1st Edition
Russia's Far North The Contested Energy Frontier
The Russian Far North is immensely rich in resources, both energy and other resources, and is also one of the least developed regions of Russia. This book presents a comprehensive overview of the region. It examines resource issues and the related environmental problems, considers the Arctic and the problems of sea routes, maritime boundaries and military build-up, assesses economic development, and considers the ethnic peoples of the region and also cultural and artistic subjects. Overall, the book provides a rich appraisal of how the region is likely to develop in future.
Introduction: Contested Russian Arctic
Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen
Part 1: Energy and economy
Chapter 1. Economic Development of the Arctic Regions of Russia
Shinichiro Tabata, Tomoko Tabata
Chapter 2. Perspectives of Oil and Gas Development in the Russian Arctic
Masumi Motomura
Chapter 3. Northern Sea Route (NSR) shipping, current status and its feasibility
Natsuhiko Otsuka, Toru Tamura, Masahiko Furuichi
Chapter 4. Planning for a Sustainable Arctic: Regional development in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Russia)
Daria Gritsenko, Elena Efimova
Part 2: Diplomacy and security
Chapter 5. The Twofold Development of the Arctic – where do the Arctic states stand?
Lassi Heininen
Chapter 6. Potential transboundary maritime energy disputes in the Arctic: the Russian perspective
Valery Konyshev, Alexander Sergunin
Chapter 7. Examining the execution of Russian military-security policies and programs in the Arctic
Pavel K. Baev
Part 3: Business and environment
Chapter 8. Russian Arctic Development and Environmental Discourse
Masahiro Tokunaga
Chapter 9. Are Finnish Firms Willing to Explore the Russian Maritime and Offshore Industry? Perceptions of Finnish SMEs of the Russian Market and Export Collaboration
Hanna Mäkinen, Eini Haaja
Chapter 10. Cutting through Channels: Local Entrepreneurship of Indigenous Actors in Arctic Russia
Masanori Goto
Chapter 11. Disappearing White Fish and Remaining Black Fish in the Lower Ob’ River and Its Tributaries: Conflict over the Use of Fish Resources between Indigenous People and Non-locals
Yuka Oishi
Part 4: Identity and community
Chapter 12. Telling domestic and international policy stories: The case of Russian Arctic policy
Daria Gritsenko, Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen
Chapter 13. Simulating Sovereignty: The Role of the Arctic in Constructing Russian Post-Imperial Identity
Sergei Medvedev
Chapter 14. The Arctic in Russia's Fin-de-Siècle Imagination: The Paintings and Writings of Aleksandr Borisov
Otto Boele
Chapter 15. The image of the Russian North in I.Bilibin’s creative work
Dmitry Baranov
Biography
Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen is a Professor in Russian Energy Policy at the Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
Shinichiro Tabata is a Professor at the Slavic-Eurasian Research Center, Hokkaido University
Daria Gritsenko is an Assistant Professor at the Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
Masanori Goto is a Specially Appointed Assistant Professor at the Slavic-Eurasian Research Center, Hokkaido University