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Russian Ministries with Connections to the USCG isevolvingtotakeresponsibilityforadditionalmaritimefunctions. ViceAdmiralYuriyAlekeseyev,theheadoftheRussianCoastGuard,isequivalenttotheUSCGCommandant, and represents his service at the North PacifcCoastGuardForumandtheNorthAtlantic CoastGuardForum. TheBorderGuardisgeographicallysubdividedlike theU.S.CoastGuard.TheKamchatkaBorderGuard istheregionalcommandwithtiestotheUSCG,coveringtheareaofeasternRussiathatsharesaborder withtheUSCG17thDistrict(D17)inAlaska.D17CommanderRearAdmiralThomasOsteboinheriteda longstandinginstitutionalrelationshipthatpredates thecollapseoftheSovietUnion.Hemeetstwicea yearwithRearAdmiralSergeyV.Scherbakov,commanderoftheKamchatkaBorderGuard.Asasignof friendship,USCGcuttersoccasionallymakeportcalls ineasternRussiainconjunctionwiththosemeetings. Thisstrongrelationshipbetweenthetwoserviceshas enduredevenduringtimeswhenthenation-to-nation relationshipshavestruggledinotherareas. Federal Security Service ● o Arctic Emergency Response With an increase in human activity in the Arctic comesgreaterrisk,whichmeansthatSARandspill responseareincreasinglyimportant.Buildingstrong relationships with potential response partners is essentialfortheCoastGuard.BecausetheU.S.Coast Guard'sandRussianCoastGuard'sresponsibilitiesdo notcompletelyalign,thebestconnectioniswiththe StateMaritimePollutionControl,Salvage,andRescue Administration(orSMPCSRA).Thatadministration hasanetworkofcommandcentersthroughoutRussia thatcoordinateRussianemergencyresponseassets. TheUSCGand MPCSRAhaveagreementsinplace S www.uscg.mil/proceedings Coast Guard, with responsibility for operational fsheries law enforcement, some fsheries policy, maritime border patrol, other law enforcement, and some SAR when assets are available (but not SAR command and control). The two regions close to Alaska are called the Kamchatka Border Guard Directorate and the Chukotka Border Guard Directorate. Ministry of Transport ● Department of State Policy in the Field of Sea and River Transport, manages merchant ship port state control, navigational safety, and international standards development at the International Maritime Organization. ● Federal Agency for Transportation Oversight, owns a piece of port state control of merchant ships. ● Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transport, and its subdivisions: Arguablythestrongestandmostvisibleconnection betweentheUSCGandtheRussiangovernmentis thefsheriesenforcementcooperationbetweenD17 and the Kamchatka Border Guard. Strong fisheries enforcement is in the national interest of both c ountries. D17 personnelshare information daily relatingto fshingvesselsoperatingnearthemaritimeboundary. District17staffersalsocooperateregularlytocurb trans-shipmentoffishcaughtillegallyintheRussianexclusiveeconomiczone,periodicallyproviding C-130airbornesurveillancetodirectRussianCoast Guardshipstointerceptsuspectfshingvessels.This isavalue-addforbothnations. Border Guard of which the Coast Guard is a component. o Northern Sea Route Administration, currently in its infancy, will centralize control of icebreakers, ice pilots, communications, charting, maritime domain awareness, and SAR. o State Maritime Pollution Control, Salvage, and Rescue Administration, (SMPCSRA) with command and control for SAR and marine pollution incidents. o Russian Maritime Security Service, with responsibility for port security, specifcally implementing the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code. Ministry of Emergency Situations ● "EMERCOM" provides SAR and pollution response assets to SMPCSRA, which controls them. Ministry of Agriculture ● The Federal Fishery Agency manages fsheries science and policy. tofacilitateSARandpollutionresponse.Onapracticallevel,theD17staffcommunicatesdirectlywith SMPCSRAaboutSARalertstoconfrmwhichnation willrespond. Arctic Multilateralism and Governance ForArcticissues,theU.S.governmentgainsconsensuswiththeRussiansinmultinationalorganizations Summer 2013 Proceedings 73