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Presidential Executive Office2023
Events

Visit to Franz Josef Land Archipelago

Vladimir Putin visited Alexandra Land in the Franz Josef Land Archipelago, where he inspected the results of work to clean up environmental damage in the Russian Arctic region.

March 29, 2017
21:30
Arkhangelsk Region
Arrival at Alexandra Land in the Franz Josef Land Archipelago.
Vladimir Putin visited Alexandra Land in the Franz Josef Land Archipelago. The President was accompanied on the trip by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Minister of Environmental Resources and the Environment Sergei Donskoy, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, and Special Presidential Representative for Nature Protection, the Environment and Transport Sergei Ivanov.
Arrival on Alexandra Land in the Franz Josef Land Archipelago. On the right: Commander in Chief of the Russian Air Force Admiral Vladimir Korolyov.
Vladimir Putin visited Alexandra Land in the Franz Josef Land Archipelago. The President was accompanied on the trip by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Minister of Environmental Resources and the Environment Sergei Donskoy, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, and Special Presidential Representative for Nature Protection, the Environment and Transport Sergei Ivanov.
Vladimir Putin visited Alexandra Land in the Franz Josef Land Archipelago.
Border marker at Severnaya Bay on Alexandra Land in the Franz Josef Land Archipelago.
Alexandra Land in the Franz Josef Land Archipelago.
Vladimir Putin visited Alexandra Land in the Franz Josef Land Archipelago. The President was accompanied on the trip by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Minister of Environmental Resources and the Environment Sergei Donskoy, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, and Special Presidential Representative for Nature Protection, the Environment and Transport Sergei Ivanov.
Vladimir Putin visited Alexandra Land in the Franz Josef Land Archipelago.
Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (right) visiting a cave in the Polar Aviators’ Glacier on Alexandra Land in the Franz Josef Land Archipelago.
Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (right) visiting a cave in the Polar Aviators’ Glacier on Alexandra Land in the Franz Josef Land Archipelago.
With Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (left) and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, while visiting a cave in the Polar Aviators’ Glacier on Alexandra Land in the Franz Josef Land Archipelago.
Visiting a cave in the Polar Aviators’ Glacier on Alexandra Land in the Franz Josef Land Archipelago.
Vladimir Putin visited Alexandra Land in the Franz Josef Land Archipelago. With Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu.
Visiting a cave in the Polar Aviators’ Glacier on Alexandra Land in the Franz Josef Land Archipelago.
Visiting a cave in the Polar Aviators’ Glacier on Alexandra Land in the Franz Josef Land Archipelago.
Во время посещения пещеры Ледника полярных лётчиков на острове Земля Александры архипелага Земля Франца-Иосифа.
Special Presidential Representative for Nature Protection, Environment and Transport Sergei Ivanov, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Vladimir Putin, and Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Sergei Donskoy (from right to left) taking part in the launch of a meteorological probe that operates using the GLONASS system.
Visiting the Omega field base in the Russian Arctic National Park on Alexandra Land in the Franz Josef Land Archipelago.
Visiting the Omega field base in the Russian Arctic National Park on Alexandra Land in the Franz Josef Land Archipelago.
Visiting the Omega field base in the Russian Arctic National Park on Alexandra Land in the Franz Josef Land Archipelago.
Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev with personnel at the Omega field base in the Russian Arctic National Park on Alexandra Land in the Franz Josef Land Archipelago.
Examining a Defence Ministry facility.
Examining a Defence Ministry facility.
Examining a Defence Ministry facility.
Examining a Defence Ministry facility.
Examining a Defence Ministry facility.
Meeting on the comprehensive development of the Arctic.
At a meeting on the comprehensive development of the Arctic.
Meeting on the comprehensive development of the Arctic.
At a meeting on the comprehensive development of the Arctic.

The President visited the museum exhibit at the Russian Arctic National Park, examined the technology for studying permafrost, spoke with specialists studying the Arctic region, and took part in the launch of a weather probe that operates using the GLONASS system.

The Head of State was accompanied by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Medvedev Dmitry Medvedev DmitryDeputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation , Minister of Environmental Resources and the Environment Sergei Donskoy Donskoy Sergei Donskoy Sergei , Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu Shoigu Sergei Shoigu SergeiDefence Minister , and Special Presidential Representative for Nature Protection, the Environment and Transport Sergei Ivanov Ivanov Sergei Ivanov SergeiSpecial Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport .

At a meeting on the comprehensive development of the Arctic, which gathered at a Defence Ministry facility the same day, Vladimir Putin, in particular, gave instructions to the Government to speed up the implementation of the regional socio-economic development programme and to the Defence Ministry and the Federal Security Service to protect Russia’s national interests in the Arctic. He stressed that Russia is willing to work together with its foreign partners in many fields of Arctic development.

See also

Trip to Arkhangelsk Region
March 29 − 30, 2017

Geography

  • Arkhangelsk Region

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  • Environment
  • Regions

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Publication date: March 29, 2017, 21:30

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