The Arctic plays in international cooperation, due to its geographical location and the wealth of natural resources. The international legal regulation of the Arctic regime is fixed at the level of international multilateral and bilateral agreements. Multilateral international agreements are aimed at regulating the Arctic marine spaces and protecting the environment in this region. Bilateral agreements are aimed at the settlement of border disputes between the Arctic States, as well as economic cooperation. Analysis of bilateral international agreements concluded between the Russian Federation and countries such as Canada, the Kingdom of Norway, the United States of America, as well as the United Kingdom allows us to come to the following conclusions: the issues of international cooperation between the Russian Federation and Canada in the field of trade and commercial relations, environmental protection have been most fully worked out., issues of joint economic activity in the Svalbard archipelago, fishing were resolved and territorial disputes were settled between Russia and Norway. International agreements with other mentioned countries are mainly aimed at establishing territorial borders

Arctic, Arctic states, bilateral international treaties, Russia, Canada, Kingdom of Norway, USA

Meshcherikov Viktor Alexandrovich – Candidate of Juridical Sciences, the Associate Professor of the Department of International Law, Law Institute, Siberian Federal University (6, Maerchaka str., Krasnoyarsk, 660075, Russian Federation), e-mail: v.a.mesherikov@mail.ru

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