Putin said that Russia is returning to the Arctic to ensure its defense capabilityPETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, 5 Sep - RIA Novosti.
Russia is returning to the Arctic both from an economic point of view and from the point of view of ensuring defense capability and preventing emergencies, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
"Russia is returning to the Arctic both from an economic point of view, and from the point of view of ensuring the country's defense capability, and from the point of view of preventing emergencies. We will develop the infrastructure of the Ministry of Emergency Situations there. The development of the Northern sea route will take place, we have already launched some major economic projects there, including in the energy sector," Putin said at a meeting with participants of the All-Russian Youth Ecological Forum "Ecosystem. The reserved land".
"The Arctic is a very vulnerable region from the point of view of ecology and requires special attention to its protection, so all this together - cleaning up old (garbage) and creating favorable conditions that reliably ensure the interests of human life, economic, defense interests and the interests of nature protection - all this together is a very difficult task," he said. Putin.
He also said that Russia's future is "largely connected with the Arctic," and the first thing to do is to clear it of "what has been accumulated there as a result of human activity over the past decades."
