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Column of the editor
About the Arctic and the Russian North
The Arctic plays a key role in many aspects of the life of the Northern Hemisphere.
The Arctic is both the "weather kitchen" and the indicator of the state of the climate.
The Arctic bowels contain immense reserves of oil, gas, gold, platinum, nickel, tin, diamonds and other mineral resources.
Shortest air and sea routes lie across the Arctic connecting Europe, Asia and the East Coast of the USA.
The Arctic regions, and especially its Russian part, is an ideal place for long-term investments in local extracting and processing industries, transport, agriculture and construction.
Meanwhile, for many people the Russian North is the permafrost which is of little use for human life. Its inexhaustible resources remain unclaimed.
All of that prompted us to devote this issue of the Russian and English versions of our international magazine entirely to the Arctic Regions and to the Russian North.
We are introducing our Russian and foreign readers not only to the immense wealth of the vast territory but we are also trying to find answers to many disturbing questions, for example: why does this territory so desperately fall behind central and southern regions of Russia? Why do many people consider the North nothing more than a raw materials appendage?
We are inviting you to take part in the discussion of the questions we posed. Please write to us if you have ideas about how to solve the problems of the Arctic and of the Russian North. How, in your opinion, should the transport problem be solved there? How could the extracting industries be technically modernized? How could the economic potential of the northern territories be saved? How to attract investors to the region? How to improve the life of the northerners? Your letters will be used without fail in the next issues of our magazine.
