Foreign Affairs
PORA and China’s Leading State Laboratory Launch Platform for Experience Exchange in Permafrost Construction
The parties will promote research into advanced scientific developments to protect transport infrastructure under conditions of thawing permafrost PORA’s Expert Center and China’s State Key Laboratory of Durability and Safety of Road Infrastructure in Special Conditions have signed a cooperation agreement in the field of permafrost construction. The parties have agreed to develop expert dialogue,...
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MGIMO and PORA Join Forces for Arctic Development
Cooperation agreement signed between Moscow State Institute of International Relations and the PORA Expert Center On July 2, 2026, a working meeting was held at MGIMO University of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, following which the parties signed a cooperation agreement. The meeting was attended by Maksim Dankin, Director General of PORA; Ekaterina Serova,...
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PORA Sums Up Results of Russian Delegation’s Business Visit to China
Scientific and technical cooperation with Chinese partners is planned to be developed, including in the construction of TTC infrastructure with the implementation of solutions to reduce the carbon footprint and develop the «blue» economy Russian and Chinese specialists assessed the potential for developing and applying climate solutions in the territory of the Russian Arctic Zone...
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PORA Organizes Business Visit of Russian Delegation to China
Representatives of research organizations and major companies hold talks, participate in roundtables, and visit high-tech enterprises and research centers in Qingdao and Shanghai May 26, 2026 The Project Office for Arctic Development (PORA Expert Center) is organizing a business visit of a Russian delegation to China with the aim of promoting technological and scientific cooperation...
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Editor-in-Chief of «Arctic 2035» Magazine Discusses Corporate Strategies Toward Urban Communities in St. Petersburg
Maria Lagutina, Editor-in-Chief of the magazine «Arctic 2035: Current Issues, Challenges, Solutions» and Professor at St. Petersburg State University (SPbGU), took part in the 3rd St. Petersburg Congress of International Relations Researchers «Global and Regional Challenges in a Changing World,» which was held from April 28 to 30, 2026, in St. Petersburg. Section: «International Business...
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PORA Experts Joined MGIMO Meeting with Students
March 04, 2026 On March 3, 2026, Ekaterina Serova, Director of the Department International Affairs at the PORA Expert Center, met with students of the International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy at MGIMO University. During the meeting of the Arctic student club, participants examined the historical-political, legal, and economic aspects of Greenlandic autonomy, the...
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Arctic Cooperation: A Pathway to Renewed Russian-Korean Dialogue?
February 11, 2026 The IV International Scientific Conference The Arctic in Modern World Politics, organised by the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the G.A. Arbatov Institute for the U.S. and Canada Studies, and the Russian Center for Scientific Information focused on issues of strategic transformation in the Arctic, new geopolitical realities,...
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