Arctic Yearbook 2015 | Page 283

283 Arctic Yearbook 2015 defines the basic mechanisms, and the ways and means to achieve the strategic goals and priorities for the sustainable development of Russia’s Arctic zone and its national security. The State Program of the Russian Federation ‘Socio-economic development of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation for the period till 2020’ (2014) includes the activities of the Russian Federation’s sectorial national programs being implemented in the Arctic zone. The State Commission on the Development of the Arctic is a coordinating body, providing for intera 7F