The article is dedicated to outlining possible ways of extending Russian presence in the Arctic through cooperation with the Asian emerging economies (namely China, India and Pakistan). In the first part Beijing, Delhi, Islamabad ambitions in the circumpolar north are analyzed. For more comprehensive analysis the insight into tensions withing China-India-Pakistan triangle is given. In the second part the author demonstrates existing formats of Russian cooperation with China and India (both bilateral and multilateral ones). The scheme of establishing mutually beneficial Moscow-Beijing cooperation, based on both sides` advantages and weaknesses, is elaborated.