Frozen Baikal Lake Interview with Nikolay Korchunov, Russia’s Senior Arctic Official 30 March 2020The Russian Federation Nikolay Korchunov is a career diplomat who has served as the Ambassador at Large for the Arctic Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Russia and the Senior Arctic Official of the Russian Federation to the Arctic Council since December 2018. One year into his position, we asked the ambassador about his experiences in the Arctic Council.