Prospects for future cooperation between Russia and France in the Arctic

... existed for centuries. Despite the current crisis over Ukraine and the resulting slowdown in French-Russian economic relations, joint energy projects in the Russian Arctic are still maintained, and the economic and social development of the Russian Arctic zone represents attractive prospects for further other French companies’ participation. France is Russia’s 6th European trade partner and more than four hundred French companies have a part of their activity in Russia. At the last annual French business forum organized in Paris on the topic “Réunions avec la Russie” (Meetings with Russia), French ...