Norway creates second brigade in Arctic to monitor border with Russia
Defense Minister Tore O. Sandvik called the new Finnmark Brigade "a necessary response to a more uncertain security situation" along the Russian border
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NYT: China, “the enemy,” targets Russian tech, territory, and scientists, leaked FSB file shows
Despite official unity, Russian counterintelligence sees China as a growing strategic threat.
Russia is quietly rearming the Arctic, ex-NATO chief warns
Climate change isn't just melting ice caps—it's opening new territory for Putin's ambitions as Russia reopens Soviet-era bases across the Arctic.
French, Danish shipyards enable Russian Arctic gas exports through winter
European shipyards maintain critical Russian LNG tankers that transport Arctic gas during peak winter demand, exposing a significant gap in Western sanctions as Moscow continues accessing lucrative energy markets.
Britain must stop Glasgow firm’s Arctic ships from funding Putin’s war
The UK government banned Russian LNG imports but left a glaring loophole: Glasgow-based Seapeak Maritime's fleet of Arctic ships continues facilitating Putin's global gas trade worth billions.
Russia’s Arctic fossil fuel boom fuels Ukraine war and climate crisis
Moscow's reckless exploitation of Arctic reserves threatens global climate targets while bankrolling its invasion of Ukraine. Yet China's growing involvement complicates Western efforts to curtail Russia's destructive expansion in the region.
German and Canadian defence ministers forge Arctic cooperation amid Russian threat
Arctic, where Russia maintains a substantial military presence, is considered strategically crucial should any military conflict with Russia spill over into Arctic territories.
Russia left out in the cold as US sanctions torpedo LNG project
Russia's Arctic LNG 2 project now needs alternative investors, carriers, and equipment: its partners chose to leave over face the wrath of US third country sanctions
Putin’s war in Ukraine jeopardizes Russia’s expansive goals in the Arctic
In small ways and large, Vladimir Putin’s recent escalation of the Russian war in Ukraine has “put in…
Moscow set to claim even more of Arctic on basis of research by Russian Navy
Research by Russian naval vessels will allow Moscow to claim even more of the Arctic Ocean as extending…
Moscow pushing even more expansive claims on Arctic
On March 31, the Russian government filed two new submissions to the UN body overseeing sea borders regarding…
Moscow close to UN recognition that its continental shelf extends far into the Arctic
After almost 20 years of Russian lobbying, a subgroup of the UN Commission on the Limits of the…
Global warming threatens Moscow’s Arctic development plans and the lives of people there
Some Russian officials, including Vladimir Putin, apparently believe that global warming will work to Russia’s ultimate benefit by…
Moscow acting in the Arctic the way Beijing is in the South China Sea, French analyst says
Moscow is now acting in the Arctic the way Beijing is in the South China Sea, a Russian…