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Open-pit mine in winter with terraced benches and haul trucks — industrial extraction site and transportation of mined rock.
Open-pit mine in a mountain taiga landscape — industrial mineral extraction set among forest, rolling hills, and distant mountain ranges.

Coal in the Lungs, Money in the Holding

How Yakutugol financed Mechel at its own expense and to the detriment of the region

Dust And Noise

How does Elga coal threaten the environment?

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Discover what’s happening behind the scenes of Arctic politics and economics.

Transparency of Arctic activities is the foundation of a sustainable future

Our Mission
Arctida investigates what lies beneath the surface of grand projects and official rhetoric in the Russian Arctic.We collect data, trace hidden connections, and reveal who makes decisions—and where those decisions lead. We examine the impacts of climate change, militarization, and growing industrial pressure on the region, exposing corruption and violations of Indigenous rights. We work to make Arctic processes clear and transparent, amplify voices that are being silenced, and build bridges between knowledge and action—and between the Arctic and the world.
Our Mission

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