Interview with Yury Sergeyev, Bellona Foundation

In February 2012, The Arctic Institute’s Tom Fries interviewed Yury Sergeyev about his work for the Bellona Foundation’s offices in Murmansk, Russia. Yury talks frankly about the many intractable challenges that confront the development of renewable energy in the Russian Arctic, and in Russia generally, focusing largely on regulatory uncertainty and simple lack of economic incentives to make the switch. Yury’s many stories paint a picture of a country with enormous potential, waiting for the right moment to become a formidable producer.