Over 100 Experimental Research Tasks completed during Safe Arctic 2023 Exercise

As part of Russia’s chairmanship of the Arctic Council in 2021–2023, the Safe Arctic 2023 experimental research exercises took place in nine regions of Russia’s Arctic zone on 6–7 April, 6 and 7, 2023.
Organized and coordinated by the Russian Ministry for Civil Defence, Emergency Situations, and the Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters (EMERCOM) with the support of the Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and the Arctic, the Roscongress Foundation manages the events of the chairmanship.

The group from the Unified State System of Prevention and Response to Emergencies included more than 3,500 specialists and 650 units of equipment during the exercises. Over two days of practical training, the rescuers completed 110 experimental research tasks, and also undertook practical actions to provide assistance from the air, on water, underground, and on land. 

Representatives of 16 foreign states, including Saudi Arabia, Serbia, and Iran, observed the actions of the Russian rescuers. Representatives of more than 20 federal executive bodies, ten businesses, and two state corporations took part in the experimental research exercises said, EMERCOM Minister Alexander Kurenkov, who personally supervised the exercises.