Lake in Yamalo Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia

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«The Northern Forum is a key platform for addressing relevant issues of the Arctic territories development and northern nature conservation».

 

Nikolay Korchunov,

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Kingdom of Norway

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Pavel Okladnikov, former regional coordinator for the Nenets Autonomous Okrug – the chair region of the Northern Forum, was appointed Head of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies of the Arkhangelsk oblast.

The former Head of the Department of Digital Development, Telecommunications and Mass Media of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug took up his duties on April 20, 2020. Pavel Okladnikov worked as the Head of the Department since July 2019.

Pavel Okladnikov has been the Regional Coordinator for NAO in the Northern Forum since August 2019.

The new Head of the Ministry of Communications was born in Naryan-Mar, graduated from School No.1. In 2010, he graduated from Saint Petersburg State University of Telecommunications named after Prof. M.A. Bonch-Bruevich, majoring in “Multi-channel telecommunication systems engineer”.

In 2014, he graduated from St. Petersburg State University of Economics with a degree in State and Municipal Management.

From 2006 to 2010, while studying at the university, he worked in the Naryan-Mar squadron and the State Unitary Enterprise Nenets Telecommunications Company (NKES). In 2010, after working as an engineer, he was appointed head of the intra-airport communication services of the Naryan-Mar squadron. In 2012, he returned to the NKES and until 2015 worked in senior positions. In 2015, he was appointed director of Nenets Information and Analytical Center.

In 2018, he was accepted into the civil service as the Deputy Chief of Staff of the NAO administration. On April 1, 2019 - to the post of first Deputy Head of the Department of Digital Development, Telecommunications and Mass Media of the NAO, and three months later appointed as Head of the Department.

Deputy Head of the Department Mikhail Markov has been appointed Acting Head of the Department of Digital Development, Telecommunications and Mass Media of the NAO.

 

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