The article dwells on the efforts of the Russian Federation to implement the global project to preserve the Arctic as a zone of peace. The Arctic is a region where all security aspects without exception are closely bound. The Arctic region is the region of great strategic importance for national defense. The implementation of Arctic zone development strategy of Russian Federation and the ensuring of national security for the period up to 2020 and the main contents of the documents of national strategy planning system provides complex escalating of competitive advantages of the Arctic zone in order to strengthen the position of Russian Federation in the Arctic, strengthening international security; the maintenance of peace and stability, as well as the intensification of international cooperation. This region should not become a new arena of international competition, a source of new threats to regional and international security. Having huge potential, Russia has objective opportunities to take a worthy place in the world civilization. Russia is open to mutually beneficial cooperation and is ready for equal cooperation with all countries of the world.

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