Diamond Detour
In partnership with ProSleduet Media
How Russian Diamonds Continue to Reach Europe and the US Despite Sanctions
Key Stakeholders of the Russian Arctic
Who really makes the decisions about the region’s development? This project helps uncover who shapes Russia’s Arctic agenda today — and makes regional decision-making more transparent and easier to understand.
Like Fish in Water: Patrushev Ushers Security Forces to the Arctic
In partnership with Novaya Gazeta
The Russian Maritime Board is turning into a new power structure and a personal PR project for Presidential Aide Nikolai Patrushev.
What we do?
SecuritizationInternational cooperationClimate CrisisSoviet LegacyEnergy TransitionGeneral OverviewNGOs in the Russian ArcticArctic OrganizationsScience and EducationSanctions AftermathExtractive CompaniesProfilePublic OpinionRights of indigenous peoplesArctic StakeholdersEcologyScience and Technology
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.
