Dudinka seaportMOSCOW, Jan 28The Northern Sea Route (NSR) will remain under Russian jurisdiction, the Russian Federation should be involved in its development, while the country does not refuse to attract partners in this direction, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview with leading Russian media, including RIA Novosti. in fact, the Northern Sea Route is our route, yes, because this is a route in our waters, and in principle we should deal with this. This does not mean that we do not need to involve someone else as our partners, this can be done, but with the understanding that jurisdiction and decisions in this area are taken by the Russian Federation. There should not be anything else here,» Medvedev said.Rosatom proposed to assign to it the issuance of permits for passage along the NSR. The Northern Sea Route, with a length of more than 3,000 nautical miles (5,556 kilometers), connecting the Barents Sea and the Bering Strait, is the shortest route between Europe and Asia, as well as the shortest sea route between the Far East and European part of Russia. The route for transporting goods from the Far East to Europe using the Northern Sea Route is 14,000 kilometers. Russia is implementing the federal project «Development of the Northern Sea Route», which involves the creation of infrastructure that will increase cargo traffic to 80 million tons in 2024 and 110 million tons by 2030, as well as an increase in the total capacity of seaports to 110 and 115 million tons, respectively. Rosatom State Corporation, which has been the infrastructure operator of the Northern Sea Route since 2018, previously reported that the project’s indicators for the past year were exceeded: the volume of cargo transportation in 2021 increased by 6.5 % and amounted to almost 35 million tons against the target of 32 million tons.Read the full text of Dmitry Medvedev's interview >>
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