineral and carbon resources, as well as on the export of their goods to Europe. Among them, China stands out, considering the NSR as the Arctic Blue Economic Corridor as part of the global Silk Road system. The NSR is intended to become an essential tool for further development of the Arctic zone of Russia. Development of port infrastructure and creation of a modern ocean and maritime fleet will accelerate the pace of socio-economic development of this strategically important region. To do this, it is necessary to adopt a federal law on special system of preferences for investors, including foreign ones, implementing their projects in the Arctic. Among such preferences there are preferential profit tax rates, reduction in Mineral Extraction Tax (MET) rates, a declarative procedure for VAT refunds, a simplified procedure for granting land plots and unchanged conditions for the implementation of investment projects. In addition, it is important to make the NSR safe and profitable both in terms of quality of service and of price for the shippers. In particular, the payment for icebreakers’ escort of vessels should be competitive and reasonable. The largest Russian private and state-owned companies should be involved into Arctic projects. It is important to synchronize the Arctic oil and gas projects with nuclear and LNG icebreakers’ construction, as well as with the launch of two logistics hubs in Murmansk and Kamchatka. In this case, year-round NSR navigation will be organized, which will ensure the high competitiveness of Russian products supplied to the Asian Pacific markets.

scholarly journals Issue of Accumulation and Redistribution of Oil and Gas Rental Income in the Context of Exhaustible Natural Resources in Arctic Zone of Russian Federation

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 1006
Author(s):  
Natalia Kirsanova ◽  
Olga Lenkovets ◽  
Muhammad Hafeez
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Income Redistribution ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Material Base ◽  
Arctic Zone ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
The Impact

The significant resource potential of the Arctic has attracted the attention of its adjacent countries and extra-regional states. The mineral and raw material base of the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation (AZRF) comprises a wide range of minerals. However, due to its hydrocarbon reserves, the Arctic is considered to be the most important geopolitical and geo-economic macro-region for Russia. A significant portion of the Arctic hydrocarbons (about 19%) is concentrated in the territory of Russia’s shelf. The extraction of Arctic marine oil and gas resources and ensuring the sustainability of the Russian energy complex depend significantly on the level of Arctic development. Thus, the pace and quality of the development of AZRF are strategically important to ensure the national interests of the country. It has been proven that the implementation of the state program for AZRF development and strategic plans of the largest companies operating in the region consolidate the raw material nature of AZRF development. Rent becomes the main form of income. This article addresses the main directions of the region’s development and the factors that prevent a high level of industrialization, which increase attention to the withdrawal and redistribution of rental income. The article considers the Russian and foreign experiences of withdrawal and redistribution of oil and gas rental income, and analyzes the level of socio-economic development of AZRF. The authors suggest a methodology for assessing the impact of a country’s area and population size on the ability to achieve a high income due to hydrocarbons. The authors also explain the principles of rental income redistribution in the region as a basis for improving the level of AZRF’s socio-economic development and as a condition for transition from the “colonial model” of development to the “sustainable development” model. The study results can be used to elaborate a mechanism for rental income redistribution in AZRF and state programs for the region’s development.

A hectare of development and opportunities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
V.N. Shelomentsev
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Federal District ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Arctic Zone ◽  
Municipal Ownership ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Far Eastern

The article analyzes the regulatory and legal framework for the implementation of the program providing citizens with land plots from the state or municipal ownership and located in the territories of the subjects of the Russian Federation, as well as in the Far Eastern Federal District, or included in the program "Socio-economic development of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation".

scholarly journals Establishment of production of special wheel and track technology for extreme natural-climate conditions of the Arctic

2018 ◽  
Vol 224 ◽  
pp. 02096 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex S. Diakov ◽  
George O. Kotiev
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Arctic Zone ◽  
Economic Costs ◽  
Climate Conditions ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Transport Problems ◽  
Natural Climate

The complex natural and climatic conditions of the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation (AZ of the RF) make it necessary to put forward special requirements for all types of ground equipment used to solve transport problems in this region. At present, the increase in economic costs in the operation of machinery is primarily due to the mismatch of the design of the vehicles used in the climatic zone. A set of measures for land transport that allows to ensure the socio-economic development of the AZ RF.

scholarly journals Legal Framework of Ecological Safety of the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation in the Implementation of Genomic Technologies

