On 9 March, Ruslan Kukharuk, Governor of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug-Yugra, met with Vladimir Vasilev, Executive Director of the Northern Forum.
At the meeting they discussed the possibility of holding the Northern Forum Governors' Council at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in June. At this meeting it is planned to summarise the results of Ugra's chairmanship of the Northern Forum and to admit new member regions.
It was agreed to increase interaction and to involve the organisation in the work of international projects implemented in the Autonomous Okrug.