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#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. More than ten years ago, when Sergey Serbin opened his online store selling coffee and began promoting this noble drink in Norilsk, he could not imagine that his product would become a recognizable brand. The Nornickel company provided an interest-free loan to the entrepreneur ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Twelve schoolchildren, the winners of the Icebreaker of Knowledge scientific and educational project’s fifth season’s qualifying stage, will go to the North Pole in August, the project’s press service reported. “We’ve selected the best guys who are interested in chemistry, physics, mathematics, biology - natural ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. An unusual piece of equipment has appeared in the transport fleet of Norilsktransgaz - an ambulance based on a trackol all-terrain vehicle. The mobile ambulance is equipped with the most modern medical equipment and adapted to northern conditions. “The enterprise’s employees and contractors work in ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. At the St. Petersburg economic forum, the Krasnoyarsk region’s governor Mikhail Kotyukov discussed the creation of a high-tech technopark in the region with the leadership of the Skolkovo Foundation. “The project was developed by the Skolkovo foundation together with the region's Digital development ministry and ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Krasnoyarsk region’s government and the Synergy corporation have entered into an agreement on cooperation in social, educational and other spheres, the regional government’s website reports. The cooperation’s key subject is increasing the accessibility of education for the region residents. Synergy corporation invites the Krasnoyarsk ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Nornickel company and the Federal Agency for Nationalities Affairs (FANA) of Russia signed an additional agreement to the document, valid from 2023, on measures to support the indigenous peoples of the North. Nornickel has long been implementing a program to support indigenous peoples. It ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Norilsk residents submitted ten team applications for the Residents are Changing the City competition. First, the jury selected six ones - their authors finalized their projects with professionals from the Norilsk Development Agency (NDA). Five projects reached the final stage. After a public defense, the ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Analysts calculated, based on Rosstat data, how much money Russian families have after mandatory spending, and compiled a welfare rating in different regions of the country. The study was commissioned by RIA Novosti. The top three are the Yamalo-Nenets district, Moscow and the Hanty-Mansiysk district ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Metropolitan Ignatius of Saratov and Volsky presented Nornickel president Vladimir Potanin with a medal for many years of charitable assistance. Ekaterina Potanina was also awarded the medal of the Venerable Martyr Sophia, established by the Saratov Metropolis for mercy and help to others. “With the Nornickel’s ...