VIKTOR TCHERNOMYRDINE WILL MAKE IN MOTONEIGE PART OF THE WAY OF THE "
GREAT FORWARDING OF NORTH "







MOSCOW, March 13.  / Corr.  RIA " Novosti " Ekaterina Efremova /. the
depute has Douma Viktor Tchernomyrdine will make in motoneige part of
the way of the Great Scandinavian forwarding organisee under the old
people's homes of UNESCO.




In a maintenance grants has RIA " Novosti " the Russian ex-first
minister, which is a president of the international Steering Committee
of forwarding, has advertisement that Wednesday it would take the
plane for Mourmansk and that Scandinavian Forwarding debuterait on
March 16 of Zapoliarny, one quotes situee not far from this city.




The premiere started from forwarding will be deroulera in motoneiges.
  " With the principal group and has dimension of the head of
forwarding I will pass until A the border norvegienne ", has precise
Mr. Tchernomyrdine.  Then, forwarding will advance in sledges cars by
dogs but the ex-first minister will have to already leave the
travellers, which he " regrets much ", according to him.




This group of browsers of North will pass in sledges along the Polar
circle on the Scandinavian terriroires of Russia, of the United States
(Alaska), of Canada, of Denmark (Greenland), of Iceland, of Norway, of
Sweden and Finland.  Forwarding is dirigee by the regular member of
the geographic Company Russian Serguei Soloviev.  Among the
travellers, one finds the doctor and administrator of the group,
Vladimir Rybine and the " kaiour " (to notch) Filippe Ardeiev.




The second group of forwarding will be deplacera in transport mecanic.
Y will form to part a artist-painter, a photographer, a redactor and
an operator of video turnings.  The contact with the rest of the world
will be maintained by means of the satellite connection.




In 1982-1983, Soloviev and its team had covered in sledges of dogs
more than 10 000 kilometres, within the framework of Scandinavian
forwarding organizes by a newspaper.




The principal goal of forwarding is to draw the attention of official
circles, the businessmen and the opinion to the problems of Russian
North.  According to members' of forwarding, it is necessary to make
much to develop its cultural and educational base.