We’re building a ‘Noah’s Ark’ in the Arctic, Rosneft CEO says in speech
A great Flood is on its way from the West, Igor Sechin warns. He finds salvation in Arctic project Vostok
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Russia sends year’s first vessel east on Northern Sea Route
Russia’s brand new icebreaker “Sibir” this week broke through the most icy parts of the Northern Sea Route. Western sanctions
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Russian renewable energy soon without foreign partners
Finnish energy company Fortum is exiting Russia. The same could soon be the case with Enel and other western power
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Japan government bank extends freeze of loan to Arctic LNG 2
The loan agreement signed last November between the Russian natural gas project and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)
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With nickel in great demand, Nornickel expands Kola mine in Arctic Russia
The Severny Gluboky mine located near Russia’s border to Norway will be made 300 meters deeper to keep up local
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Biggest construction sites in Arctic Russia could turn into ghost towns
Thousands of jobs will vanish if projects like the Belokamenka Yard outside Murmansk come to halt. Several of Russia’s biggest
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Russia’s Viktor Chernomyrdin icebreaker on maiden voyage to Arctic
The world’s most powerful diesel-engined icebreaker is on its maiden voyage into thick Arctic sea-ice. The 147 meter long vessel
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As Moscow prepared for war, Gazprom sold Arctic gas worth almost €140 billion
The country’s main natural gas producer in 2021 recorded a 13-fold increase in profits. Gazprom has never before had the
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Russia proceeds with Arctic project as oil embargo looms
Nuclear-powered freighter Sevmorput continues to shuttle with construction goods to field development sites along the Yenisey River as part of
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Novatek CEO admits Arctic development projects “strained”
Company CEO Leonid Mikhelson admits that the development of far northern projects is “strained.” The natural gas producer declines to
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Transportation crisis looms in Arctic Russia
International sanctions threaten the country’s supply chains. Nuclear-powered container ship “Sevmorput” will this year play key role in supplying goods
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Isolated Russia to invite “non-Arctic” states to develop its North
Logistics chains falter, investors flee and foreign markets vanish. But President Putin argues that Russia together with countries from outside
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Arctic projects must not be postponed because of sanctions, Putin orders
“We have all the resources and all the opportunities to quickly find alternative solutions,” Putin told the participants of the
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New sanctions deal fatal blow to Russia’s Arctic LNG
Russia intended to become a world leader in liquefied natural gas. The war against Ukraine has torpedoed its plans. The
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Blog: Russia’s Arctic gas is funding the war in Ukraine
In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the seven other member states of the Arctic Council have hit a “pause”
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