The authorities of Murmansk area and Yamal-Nenets autonomous region are interested in interaction in trade and economic, scientific and technical, social, cultural and other spheres.The document is signed with a view of development of mutual relations on a stable and long-term basis, considering developed traditions of cooperation in various spheres of social and public life. Two subjects of the Russian Federation have similar problems in the conditions of a geographical arrangement – both are a part of the Arctic zone.