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Putin wants to boost Russia’s Arctic gas exports to China

11 September 201911 September 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments China, energy, gas, Gazprom, pipelines, Yamal peninsula

Russian President Vladimir Putin requests state natural gas company Gazprom to find the necessary resources in Yamal. Only a few

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Norwegian ships accompany Chinese rig to Russian Arctic drill site

16 July 201919 July 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments China, energy, Gazprom, Kara Sea, Murmansk, Novatek, offshore drilling, oil, Rosneft, Russia

A fleet of supply ships surround the Chinese rig “Nan Hai Ba Hao” as it gets ready to spud a

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Helsinki-Tallinn tunnel deal set to be inked with Chinese construction company

9 July 20199 July 2019 Yle News 0 Comments China, Helsinki, Infrastructure, Peter Vesterbacka, roads, Tallinn

The Finland to Estonia undersea rail tunnel project led by businessman Peter Vesterbacka has taken a step forward. He announced

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Chinese drilling rig returns to Arctic Russia

5 July 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic drilling, China, energy, gas, Kara Sea, LNG, oil

It is the third year in a row that drilling rig Nan Hai 8 arrives in Murmansk to prepare for

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Blog – U.S. ups rhetoric in Arctic, but not its game

26 June 201917 July 2019 Mia Bennett 0 Comments Alaska, China, Cold War, defence, military

American rhetoric is turning up the temperature in the Arctic while not even really putting its money where its mouth

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China, Russia singled out in new U.S. Arctic defense strategy

19 June 20194 September 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments 1988 Arctic Cooperation Agreement, Arctic Council, China, climate change, Mike Pompeo, Northern Sea Route, The Northwest Passage

China and Russia are being singled out in the new U.S. Arctic defense strategy, echoing the increasing rhetoric from U.S.

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Russian, Chinese companies ink deal on shipping along Northern Sea Route

7 June 20197 June 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments China, Cosco, Northern Sea Route, Novatek, Polar Silk Road, shipping, Sovcomflot

Russian natural gas producer Novatek sign deal with China’s COSCO on shipping on the Northern Sea Route. The agreement will

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Chinese rig makes massive gas discovery in Arctic Russia

21 May 201921 May 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic drilling, China, energy, gas, Gazprom, Kara Sea, oil

The Nan Hai Ba Hao platform has found more than a trillion cubic meters of natural gas in the Kara

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China’s COSCO planning ‘several’ shipments along Northern Sea Route

15 May 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic Circle, China, Cosco, Northern Sea Route, shipping

The Chinese shipping company confirms readiness to increase transit shipments on the Northern Sea Route. “Our development strategy is to

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Blog – At Arctic Circle Forum, China shows Arctic geopolitics are above Mike Pompeo’s pay grade

13 May 201917 May 2019 Mia Bennett 0 Comments Arctic Circle, Arctic Council, China, climate change, diplomacy, Shanghai

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s swashbuckling fantasies aside, geopolitical competition in the contemporary Arctic is not about who controls

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China seeks a more active role in the Arctic

13 May 201917 May 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic Circle, Belt and Road Initiative, China, climate change, Iceland, Northern Sea Route, Polar Silk Road, Shanghai, shipping

China defines itself as a near-Arctic state and says it will actively participate with wisdom and strength to future protection

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Leaders downplay divisions at Arctic Circle conference in China

13 May 201917 May 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic Circle, Arctic Council, China, Iceland, Shanghai

Only hours after the Americans stunned fellow Arctic countries with a forceful show of discord, the new Icelandic chair of

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Why are the US lagging behind in the Arctic? Clues emerge at Washington hearing

9 May 2019 Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, China, Coast Guard, Congress, defence, icebreakers, military, navy, Nome

The United States is losing control over the Arctic to Russia and China because it failed to build the ships,

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Arctic Russia: Chinese-built tanker tests ice in remote waters

8 May 20198 May 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments China, icebreakers, Northern Sea Route, sea ice, shipping, Taymyr

Ice lies thick on the water as the world’s first icebreaking condensate tanker sails into a shallow bay by Taymyr

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U.S. stonewalling on climate language scuttles Arctic Council declaration

7 May 201910 May 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments black carbon, China, climate change, environment, Iceland, indigenous, Rovaniemi, Russia, Science, shipping, weather

ROVANIEMI, Finland – For the first time in history, an Arctic Council ministerial ended without a joint declaration from the

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