Arctics

Russian exporters are developing the new route against the backdrop of problems with traditional grain export routes across the Black Sea.

More than a dozen tankers have already been concentrated on the Northern Sea Route, which are to deliver about 8 million barrels of crude oil.

More than a dozen tankers have already been concentrated on the Northern Sea Route, which are to deliver about 8 million barrels of crude oil.

Beijing does not consider Russia as a full-fledged alternative to cooperation with the West, and the Arctic direction is increasingly losing its attractiveness.

The international scientific report on the state of the Arctic, which has been prepared every five years since 1991 under the auspices of the Arctic Council, will be published in 2026 without Russian input.

Russia’s plans to transform the Northern Sea Route into a full-fledged transport artery are hampered by basic infrastructural inadequacies.

Denmark is deploying units, expanding bases and investing in military infrastructure on Greenland’s eastern flank.

Russia is intensifying the militarization of the Arctic, returning to Soviet bases and deploying new long-range systems.

Denmark has decided to increase its defense budget and modernize its naval forces amid the worsening political situation in the world.

Moscow has announced its intention to more actively “defend its interests in the region,” which is turning into an arena of growing geopolitical competition.