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Russian Nomads And Arctic Gazprom
Russia has long tried to exploit its resource-rich Arctic territories. Its latest attempt is the Bovanenkovskoye and Kharasaveyskoye gas fields, which are unique in the scale of their reserves. In Gazprom’s own words, their new gas production centre in the Yamal Peninsula is key to the development of the Russian gas industry.
But the area is also home to the Nenets, a nomadic people whose lives are governed by the herds of reindeer they follow across Siberia. In their language “Yamal” means “edge of the world”, and now they fear that they may be pushed over that edge by the changes that industrialisation will inevitably bring.
But the area is also home to the Nenets, a nomadic people whose lives are governed by the herds of reindeer they follow across Siberia. In their language “Yamal” means “edge of the world”, and now they fear that they may be pushed over that edge by the changes that industrialisation will inevitably bring.
