The Northern Sea Route – The Key to the Development of the Russian Arctic. Key Quotes

The report by the EDB Centre for Integration Studies presents an analysis of the impact that international freight traffic barriers have on logistics, transit potential, and development of transport corridors traversing EAEU member states.

This publication was prepared by the Analytical Department of the Executive Office of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation for the online conference Problems and Prospects of the Northern Sea Route as an Element of the Single Arctic Transport System which took place from September 1 to October 31, 2018.

The report was prepared as a result of the event «Russian-Canadian Cooperation in the Field of Sustainable Development in the Arctic Region» as part of the ThinkArctic Project, organized by the Roscongress Foundation, the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, and the Analytical Center for the Government of the Russian Federation.

The Roscongress Foundation, together with the NTI Competence Center for Big Data Storage and Analysis Technologies, based at Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov, based on the content of the key discussions of the programs of the largest business events in the country — the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, the Russian Energy Week and the Eastern Economic Forum, prepared a report «Key Trends in the Economic Development of the Russian Federation — 2022», which formulated 10 main trends in the country’s economic development.