News & Views on the Russian presence within the Arctic Circle
28 April 2010
This report in прийм-тасс emphasizes that historic handshakes (vecti has videofootage of the press conference) are not quite the same thing as detailed agreement. The report states that, ‘Москва рассчитывает на диалог по этому вопросу’, which roughly means that Moscow is considering the dialogue on this issue, which is the precise... Read More...
27 April 2010
The importance of this doesn’t need to be emphasized but utro.ru have reported that Norway and Russia have concluded an agreement about the delineation of maritime boundaries in the Barents Sea which will be called, ‘Agreement on maritime delimitation and cooperation in the Barents Sea and Arctic Ocean.” The report stresses that the precise legal details still need... Read More...
26 April 2010
In the light of concerns about the relative (declining?) position of the west in the world, such as these expressed in this book by an HSBC economist, I often wonder whether it would be better if western countries couldn’t fix on a more coordinated approach to issues such as Russia’s development of the Arctic region. Medvedev’s visit to Norway to discuss such... Read More...
24 April 2010
infox.ru reports on Norway’s negotiations with Russia concerning the Barents Sea ahead of the visit next week of President Medvedev to Oslo. The headline emphasizes that Norway is in no hurry to conclude an agreement, which contradicts some opinion expressed before when the Norwegians went to Moscow. The tangle of issues includes Spitzbergen and even the Shtokman project. The... Read More...
19 March 2010
Medvedev’s comments that Russia is being prevented from exercising its legitimate rights in the Arctic have been rejected and criticized by Canada and Norway. Norway argues that Medvedev was using rhetorical strategies, while Canada, according to иифох, has stated that Russia is ‘playing games’. There is to be a meeting of the five Arctic states – Norway,... Read More...
18 March 2010
вести.ru were the first to broadcast, there is video, Medvedev’s remarks to the Security Council of the Russian Federation. There is a need to obtain the correct balance between the competitiveness of Russia’s economy and measures to combat environmental change, according to Medvedev. This is fair enough but Medvedev also commented on the, ‘ недопустимости... Read More...
17 February 2010
Despite some recent doubts about the immediate future of the field, the latest on the Shtokman project is that Russian companies are now bidding to build the platforms and rigs, and the various ships, barges and pontoons needed for the project. прийm-тасс carried an article by one Dmitry Lyutyagin from Veles Capital who is optimistic about the long-term prospects for Gazprom. It... Read More...
18 November 2009
Риа-новости continues the scientific arguments about ice-cover in the Arctic by reporting on research done by Russian scientists using satellite remote sensing. The scientists give 2050 as a date when the Arctic coastal areas could be ice-free during the summer for the first time. The research was completed under the auspices of the Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Institute... Read More...
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