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“…The Government has an enduring interest in furthering social development with an eye to rent distribution, balance between the centre and the regions and overall maintenance of social order (Dusseault 2012). In its Arctic strategy, the Government seeks 'complex socio-economic development', including improvement of the quality of life of the indigenous population and social level of economic activities in the Arctic, development of the resource base of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation by means of the utilisation of forward-looking technology, modernisation and development of the infrastructure of the Arctic transport system.…”