Fossil fuels and positive effects of climate change top Russia’s new Arctic priorities, says ambassador
Anton Vasiliev, former Ambassador to Iceland and former Senior Arctic Official for Russia, laid out the new priorities in the first installment of the Arctic Circle Journal.
Tax benefits for hydrocarbon extractors and a customs duty regime that benefits domestic investors are de facto turning the Russian Arctic into the world’s largest special economic zone, says Anton Vasiliev, former Ambassador to Iceland and before that Moscow’s Senior Arctic Official.
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