Government of the Russian Federation 2016

Head: Dmitriy Anatolyevich Medvedev, Prime Minister/Premier

Members: 9 (Prime Minister + 8 Ministers)

Chairperson: Alexander Kapp

Available Positions (* Experienced):

• Governor of Murmansk Oblast, Arkhangelsk Oblast, and Head of Sakha Republic*
• Minister of Energy
• Minister of Industry and Trade
• Minister of Finance
• Minister for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection
• Minister of Foreign Affairs*
• Minister of Defense*
• Minister of Justice

 

Official interest in the Arctic sphere:

•  Transform the Arctic into “Russia’s foremost strategic base for natural resources” by 2020
• Increase extraction of the natural resources
• Development of the Northern Sea Route (NSR)
• Delimitate outer limits of the continental shelf
• Establish special Arctic military formations & maintain combat potential