News & Views on the Russian presence within the Arctic Circle
30 November 2009
Given that global cooling would actually slow down Russia’s northern development it comes as something of a puzzle, the knowledge that it was Russian hackers that stole/retrieved? documents from the UEA Climate Research Unit. Of course, the intention would be to disrupt negotiations prior to Copenhagen so that serious restrictions on the use of hydrocarbons could be avoided but would... Read More...
30 November 2009
риа-новости and a number of other agencies reported the comments of the former chief of the Northern Fleet, one Admiral Popov who in a report on the security of Russia - 2010 - expresses deep concern about the capabilities of the northern fleet. In a sense, this follow on from concerns about the internationalization of the Arctic. The Admiral makes specific reference to the... Read More...
28 November 2009
The other day I noted an article that demonstrated some concern about whether Russia would be able to control the NSR, and charge for its services. The point was repeated in allnw.ru reporting comments of the Director of the Institute of Ecological Problems in the North based in Arkhangelsk under a title expressing concern about the ‘internationalization’ of the Arctic. The... Read More...
27 November 2009
tv100.ru has television footage of explorer Viktor Boyarsky, and a talk he gave at the museum of the Arctic and the Antarctic in St. Petersburg. The large three-dimensional map of the roof of the world is quite striking. Boyarsky is Director of the Arctic and Antarctic Museum in St. Petersburg and head of the Victory in Arctic and Antarctic research. He has worked under Chilingarov. t.v.21.ru has... Read More...
26 November 2009
Navy.ru reports on the first steps of the USA into the Arctic international relations of the 21st century with the publication of the Road Map for Future Arctic Operations. The initial stages will be exploratory work done by the US Coastguard and the Navy on the problems of mounting large-scale operations in the Arctic. It is recognized that the USA has not invested in its Arctic fleet. ... Read More...
25 November 2009
popmechanic.ru reports on the arrival of the Yamal ice-breaker, which was busy over the summer, and its arrival in Murmansk, where it is now docked alongside the Arktica - a legendary ice-breaker from Soviet times. This photograph of the bow of the Yamal published over the summer shows the teeth painted on the front and ‘popmechanic’ reports that this was painted there... Read More...
24 November 2009
An article in ино.СМИ.ru, which is actually a Spanish article re-published, describes the importance of ex-FSB Director Nikolai Petrushev now Chairman of Russia’s Security Council. The article draws attention to the claims that were made about him in Litvenyenko’s book ’Blowing up Russia.’ The article asserts that this man – Petrushev - sees... Read More...
21 November 2009
Under the heading ‘melting permafrost is fraught with catastrophe’ Комплюента reports on the press conference following a conference in St. Petersburg on the melting permafrost in the Russian north. The list of participants included Kirpotkin from Siberia. The dangers are to infrastructure and, as Kirpotkin has argued for some years, to the dangers of methane in... Read More...
21 November 2009
I have noted these flights before so might as well continue so радио голос росии reports on the the flight of two strategic bomber Ty-95’s over international waters in the Atlantic and Arctic. That is four flights recorded since September. Риа-новости reports that the flights were over the Aleutian Islands not the Atlantic. Read More →
19 November 2009
To demonstrate the connection between geographical sciences in Russia and state economic and development policies you need go no further than follow the extensive coverage given yesterday to the remarks made by Prime Minister Putin before the Russian Geographical Society. Время-новости lauds Putin’s qualifications to act as the new Chairman of the Board of Trustees... Read More...
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