As reported on the website of the Cabinet of Ministers, the corresponding document was approved by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

"The development of tourism and industry, subsidies for small and medium-sized businesses, as well as assistance in promoting traditional products to the domestic and foreign markets involves a program of state support for the economic activities of indigenous peoples who live in the Arctic," the message says.

Earlier, the head of Rosprirodnadzor, Svetlana Radionova, announced plans to conduct unscheduled inspections of facilities in the Arctic zone in 2021.

The head of the IAC Alpari, Alexander Razuvaev, spoke with the FAN about the prospects for the development of the Arctic.