Abstract
The paper focuses on the international activities of St Petersburg in the Arctic region in 2019-2022. The research is based on paradiplomacy theory, which is a particular case within the neoliberal international relations paradigm framework. The aim is to analyze St. Petersburg's international activities and its position in relation to Arctic actors. To achieve this, the Social Network Analysis (SNA) method is utilized to investigate the relationships between St. Petersburg, including its branches, foreign and international counterparts. SNA is applied to provide a comprehensive approach when examining the facts of cooperation and for dynamic consideration of transformations over time. The research sources comprise formal records of the execution of international collaboration treaties, as well as the external economic relationships of the St. Petersburg Committee on External Relations. These reports were deconstructed, and data were encoded for subsequent network analysis and modeling. The findings reveal that in addition to general transformations of the networks, which were also tracked by changes in statistical parameters, instances of cooperation between St. Petersburg and Arctic actors are represented by preferential cooperation with Finland. This leads to the conclusion that triangulation of data can be accomplished by referencing supplementary data sources and including them in the research.
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