“Over the past time, thanks to the hard, selfless work of several generations of geologists, meteorologists, pilots, sailors, builders, our country has achieved great, impressive success in the development of high latitudes,” the report says.
Putin noted that today Russia is opening a new era in the exploration of the polar territories.
Earlier, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, at a meeting with his deputies, said that the Russian government had decided to expand the program to support private investment in the Arctic and the Far East.