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Location: in the North-West of the European part of Russia.Almost the whole territory is located on the Kola Peninsula, above the Arctic Circle. The region is washed by the Barents Sea and the White Sea.

In the West and the North-West it borders on Finland and Norway, in the South-West –on the Republic of Karelia.

Area – 144,9 thous. km²(0,85 % of the total area of Russia)

PopulationAs of 01.01.2014 – 777,1 thous. people(0,5 % of the population of Russia)

Administrative center– City of Murmansk – the largest city above the Arctic Circle in the world (populationas of 01.01.2014 – 299,1 thous. people)

MURMANSK REGION

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MINERAL RESOURCES OF MURMANSK REGION

Apatite concentrate

100 %

Baddeleyite concentrate

100 %

Nepheline concentrate

100 %

Nickel 45 %

Iron-ore concentrate

10 %

Refined copper 7 %

Share of the region in the all-Russia

manufacturing of mineral resources

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MINING AND METALLURGICAL COMPLEX OF MURMANSK REGION

Mining of sulphide copper-nickel ores and production of nonferrous metals

JSC “APATIT” JSC “NWPC”(JSC “PHOSAGRO АG”) (“Acron Group”)

Apatite-nepheline ores mining and proceeding, apatite and nepheline concentrates production

JSC “KOVDORSKIY GOK”(JSC “MCC “EUROCHEM”)

Production of iron-ore, apatite and baddeleyite concentrates

JSC “OLKON”(JSC “SEVERSTAL”)Mining of banded iron formation, production of iron-ore concentrate, ferrite strontium powders

JSC “SUAL «KAZ-SUAL”(UC RUSAL)

Production of aluminum from imported alumina

JSC “KOLSKAYA GMK” (JSC “GMK “NORILSK NICKEL”)

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DEPOSITES OF RARE EARTH METALS OF THE KOLA PENINSULA

Titanium (12%), Ferrum (15,6%), terres rares (0,67%), niobium/tantalum (0,22%)

Scheduled to be introduced to subsoil user at the tender in 2015;

Raw materials reserves enough for 100 years (900 thous. tones of ore per year);

End-products production at the first stage - 50-55 thous. tones per year.

AFRICANDA DEPOSIT

At present time: The project moved to the mode of data proceeding works (all field works completed); RUR 265 mln. spent on drilling campaign ~ 28 500 meters of wells drilled; 90 jobs created within the project;

Investment volume ~ RUR 47,0 bln.

Scheduled result: Construction of beneficiation plant with capacity of 6 mln. tones of PGM ore per year;

PLATINUM GROUP METALS DEPOSIT “FEDEROVA TUNDRA”

LLC “Kolskaya Verf”/Kola Shipyard (OJSC “NOVATEK”) - the center for construction of super large marine facilities in Belokamenka village.LLC “Кarmorneftegaz” (Lavna) – well sites construction and drilling operations supportOJSC “Oil Company «Rosneft” - creation of onshore supply base for offshore projects on the platform of OJSC “82 SRY”/Ship Repair Yard (Roslyakovo)LLC “Gazpromneft-Sakhalin” - well sites construction and drilling operations supportLLC “Gazflot” - drilling works support base

INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SHELF PROJECTS IMPLEMENTATION

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TERRITORIAL SEA – EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE AND CONTINENTAL SHELF

Open sea

Shelf

Exclusive economic zone (200 miles -370,4km)

Contiguous zone (12 miles – 22,2 km)

Territorial waters Inland waters Base line

Dry land

DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE REGION

Integrated development of the Murmansk transportation hub

Total amount of investment – RUR144,9 bln.

Total number of jobs created – over 1000

Logistic Center

Container Terminal

Coal Terminal Reconstruction

Coal Terminal

Crude Oil Loading Terminal

Rail way Reconstruction

Мурманск

NSR: connects Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean thought the arctic waters

allows access to the natural resources of the Extreme North, Siberia and the Far East Key benefits: reduction of distance and saving travel time

no threat of maritime piracy

NORTHERN SEA ROUTE – FOUNDATION OF THE ARCTIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM OF RUSSIA

Conditional Route start/end point

Route through NSR

Route through the Indian Ocean

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NORTHERN SEA ROUTE

Murmansk

658 620 572697 672

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Volume of aquatic bioresources caught,

thous.tones

FISHERIES INDUSTRY OF MURMANSK REGION

Share of the region in all-Russia volume of shipped products in value terms “Fishing, fish rearing” activity

based

22 %

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16,9 18,9 21,2

83,9 98,9

2012 2014 2016 2020 2025

Volume of fish farmed by fish farming companies, thous. tones

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ARCTIC TOURISM

“Arctic Harbor” Organizing regular ferry service to Norway Increase in number of calls of ships of foreign cruise

lines to the port of Murmansk Increasing the share of cruise travel in the tourism

industry of the region

Arctic Expo-center on board of the ice-breaker “Lenin”

Investment Volume:RUR 1 bln. 162 mln. from federal budget resources

ARCTIC TOURISM

Arctic cruise route “Port Murmansk– national park

“Russian Arctic” – port Arkhangelsk”“Arctic Harbor”

CENTER OF MOUNTAIN SKIING TOURISM – TOWN OF KIROVSK

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Snow village in Kirovsk

November 2014 - opening of the new gondola-chair cable lift, which connected two skiing zones: the town slope and the south slope of the Aykyayvenchorr mountain .

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Strengthening international cooperation is the key factor for solving many burning issues and ensuring sustainable development of the Arctic macroregion

International projects are implemented in the territory of the region in compliance with number of intergovernmental bilateral and multilateral agreements on cooperation of the Russian Federation with foreign countries

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

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Reconstruction of the motorway Kandalaksha-Alakurtti-CHP “Salla”

Agropark Alakurtti

Arctic expo-center on board of the ice-breaker “Lenin”

Youth innovative ventures

Barents logistics 2

Barents cross-border dialogue

Norwegian-Russian Customs project

Barents Culture

Youth program

Barents-journalism

Cooperation of indigenous people of North – Saami

“Kolarctic” Programm - 45 projects, including:

BEAR cooperation - 40 projects, including:

Key decisions on the federal level

Strategy for development of the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation and National Security Maintenance for the period up to 2020 and action plan for its implementation are approved

Project of the state program of the Russian Federation “Socioeconomic development of the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2020” is developed

Sate Commission for development of the Arctic under the chairmanship of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mr. D.O.Rogozin is created

MURMANSK REGION - ON ARCTIC COURSE OF DEVELOPMENT

RUSSIAN NATIONAL INTERESTS IN THE ARCTIC

The Arctic zone of the Russian Federation is a strategic resource base securing accomplishment of the socioeconomic tasks of the county development

The Northern Sea Route is a national single transport communication of the Russian Federation in the Arctic

The Arctic is a zone of peace and cooperation

A unique eco-system of the Arctic

The Murmansk region isa strategic center of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation