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СЕВЕР И РЫНОК: формирование экономического порядка. 2022. № 2. С. 69-81. Sever i rynok: formirovanie ekonomicheskogo poryadka [The North and the Market: Forming the Economic Order], 2022, no. 2, pp. 69-81. СТРАТЕГИЧЕСКОЕ УПРАВЛЕНИЕ РЕГИОНАМИ ИАРКТИЧЕСКАЯ ПОЛИТИКА After collecting the data and analyzing institutional terms and conditions of the international cooperation, it has been found that currently, the Arctic is governed not by a special legal regime but by the so-called "soft law" implying advisory nature of the rules and norms set forth in the International treaties. The analysis of international documents on ecology aspects has allowed finding out the following. Among the Arctic countries, cooperation is quite developed in environmental aspects. However, there is neither a single international agreement on environmental standards for the business and economic activity in the Arctic, nor any special rules on its protection. The International treaties primarily cover the questions of protecting the natural environment, in particular, the unique animal world, Russia Murmansk region Chukotka Autonomous District ensuring environmental security, safety of shipping, and aligning the countries' interests when it comes to exploiting aquatic biological resources, exploring and mining mineral products. Assessment o f the dependencies between the indicators characterizing the socio-economic transformations o f Russia's Polar regions The authors have determined then the relationship between the indicators characterizing the socio-economic transformations of Russia's Polar regions. Figure 2 shows the temporary GRP changes, the number of employees and investments in fixed assets ofthe four Polar regions and the Russian Federation as a whole. Nenets Autonomous District Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District GRP — Fixed investment — Number of employees Fig. 2. GRP production in Russia and the Russian Arctic regions The consideration of the current pattern observed in regions of Russia's Polar regions has enabled the authors to find out the following: - the behavior of the average annual number of employees features various trends (downturn: Murmansk Region, 1,9 % per year, Chukotka Autonomous District 2,5 % per year; growth: Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District, 1,8 % per year; a stable level: Nenets Autonomous District); - three of the four regions have a stable growth of fixed investment (Nenets Autonomous District) - - 15 % per year, Murmansk Region - - 9,5 % per year, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District - - 6,8 % per year), while in Chukotka Autonomous District, there is no clear trend, with a sharp decline coming after the surge; © Скуфьина Т. П., Баранов С. В., Самарина В. П., Самарин А. В., 2022 76