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Articles with tag "Arctic"

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Russia’s New Indigenous Policy Enables Unchecked Resource Exploitation, Experts Warn

Beneath the lofty language, the policy framework offers few, if any, tangible benefits to Indigenous communities, Indigenous experts told MT.

Russian Police Launch Criminal Investigation After School Shooting in Arctic

The shooting incident marks the second reported school attack in the Arctic city of Novy Urengoy in as many days.
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Russian Envoy Seeks Cooperation With U.S. at Landmark Washington Talks

Kirill Dmitriev said he discussed cooperation with the U.S. in the Arctic and on rare earth metals but acknowledged that "disagreements" remain.
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Putin Believes Trump Is ‘Serious’ About Annexing Greenland

"It's a deep mistake to think that this is some extravagant talk from the new American administration," the Russian leader said Thursday.
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Russia and U.S. Weigh Arctic Cooperation Following Saudi Arabia Talks – Bloomberg

American officials reportedly view Arctic cooperation as a potential way to “drive a wedge” between Moscow and Beijing.
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opinion Avesta Afshari Mehr

Strategic Alliance or Uneasy Tango for Russia and China in the Arctic?

Trump's interest in buying Greenland has turned international attention to the overlooked Arctic, where Russia and China also seek control.
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Northern Sea Route Shipping Falls Short of Russia’s 2024 Target

Moscow touts the Northern Sea Route as an alternative shipping lane between Europe and Asia.
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Putin Oversees Launch Ceremony for Russia’s Newest Nuclear Icebreaker

The Kremlin leader touted Russia’s icebreaker fleet as crucial for Arctic development and boosting cargo traffic along the Northern Sea Route.
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Russia’s Easy-to-Reach Mineral Deposits Nearly Depleted, Minister Says

“Geologists are forced to move further and further into the Arctic and difficult-to-reach regions of the Far East and Siberia,” Russia’s Natural...
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Pentagon Says Russia Deepening Cooperation With China in Arctic

U.S. defense officials said that, besides military cooperation, China serves as a major funder of Russian energy exploration in the Arctic region.
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Russia Says Intercepted U.S. Bomber Planes Over Arctic

Russia's Defense Ministry said it had scrambled fighter jets to intercept an "air target approaching the state border."
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opinion Charles Digges

Russia’s Radioactive Submarines Remain a Toxic Arctic Threat

The half-finished effort to clean up the remnants of the Soviet nuclear fleet took international cooperation, which the war made impossible.
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EU Firms Supply $630Mln in Equipment to Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 Project Despite Sanctions

The largest suppliers were companies from Italy, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain.
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In Photos: The Remote Arctic Settlement Where Alexei Navalny Spent His Final Weeks

The Moscow Times traveled to the town of Kharp, some 2,000 kilometers northeast of Moscow, where Navalny's prison colony is located.
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Russia Halts Annual Payments to Arctic Council

The United States, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden suspended participation in the Arctic Council over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine...
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Forest Destruction From Wildfires in Russia's North Tripled Since 2002 – Study

An average of more than 1.2 million hectares of Russia’s northern forests were ravaged by wildfires each year between 2012 and 2021.
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Putin Gives Go-Ahead to New Nuclear Icebreaker

The Leningrad is designed to carve through ice to allow trailing cargo ships easier passage through the frozen northern seas.
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Russia’s Isolation Hampers Climate Change Research in the Arctic – Study

"The ability to both track and further project the development of the Arctic biome following climate-induced ecosystem change has deteriorated,” reads...
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Alienated From West, Russia's Scientists Grapple With Working in Isolation

The isolation of Russian science has raised concerns over global cooperation on the world’s deepening climate and environmental crises. 
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IK-3: What We Know About Navalny's New Prison Facility in the Arctic

Accounts from current and former IK-3 prisoners describe a particularly harsh and isolated environment.
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