Russia's Far North

Introduction: Contested Russian Arctic Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen

Part 1: Energy and economy Chapter 1. Economic Development of the Arctic Regions of Russia Shinichiro Tabata, Tomoko Tabata Chapter 2. Perspectives of Oil and Gas Development in the Russian Arctic Masumi Motomura Chapter 3. Northern Sea Route (NSR) shipping, current status and its feasibility Natsuhiko Otsuka, Toru Tamura, Masahiko Furuichi Chapter 4. Planning for a Sustainable Arctic: Regional development in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Russia) Daria Gritsenko, Elena Efimova

Part 2: Diplomacy and security Chapter 5. The Twofold Development of the Arctic - where do the Arctic states stand? Lassi Heininen Chapter 6. Potential transboundary maritime energy disputes in the Arctic: the Russian perspective Valery Konyshev, Alexander Sergunin Chapter 7. Examining the execution of Russian military-security policies and programs in the Arctic Pavel K. Baev

Part 3: Business and environment Chapter 8. Russian Arctic Development and Environmental Discourse Masahiro Tokunaga Chapter 9. Are Finnish Firms Willing to Explore the Russian Maritime and Offshore Industry? Perceptions of Finnish SMEs of the Russian Market and Export Collaboration Hanna Makinen, Eini Haaja Chapter 10. Cutting through Channels: Local Entrepreneurship of Indigenous Actors in Arctic Russia Masanori Goto Chapter 11. Disappearing White Fish and Remaining Black Fish in the Lower Ob' River and Its Tributaries: Conflict over the Use of Fish Resources between Indigenous People and Non-locals Yuka Oishi

Part 4: Identity and community Chapter 12. Telling domestic and international policy stories: The case of Russian Arctic policy Daria Gritsenko, Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen Chapter 13. Simulating Sovereignty: The Role of the Arctic in Constructing Russian Post-Imperial Identity Sergei Medvedev Chapter 14. The Arctic in Russia's Fin-de-Siecle Imagination: The Paintings and Writings of Aleksandr Borisov Otto Boele Chapter 15. The image of the Russian North in I.Bilibin's creative work Dmitry Baranov