Lex Russica ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 61-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. G. Zhavoronkova ◽  
V. B. Agafonov
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Ecological Safety ◽  
Arctic Zone ◽  
Genomic Technologies ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
The Russian Federation

The article is devoted to the examination of the problems of providing support for ecological safety of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation when genomic technologies are being implemented. Relying on the results of the analysis of core documents of the state strategic planning, normative legal acts, programs and plans defining strategic determinations of socio-economic development of the Arctic zone, as well as normative legal acts regulating genomic technologies, the authors determine the main threats (risks) to ensuring ecological safety of the region, analyze potential economic and environmental possibilities for the application of certain genomic technologies with due regard to the vulnerable ecosystem of the Arctic.

scholarly journals Management of Externalities in the Context of Sustainable Development of the Russian Arctic Zone

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 7749
Author(s):  
Vera P. Samarina ◽  
Tatiana P. Skufina ◽  
Diana Yu. Savon ◽  
Alexey I. Shinkevich
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Russian Arctic ◽  
Arctic Zone ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
Analytical Review ◽  
The Russian Federation

The territory of the Arctic is of interest from the point of view of the strategic development of the economy. However, the industrialization of the Arctic zone is accompanied by both a positive and a negative influence on the country’s socio-economic development. An analytical review of the research which has been published previously allows us to discuss the issue of sustainable development in the Arctic through the prism of the theory of externalities. Considering this, the paper examines some relevant issues from the standpoints of the concept of sustainable development and scientific and technological progress. Against the background of the identified problems, the purpose of the research is to clarify management decisions in the field of internalization of the externalities of economic development of the Russian Arctic zone. As research methods, the authors have applied comparative analysis, dynamic analysis, the coefficient method, correlational analysis and cluster analysis. An analytical review of scientific works, research tooling and a statistical database concerning the development of the Russian Arctic zone provided the following scientific results: the category of “externalities” in the context of industrialization of the Arctic zone’s territories and their systematization in a number of areas (environmental, innovation, investment, infrastructure, social, etc.) has been clarified; some trends in the degree of neutralization of negative environmental externalities in terms of environmental problems (pollution capture, waste disposal, recycling and wastewater treatment) have been identified; the dynamics of investment per unit of environmental pollution in the context of environmental approaches have been elucidated; the efficiency of investments in environmental preservation measures in the territories of the Russian Arctic zone have been evaluated; positive innovative externality from the investment of own funds in the fixed capital of enterprises have been revealed; the typology of the subjects of the Russian Federation that form part of the Arctic zone, according to the criteria of the intensity of costs for neutralization of negative externalities (territories with high, moderate and low intensity of costs) have been suggested; and a package of measures in order to manage the external effects of economic development of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation in the context of sustainable development has been proposed. The practical significance of the results obtained lies in the possibility of taking all of them into account in the implementation of the state program “Socio-economic development of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation”, contributing to the qualitative development of the territories of the Russian Arctic and improving the well-being of the population of the corresponding constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

scholarly journals Why young people leave the Arctic: the results of sociological research

2022 ◽  
Vol 962 (1) ◽  
pp. 012030
Author(s):  
E V Potravnaya ◽  
S V Tishkov
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Young People ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Local Population ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Investment Projects ◽  
Mining Companies ◽  
Murmansk Region ◽  
Socio Economic Development

Abstract The article deals with the issues of technogenesis and the evolution of relations with the environment through the example of the industrial development of the Arctic. The economic, environmental, and social aspects of the behavior of the indigenous population, the migration sentiments of the young people in connection with the implementation of investment projects for the development of the territory are analyzed. Particular attention is paid to identifying the relationship between the migration processes and the industrial development of the Arctic, substantiating the participation of mining companies to improve the socio-economic development of the Russian Arctic, and promoting employment. The subject of the study are the economic and social relations, migration attitudes of the local population, and youth, which arise in the process of the industrial development of the territory in the Arctic. Based on the example of conducting sociological surveys of the local population in Taimyr, in the Arctic regions of Yakutia, Karelia, and the Murmansk Region, recommendations are formulated for managing migration processes, promoting employment, income growth, and socio-economic development of the territory within the framework of mining companies’ activities to implement investment projects for the industrial development of the Arctic.

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