In particular, following the amendments, the item concerning the development of infrastructure of the Arctic zone now provides for the construction at Russian shipyards of the following ships for operating in water area of the Northern Sea Route: at least seven Project 22220 nuclear-powered icebreakers; the Leader nuclear-power icebreaker flagship; and an additional four non-nuclear-powered icebreakers; 16 emergency response and rescue vessels of different capacity by 2024; 30 emergency response and rescue vessels of different capacity by 2030, three hydrographic survey vessels and two aids to navigation; expanded use of LNG and compressed natural gas at sea and river transport in water area of the Northern Sea Route and domestic small nuclear power plants for supplying consumers with energy; comprehensive and interlinked development of maritime, air, railway and auto transport infrastructure of the Arctic zone; development of an automatic system for identifying vessels and monitoring them at a long distance; and provision of remote sensing data to interested customers in accordance with Russian Federation laws.
In line with the Executive Order, the Strategy’s implementation will require amendments to the state programme Socioeconomic Development of the Russian Federation Arctic Zone, other state programmes of the Russian Federation, the Transport Strategy of the Russian Federation until 2030 with a forecast until 2035, state programmes of the Russian Federation constituent entities, as well as fulfilment of measures under the Northern Sea Route Development Plan until 2035.