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In the Russian region of Yakutia, deliveries of petroleum products to the Nizhny Bestyakh station are continuing as part of planned work to replenish fuel storage facilities. The total volume of the shipment is 19.5 thousand tonnes, according to Deputy Minister for Civil Defence and Life Safety of the Population Nikita Pavlov.
Yakutia's Ministry of Transport and Road Management has reported that ferry crossings across the region are beginning to close. The Yakutsk – Nizhny Bestyakh crossing on the Lena River is expected to operate until 23 October 2026, after which it will switch to an off-season timetable with higher fares. The Kachikatsy – Mokhsogollokh crossing is expected to run until 20 October 2026.
Aisen Nikolaev, head of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic and chair of the State Council's energy commission, took part in a session of the international forum Russian Energy Week. Heads of federal agencies, nuclear and hydropower generators, regional leaders and lawmakers discussed launching a new investment cycle in the electricity sector and the mechanisms for attracting investment in generation facilities.
The annual TO:KU FEST 2026 festival, dedicated to Yakut animation, took place on 17 October at the Marfa and Sergey Rastorguyev State Circus of Yakutia in Yakutsk. The event was organised by Tooku, the children's television channel of NVK Sakha. The programme included a concert, master classes, games and other entertainment for children and parents.
Aisen Nikolaev, head of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and chair of the State Council's energy commission, spoke at a discussion held at the Russian Energy Week international forum on balancing economics and regional specifics in the social gasification programme. He said building one kilometre of gas pipeline in permafrost and low temperatures can cost two to three times the national average.
The social gasification potential in Yakutia exceeds 14,000 homes, according to the head of the republic, Aisen Nikolaev, who spoke at the Russian Energy Week forum.
Kirill Bychkov, Chairman of the Government of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), presented plans to modernise energy infrastructure in the republic's Arctic districts at Russian Energy Week in Moscow. In his speech, he discussed hybrid generation, the renewal of diesel power plants and prospects for introducing small nuclear energy.
The Sakha Republic (Yakutia) increased its coal exports by 43% in January–August 2026, to 28 million tonnes from 19.6 million tonnes in the same period of 2025. Head of the republic Aisen Nikolaev announced the figures at the international forum Russian Energy Week.
Ivan Alekseev, acting Minister of Finance of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), said on October 15 at public hearings in the State Assembly (Il Tumen) that from January 1, 2027, the minimum wage including regional coefficients and northern allowances will be 72,300 rubles in the first zone and 81,018 rubles in the second zone.
Acting Finance Minister of Yakutia Ivan Alekseyev said the republic's draft budget for 2027 and the planning period is still under discussion and is not final. Funds will be mandatorily redistributed and included in the republic's budget by the second reading, once updated data on federal transfers is received.
A 245-bed Republican Infectious Clinical Hospital is planned in Yakutsk, the capital of Yakutia, as part of the city's master plan. The project is among initiatives under the national project «Longevity and Active Life», carried out with support from President Vladimir Putin.
From 1 January 2027, the minimum wage (MROT) in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia, Russia) will be 72,300 rubles in zone 1 and 81,018 rubles in zone 2. Acting Finance Minister Ivan Alekseyev announced the figures on 15 October at open hearings in the Il Tumen legislature.
The operational headquarters of Yakutia published up-to-date data on fuel sales at gas stations as of 09:00 on 16 October 2026. At Tuymaada-Neft stations, temporary restrictions on fuel sales, including sales into containers, have been lifted, and diesel is unrestricted across the network. At SibOil stations, limits on AI-92 and AI-95 have been removed; customers can buy fuel with cash or cards without volume limits, including into containers.
Aisen Nikolaev, head of Yakutia and chair of the State Council commission on energy, took part in a session of the international forum Russian Energy Week, devoted to the efficiency of energy generation. The event was organised by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Russia and moderated by its president, Sergey Katyrin.
The education and science committee of the State Assembly of the Sakha Republic (Il Tumen), chaired by People's Deputy Antonina Grigorieva, held a meeting. Deputies reviewed in first reading a bill providing for state funding of secure high-speed internet in the republic's education organizations and recommended that it be adopted.
On 15 October, the first International Forum 'Cooperation for the Sake of Peace and Harmony of Peoples' started in Yakutsk, the capital of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. Participants include representatives of Armenia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Moscow and other Russian regions, including Khabarovsk Krai and Samara Oblast.
On 15 October 1956, a powerful natural gas fountain erupted from a well in Yakutia, marking the discovery of the Ust-Vilyuy gas field. Seventy years later, the find is remembered as the first gas field in Yakutia and the start of the region's modern gas industry.
Total revenue of Yakutia's state budget for 2027 is set to reach 337 billion 583 million rubles, the acting finance minister, Ivan Alekseyev, said. He presented the figures on October 15 at public hearings in the Il Tumen regional parliament. The hearings discussed draft law No. 445-7 on the republic's state budget for 2027 and the 2028 and 2029 planning period.
A fake document announcing additional sanitary and educational measures in medical institutions of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) has circulated, linked to the entry and spread risk of plague. The Rospotrebnadzor administration for the Sakha Republic issued a warning about it.
Nikolai Bochkov, acting first deputy chairman of the Yakutia government, held a working meeting with Aleksei Eresko, deputy minister of construction and housing and utilities of Russia. The sides considered issues important to the republic, including the passage of the heating season, fuel supply and modernisation of utility infrastructure.
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