Russia, which controls this route, sees the Arctic as a good opportunity to boost its economic development. As for China, it views the Northern Sea Route as an essential component of its Belt and ...

TASS/. Projects, being implemented in the Russian Federation's Arctic Zone, make one-fifth of the Russian economy, Minister for Development of the Far East and Arctic Alexey Chekunkov said.

China and Russia, in the area, which are deeply concerning to us and, frankly, their aggression and assertions in the region ...

Environment minister says Russia will shell out $28 mln on ... version of the state program for the social and economic development of the Arctic zone would be adopted. The program’s term ...

Arctic passages would allow Chinese cargo ships to avoid impact of hostilities in the Middle East on Suez Canal traffic.

reviving Soviet-era military bases and reinforcing its Arctic presence from the Kola Peninsula onward. But it is not just military power Russia seeks — it is also economic dominance. The ...

Among other things, Russia will introduce the design for a new super-nuclear icebreaker by the end of 2015.

President Biden said the measures would also target people connected with the imprisonment of Mr Navalny, who died in an Arctic penal ... year of the war, Russia's economy shrank by 2.1%, external ...

The West’s economic weapons are missing their ... After shutting its main gas pipeline to Europe in 2022, Russia had hoped that Arctic LNG 2, an ultra-modern export facility, would open big ...