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Президент Российской
Федерации дал поручение
о проведении под
руководством МЧС России
межведомственного опытно-
исследовательского учения
по защите территорий
Арктической зоны Developing infrastructure
For the purposes of increased Alongside with the efforts to improve the inter-
Arctic emergency preparedness, departmental coordination, it is essential that the
emergency rescue infrastructure receives further de-
the Russian President has velopment. There is a plan to set up more dedicated
instructed that all relevant facilities – crisis management centers, Arctic search
departments join their efforts and rescue teams, and air rescue services. These fa-
cilities will be deployed in Arctic’s nodal points – Sa-
in an experimental exercise betta, Dikson, Tiksi and Pevek.
(“Safe Arctic – 2023”) under the These locations have been identified as optimal
leadership of the Emergencies by a special task force that had worked in all of them
in 2021.
Ministry Work is in process to set up in Pevek the Arctic
Integrated Emergency Rescue Center (AIERC). Rele-
vant procurement contract (including installation and
than that of the economy. Long distances, harsh cli- equipment) is already in place, with estimated AIERC
mate and insufficient transport accessibility seriously commissioning date scheduled for December 2023.
complicate the aftermath of the emergencies. Given All issues relating to land for helicopter hangars, air-
how vulnerable the Arctic nature is, timely response field configuration and deployment of the Emergen-
is often challenging. cies Ministry aircraft have been successfully resolved.
Practice shows that coordination is best fine- A similar facility is underway in Tiksi, Republic
tuned through joint exercises. For the purposes of in- of Sakha (Yakutia), where land plots have been allo-
creased Arctic emergency preparedness, the Russian cated by the Emergencies Ministry for deployment
President has instructed that all relevant departments of AIERC. Also, a preliminary agreement is in place
join their efforts in an experimental exercise (“Safe with Tiksi Airport on deploying, on one of the park-
Arctic – 2023”) under the leadership of the Emergen- ing ramps, of an air rescue team.
cies Ministry, designed to achieve higher levels of pre- At an expanded session of the Board of the Emer-
paredness in the Arctic Zone. The exercise is sched- gencies Ministry, held on the 16th of February, the
SOZVEZDYE #40 uled for April 2023 and will take place on the territory President of the Russian Federation underlined the
of nine Russian regions – Republic of Karelia, Komi need for increased involvement in the emergency res-
Republic, Sakha (Yakutia), Arkhangelsk, Murmansk, cue infrastructure development efforts, of mining gi-
безопасность Krasnoyarsk, Nenets Autonomous, Yamal-Nenets Au- ants such as Rosneft and Novatek According to Vlad-
safety tonomous Okrug, and Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. imir Putin, this can ensure more rational spending.
The bodies involved will be testing their interaction
Work is in progress in pursuance of the President’s in-
and coordination schemes, maneuvering and deploy- structions to set up emergency rescue facilities in the
ment of forces when dealing with oil spills, ship emer- village of Dikson and rotation camp Sabetta.
gencies, aviation accidents, wildfires, etc. As to the settlement of Dikson, it doesn’t seem an
The exercise will involve an expedition to compare expedient location. At the same time, Rosneft’s proj-
46 the performance of all-terrain vehicles and equipment ect Vostok Oil in Sever Bay forty kilometers south
gear during Arctic response. of Dikson, is a potential source of man-made acci-