MOSCOW, November 2. /TASS/. Russia has been taking all measures to ward off possible risks and threats that the Northern Sea Route may face, Nikolay Korchunov, the Foreign Ministry’s special ambassador, senior official in the Arctic Council from Russia, has told TASS on the sidelines of the international forum Public-Private Partnership in the Sphere of Sustainable Development of Indigenous Peoples.

"The Northern Sea Route is a project related to the national security of our country. Therefore, all measures are being taken to anticipate all those risks and threats that the Northern Sea Route may face due to actions by some states or those organizations that for some reason do not like or find it detrimental to their interests," Korchunov said in response to a relevant question.

The Northern Sea Route is the shortest shipping link between the European part of Russia and the Far East. Its length from the Kara Strait to the Providence Bay is about 5,6000. It is located entirely within Russia's territorial waters and exclusive economic zone.