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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Business (Russia)
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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Russia’s Arctic policy at risk of major collapse
Energy projects are put on hold and hyped ambitions for the Northern Sea Route increasingly look doomed. At the same
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Norway intends to keep seaports open to Russian ships
We must not burn all bridges to the Russian people, the Norwegian Trade and Industry Minister says Temperatures had dropped
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Arctic Economic Council switching to online meeting amidst Russian invasion of Ukraine
Amidst Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Arctic Economic Council (AEC) annual general meeting in St-Petersburg will go from a hybrid,
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Russia’s Arctic LNG project might come to halt
Novatek will not get needed financing for its development of the Arctic LNG 2. Following Western sanctions against Russian banks, the
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Russia’s new Arctic LNG project will be built with western tech
Company Novatek decides to develop the Ob LNG on the basis of a floating gravity-based structure. The next liquified natural
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A 12,000-ton gas plant module shipped on Northern Sea Route from China to Murmansk
The successful shipment shows that year-round deliveries can be made on the Northern Sea Route, company Novatek argues after heavy
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New 1,000 km long power line bolsters Murmansk energy security in Arctic Russia
“This is the biggest project in the Russian energy distribution system over the last years,” said federal energy minister Nikolai
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Russian Arctic stocks tumble as investors fear Ukraine conflict
Geopolitical tensions scare investors at Moscow’s stock exchange Monday. Big businesses with most of their income from oil, gas and
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Putin wants new Barents Sea rail link back on track
Still unclear who will possibly pay for the 500 kilometers long railway from Karpogory in Arkhangelsk region to the not-yet-built
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Russia’s grand Arctic plan might get stuck in the ice
The troublesome shipping on the Northern Sea Route continues into the new year. Almost three weeks after the world’s most
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