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Russia Continues To Enhance Its Arctic Infrastructure

By Kevin O'Connell | 04/11/2024 | Comments Off on Russia Continues To Enhance Its Arctic Infrastructure

Map of the Yenisei River showing national borders “The 5.8 km long pipeline is a key component of Vostok Oil,…

Russian Arctic Naval Activity and Capability Continue To Expand

By Dianne McIntosh | 02/28/2024 | Comments Off on Russian Arctic Naval Activity and Capability Continue To Expand

The Knyaz Oleg arrives at the Northern Fleet in February 2022. The Knyaz Oleg is the fifth Borei-class submarine on…

Chinese Icebreaker Sails To the Arctic

By Dianne McIntosh | 11/08/2023 | Comments Off on Chinese Icebreaker Sails To the Arctic

Gakkel Ridge highlighted on map of main bathymetric features of the Arctic Ocean, taken mainly from Weber 1983 ‘Maps of…

Russia and China Expanding Coast Guard Cooperation in Arctic

By Kevin O'Connell | 08/25/2023 | Comments Off on Russia and China Expanding Coast Guard Cooperation in Arctic

“Cooperation on Coast Guard tasks is both a concrete action and often seen as more harmless than military cooperation. The…

Russian Defense Ministry Approves Five-Year Plan To Expand and Modernize Arctic Air Bases

By Dianne McIntosh | 06/01/2023 | Comments Off on Russian Defense Ministry Approves Five-Year Plan To Expand and Modernize Arctic Air Bases

In Kamchatka, MiG-31 [RG1] fighters of the Pacific Fleet worked out the interception of a mock enemy cruise missile (Author’s note:…

Facing European Sanctions, Russian Redirects Grain and Coal to Asian Customers

By Kevin O'Connell | 05/01/2023 | Comments Off on Facing European Sanctions, Russian Redirects Grain and Coal to Asian Customers

“As Europe no longer buys Russian coal and new markets in Asia take over, the export hub in Murmansk manifest…

Russia Cutting Back on Nuclear Icebreaker Production

By Kevin O'Connell | 04/01/2023 | Comments Off on Russia Cutting Back on Nuclear Icebreaker Production

“An updated version of Russia’s Arctic Strategy states that Russia will only build one “Lider,” not three as originally planned.…

Canada Makes Additional Claims to Arctic Territory Claimed by Russia

By Kevin O'Connell | 02/02/2023 | Comments Off on Canada Makes Additional Claims to Arctic Territory Claimed by Russia

“The addition is to Canada’s 2019 partial submission that claimed approximately 1.2 million square kilometers of the Arctic Ocean seabed…

Russia Conducts Nuclear-Delivery Tests in the Arctic

By Kevin O'Connell | 01/02/2023 | Comments Off on Russia Conducts Nuclear-Delivery Tests in the Arctic

“Ballistic missiles were launched both from a nuclear submarine in the Barents Sea and from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in Arkhangelsk…

Russia Conducts Submarine Sea Trials and Amphibious Landing Exercise in Arctic

By Kevin O'Connell | 11/01/2022 | Comments Off on Russia Conducts Submarine Sea Trials and Amphibious Landing Exercise in Arctic

“Two of Russia’s newest nuclear-powered submarines have completed a 5,500 nm voyage under the Arctic ice cap.” Historically, the Russian…