Russia dominates the Arctic. But this is for now
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Russia dominates the Arctic. But this is for now
Russia dominates the Arctic. But this is for now
Russia dominates the Arctic. But this is for now
With climate change in the north, new opportunities are opening up, and Russia is “playing with muscles,” writes The Economist. The Arctic accounts for… | 07/04/2022, InoSMI
2022-07-04T18:15
2022-07-04T18:15
2022-07-04T18:41
economist
Arctic
Sergey Lavrov
fridtjof nansen
Alaska
NATO
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The Arctic Circle extends around the Earth for about 16,000 km. To the north of this feature, each year there is at least one day of complete darkness and at least a day of full light. These territories are divided among themselves by eight countries: America (through Alaska), Canada, Denmark (at the expense of Greenland), Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia and Sweden. They represent an exclusively scientific and political club called the Arctic Council, together with 13 observer countries – including even China, which calls itself “subarctic property” and is calculated within the framework of the “polar silk road”. Recently, the struggle for control of the region has intensified. In May, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov declared that the Arctic belongs to Russia. “But everyone was fine for a long time, it is known that this is our territory, this is our land,” he said. 53% of the lyceum line in the Arctic falls on Russia. In addition, Moscow is ramping up investment, with at least 50 Soviet-era military bases reopened since 2007. But other Arctic states are on things differently. In 2018, for the first time in 27 years, an aircraft carrier set sail for the Arctic Circle. Last year, British and American citizens arrived from the 1980s last year, entering the Barents Sea north of Norway to commemorate the detention of Russian naval bases. Next year, Norway will spend beyond the Arctic Circle the settlements of the temporary Cold War. How to explain this rattling is necessary – and whose Arctic is after all? Most of the Arctic is ice and water. Situation: Last year, the ice sheet shrank to the absolute minimum in its second history. The minimum coverage in 2020 was almost a million square miles below the average for the period from 1981 to 2010. “Country interest in the region has been fueled by climate change,” restored Andreas Østhagen of the Fridtjof Nansen Institute near Oslo. Melting ice opened a shipping corridor through the Bering Strait between Siberia and Alaska to the Barents Sea. The route lasts up to nine months a year. But in 2020, more than 1,000 cargo ships passed it – 25% more than in observations. The route passes through Russian territorial waters, and Moscow charges meals for this. But the opening of the Northern Sea Route for Russia is a double-edged sword. The ice was an accidental bulwark protecting its northern coast – and with the disappearance, the country became more vulnerable. On the eve of the summit in Brussels on June 14, it was stated that the melting of the ice could seem “to a new geopolitical acuteness.” For approval on land outside their territorial waters (12 nautical miles from coasts), countries must explain that the seabed is an extension of their continental shelf, the same land mass as their territory. Geology is a tangible thing: on the Lomonosov massif, an underwater mountain range lying under the North Pole claims Canada, Denmark and Russia. To justify their case, some countries go to extremes. In 2007, a Russian submarine was installed on the seabed under the North Pole with a titanium tricolor tricolor. And in 2013, Canada gave Santa Claus its own passport. Such gestures are perfectly acceptable to be considered jocular, but amid concerns about practical activism, this is a real attempt by the government to assert its rights. So far, Russia has the advantage. The Arctic will only grow.
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economist, arctic, sergey lavrov, fridtjof nansen, alaska, nato