More Russian Arctic oil via Murmansk redirects to India
The“Surgut” is one of the supertankers loaded with crude oil from Murmansk now sailing past Europe and instead heading to
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Amid plummeting export, Gazprom opens new Arctic field
The Semakovskoye natural gas field is located offshore in the far northern Gulf of Ob. In a statement, Gazprom CEO Aleksei
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New icebreaker has major importance for Northern Sea Route, says Rosatom
The “Ural,” Russia’s third vessel of the powerful LK-60 class, makes its maiden voyage to its home port of Murmansk.
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As EU oil ban approaches, a Russian tanker tests Arctic route to China
The 257 meter long oil tanker “Vasily Dinkov” sails the Northern Sea Route to the Chinese port of Rizhao. The
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Ice conditions on Northern Sea Route may pose navigation challenges this season
Last year’s early freeze triggered a critical situation with more than 20 vessels stuck in thick ice. This year, the
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Isolated Russia seeks way out through Arctic waters
With export corridors under pressure, Russia should look towards the Northern Sea Route, Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Novak says. “With
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Russian Arctic coal is looking for way out of sanctions
The launch of coal mining at the far northern Taymyr Peninsula was to lead to a boost in exports through
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Sanctions are biting on Russian icebreaker builders
Companies Nornickel and Rosneft have scrapped plans for the building of high-tech icebreakers fuelled by LNG. The vessels will instead
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Major fire at Russia’s largest nickel electrolysis workshop
Black acrid smoke is drifting for several kilometers in Monchegorsk Wednesday morning caused by the fire at Nornickel’s factory. The
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Murmansk to get sanctions-free shopping flight to Minsk
Belarus is becoming a popular vacation destination for people from the Russian north as sanctions limit the possibilities to travel
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Gazprom’s new major Arctic project might be a dead end
On the coast of the Kara Sea, construction workers are in full swing with the building of the Kharasavey natural
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Construction of second Arctic floating nuclear power plant started
Three years after “Akademik Lomonosov” started to produce electricity for the remote Siberian community of Pevek, the first of four
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Russia must shift towards the East, says Minister of the Arctic
“We should not only get new partners, but undertake a paradigm shift,” says Aleksei Chekunkov. Natural resources from the Arctic
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Chinese shippers shun Russian Arctic waters
For the first time in several years, China’s state shipping company COSCO is not not sailing on the Northern Sea
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Amid war, sanctions, Moscow says Russian Arctic shipping will thrive
A new government plan for the Northern Sea Route includes unprecedented investments in new ships, infrastructure and natural resource development.
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