Cyber-terrorism as a threat to national security in the Arctic region

This article represents the first experience in the research of possibilities and probabilities of cyber attacks in the Arctic region, namely the defeat and withdrawal from the ABM system, and computer control systems of drilling rigs, which can harm both national security and ecological state of the Arctic. Additionally, this article highlights the question of the possible impact of acts of cyberterrorism on the development of the Arctic sector of Russia, in other words, there are studied International Relations of Russia in the 'new political areas' − circumpilar area and global informative sphere