News & Views on the Russian presence within the Arctic Circle
27 February 2010
According to portnews the Arctic Council will institute a common framework for search and rescue operations, so claims State Secretary, Deputy Transport Minister Sergei Aristov in the opening speech of the first meeting of the Task Force of the Arctic Council. According to the report, it is the view of the Minister that ’ the creation of a unified regional Arctic search and... Read More...
23 February 2010
To celebrate the olympics Chilingarov has suggested to RIA Novosti that Russia would be happy to see Canada’s flag flying at the North Pole, alongside Russia’s tricolour. A brilliant move. We are we all fighting about this pole? Chilingarov is an excellent ambassador for Russia on this issue. Read More →
18 February 2010
… its that simple. New tests of LNG transport routes from the Arctic. It had to happen at some point. But the route is into Asia. I am sure that the strategic ambition is the western market though so that USA and Middle East Gas is doing its stuff. 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...
15 February 2010
A number of agencies recently reported the fact that a new class of ice-breaker built by the shipbuilding company Almaz has failed in recent attempts to navigate the Neva River. The Nevsky Gate, unfortunately, was not able to navigate the river up to the Alexander Nevsky Bridge. The ship lacked the capacity to deal with the ‘unique’/'not common’ thickness of ice on the... Read More...
14 February 2010
As the Vancouver Olympics began правда used the occasion to reflect on Canada’s Arctic ambitions and its relationships with Russia. The article makes the claim that, ‘Канады использовали Олимпиаду для укрепления своих позиций в мире’ – i.e., that Canada has used the Olympics to strengthen its position... Read More...
11 February 2010
A couple of agencies announce that 2010 will see the construction of a new, universal atomic powered ice-breaker, with 60 MW capacity and which will patrol the NSR, May to October in the East and all year around in the West. Meanwhile, infox has a report on NASA’s photographs of shrinking Arctic ice and is concerned about the possibility that this is a unidirectional process - ’но,... 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...
10 February 2010
Under a headline about Russia’s military weakness newsland.ru discusses Russia’s military preparedness – for war and therefore for peace. The geopolitical analysis claims that the present unipolar world is unstable and compares Russia’s geopolitical position to that of Germany in the 1920s where – ‘Германская империя признала... Read More...
8 February 2010
Recent days have seen a number of contradictory arguments about what might happen to Russia under conditions of global warming. rbc.ru reports on an American study by the Pew Group which claims that melting Arctic ice will damage permafrost and create further unspecified problems, followed by a number of rather bland comments from one Alexander Bedritsky, Russian President of the WMO... Read More...
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