Current State and Prospects for Improving Legislation in the Field of Granting the Right to Use Subsoil Plots and Environmental Protection of the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation

Abstract

The article examines the current state and prospects for improving legislation in the sphere of granting the right to use subsoil plots and protecting the environment of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation. The conclusion is drawn showing that the special legal regime of these territories determines the specifics of granting the right to use subsoil and their special protection. It is proved that sustainable development of this region in the long term is impossible without wide application of methods of economic and tax stimulation, use of public-private partnership mechanisms that envisage the implementation of perspective infrastructural, social, innovative, environmental and other projects in the use of subsoil.