RF Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev
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Russia Eyes 18 Percent of Arctic Shelf
Russia will stand for its interests in Arctic, Interfax reported with reference to the RF Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev.
According to Patrushev, Russia is to determine northern borders, where Arctic is. The figure is 18 percent of the RF territory, i.e. that region will account for 20,000 kilometers of the state border.
Patrushev said Russia should stand for its interests in Arctic. At the same time, it realizes that other Arctic states, Canada, Norway, Denmark and the United States, they will stand for their interests as well. So, the research activities are important, but “it is vital to carry them out faster and more accurate.”
Earlier, Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev emphasized at the sitting of the RF Security Council that the external frontier of Russia’s continental shelf in Arctic is to be legally determined in the nearest term.
“We need solid regulatory and legal framework, governing Russia’s activities in Arctic. First of all, we have to elaborate and pass the Federal Act On Southern Border of Russia’s Arctic Zone,” Medvedev said.
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