The far northern archipelago of Novaya Zemlya is the best suited base for the development of the Shtokman field, leader of the local administration argues.

In yesterday’s meeting in the Russian Border Commission, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin underlined that the issue of security along the country’s borders deserves the highest possible attention.

The Northwest Phosphorous Company will open its new Oleny Ruchey mine on 1 May 2012, company leaders told regional authorities.

Russian manufacturer, The United Industrial Corporation, announced this week that the world’s first floating nuclear plant will be operational by the end of 2012. The floating nuclear plant will be located on the eastern coast of the country. According to the New York Times, the plant will be used to assist with providing power to the city of Viluchinsk, situated on the Kamchatka peninsula. Viluchinsk hosts an atomic submarine base.

Issues of perfection of customs registration in frontier areas was on the agenda when Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had a meeting with the State Border Commission in Petrozavodsk on Thursday.

Yesterday, The Center for Biological Diversity announced that it plans on suing the American federal government in order to stop the approval of pesticides that end up in the food source of polar bears.

Overall Arctic sea ice thinned about 18 centimetres a year, for a total of 72 centimetres over the last four winters.

The construction of a new class of Russian destroyers will start no later than 2012, Head Commander of the Russian Navy Vladimir Vysotsky maintains.

The Indian navy will use the refitted Russian aircraft-carrier Admiral Gorshkov for a year-long sea-trail in the Barents Sea slated for 2011-2012. Also, what is said to be the final price-tag for the takeover of the second-hand aircraft-carrier was agreed in New Delhi on Wednesday.

The development of the Murmansk Transport Hub is just as important for Russia as the Sochi Olympic Games, Governor Dmitry Dmitriyenko argues. The implementation of the infrastructure plans are due to start after 2010.