News & Views on the Russian presence within the Arctic Circle
11 May 2010
‘ Право России на часть Арктики не может быть подвергнуто сомнению’ – the right of russia to part of the arctic cannot be called into question. This is the formulation of words that Chilingarov used when interviewed in a journal called Economic Security. Again, in relation to this post I would assert again that... Read More...
6 April 2010
Following on from recent reports about the imminent application re: the Sea of Okhost at a conference called Nedra 2010 one Anatoly Smirnov announces that Russia will make a new submission to the UN’s Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf no sooner than 2013. The remarks were made at this meeting which makes it clear that A.I. Smirnov is an Academician and Dr. of Historical... Read More...
31 March 2010
While the meetings between the Arctic Five took place in Canada there were many reports of increased geographic activity from the Russian side. риа-новости and other sources have reported that the state budget for geography wil have increased by 6.3% during 2010. GZT.ru reports on a completed application to the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf for an extension... Read More...
30 March 2010
Many agencies have, of course, reported on the visit of Foreign Minister Lavrov to Canada. For the most part, there were few hints of any disagreement or any clue as to what might have been discussed behind closed doors. There was one issue, however, which did seem to emerge: what is the appropriate forum for discussing Arctic issues? риа-новости contextualised the issues... Read More...
11 February 2010
It has been a long time coming but радио голос росии carried an interview with Artur Chilingarov, all round Russian Arctic hero, the kind of Arctic veteran that makes Pen Haddow look like BenFogle. His comments touch on a number of significant areas including: the claim at the UN where ‘cоблюсти свои национальные интересы России... Read More...
3 February 2010
Despite the recent doubts as to the economic prospects for the Shtokman project, which this blog will follow as best as it can, техноПрогресс has reported that 1.3 billions roubles has been allocated for hydrographic and geophysical studies into what it calls, ‘обоснования внешней границы континентального шельфа РФ в Северном... Read More...
4 January 2010
Not much has changed since arctic russia’s last post. In известия the Captain of the ice-breaker Lenin explains that the north is the last frontier of European civilization, that the north is the last untapped planetary reserve (this frequently used word ‘кладовая’ appears odd when translated literally as ‘pantry’ in English), that the future... Read More...
10 December 2009
мурманск-вестник, always a good source, closer to the gritty realities of Arctic Russia today than many of the big nationals, carries what can only be described as a public annoucement. Dimitry Dmitrienko, Governor of Mumansk Oblast, sees a busy future for Murmansk, with increases in wages and over 3/4 of a billion roubles being spent in the region. He emphasizes ‘ the... Read More...
19 November 2009
Россиская-газета has an article with a good up-to-date description of where things are at regarding current thinking on the NSR. The NSR will require require ice-breakers, good infrastructure, search and rescue operations, we know this already. There is also the usual stuff about how it is the shortest route from Asia to Europe. The ice-breaker plans are described... Read More...
10 November 2009
Following on from recent posts, the issue of the appropriateness or not of the cold war metaphor continues to reverberate, with Russian opinion directly attacking Roger Howard’s opinions on ‘the new cold war’. РИАНОВОСТИ reported the remarks of Director of the Institute of Geography, Academician Arkady Tishov. He predicts that a new cold war in the Arctic... Read More...
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