News & Views on the Russian presence within the Arctic Circle
5 May 2010
I came across this comment on my blog, I don’t know exactly where it is from so I thought I ought to try and clarify something of the politics behind my posts. Consider the following: In addition to this post on the role and place of military forces and the interesting debate with Russia’s special representative from the Foreign Ministry, whicht I covered here, these comments in иноСМИ.ru by... Read More...
8 April 2010
It was announced as far back as last July and it now appears as though the paratroopers descent to the North Pole is impending – though the odd thing is that there is no Russian media news about it, apart from this Russian translation of a Canadian article in inoсми.ru. I suspect that they are keeping their power dry in order to maximise the domestic impact of the story. In... 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...
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...
8 February 2010
rusnord continues the reporting of the recent conversations between the Norwegian and Russian foreign ministers. This is the most significant part – ‘ По мнению экспертов, соответствующее соглашение нужно Норвегии намного больше, чем России, что позволит Кремлю получить от... Read More...
5 February 2010
Meanwhile, the debate about the Canadian’s motives for not inviting Russia to the G7 meeting in Canada continues. Прайм-тасс repeats the Canadian position that this was about allowing the G7 to appreciate the beauty of the Arctic - while they discussed how to save the world’s economy they could presumably gaze out of the window. It also, in another article,... Read More...
3 February 2010
A number of agencies today reported the meeting of G7 finance ministers which is to take place in the tiny town of Iqaluit, capital of the Canadian province of Nunavut. Интерфакс, however, points out in its headline that the meeting is to take place in the Arctic ‘without Russia.’ As they put it, ‘Россию же в этот арктический рай пока... Read More...
14 December 2009
Again the question of the rights of passage on the NSR under conditions of global warming appears as the subject of discussion, this time in RUSNORD under the heading ‘Global Warming to ‘Set at odds’ the Countries of the North’ - (admittedly, this is not a very good translation but it captures the literal meaning). According to the author: “Article 234 of... Read More...
11 December 2009
I have mentioned before that Canadian-Russo relations seem to be among the least cordial of the various Arctic powers and here we are again with various agencies reporting the news first reported yesterday from Canada’s ‘The Globe and Mail’ that the country intends to ‘raise its flag on disputed territory’, as the Russian headline goes, by creating a maritime... Read More...
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