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Russia Plans NMTP Stake Sale to Help Plug Budget Gap

NMTP controls several strategically important assets, including the Novorossiysk oil terminal on the Black Sea and the Primorsk terminal on the Baltic...

opinion Emily Ferris

Russia's Extraordinary Route to North Korea Shows the Limits of Moscow's Arctic Shipping Dreams

You only ship nuclear reactor components across your country via a circuitous route half way around the world if you have no other option.

opinion Vselovod Levchenko and Charles Digges

The Northern Sea Route Is Risky – and Russia Is Not Prepared

Pivoting from the Strait of Hormuz to the Arctic risks unique environmental disasters that Russia has shown it cannot handle.

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