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Murmansk Oblast is Russia's northwesternmost federal subject, located along the border to Norway and Finland. It is a key Russian region within fisheries, mining and metallurgy and the Armed Forces.
The region is located along coast of the Barents Sea and is expected to become a new oil and gas centre as offshore hydrocarbon resources are developed in the Russian part of the Barents Sea.
The region has a population of about 850,000, of which about 85 percent are ethnically Russian. Out-migration from the region has been considerable over the last 20 years.
The economy of Murmansk Oblast is heavily export-oriented. The region is closely engaged in international cooperation, first of all as key stakeholder in the Barents Euro-Arctic Cooperation.
Murmansk makes changes in government structure
Dmitry Dmitriyenko (BarentsPhoto.com)
Photo: Trude Pettersen
Governor Dmitry Dmitriyenko intends to introduce a new government structure without first deputy governors, as well as with a decreased number of deputy governors.
Murmansk Oblast has overcome the financial crisis and is now ready to implement the government changes, the Governor highlights in a press release. He also underlines that the new powers which will be transferred to the regional government from federal and municipal authorities in January 2011, necessitates structural changes in his government.
-The structure of the regional government should not be permanent, but must be a living organism which meets the challenges of our time, Dmitriyenko underlines.
