Putin: Russia Gets Serious About Exploiting Arctic Energy Resources

摘要

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announcedon Thursday that Russia will start developingthe Arctic Shelf “in reality.”Attending a forum, The Arctic — Territory ofDialogue, organized by the Russian Geographi-cal Society in the northern city of Arkhangelsk,Putin held a video conference call with officialson the Prirazlomnaya platform. The platformwas recently installed in Russia’s Arctic PechoraSea, where production is to begin in the firstquarter of next year (OD Aug.29’11).