On March 29, President of Russia Vladimir Putin will visit Alexandra Land in the Franz Josef Land Archipelago to inspect the results of the environmental cleanup effort in the Russian Arctic and meet with environmentalists, according to the Kremlin press service.

On March 29, the president will travel to Alexandra Land in the Franz Josef Land Archipelago to review the effort to mitigate the environmental damage in the Russian Arctic that was based on instructions given during a previous trip to the island in April 2010, the report says.

Mr. Putin will meet with the Russian Arctic National Park's Omega field station staff. Scientists will discuss the environmental cleanup on the six most affected islands of the archipelago, preserving biodiversity in the Arctic, and the prospects for tourism.