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When The Ice Is Gone: Russia’s Vision For Arctic Development

Photo of Russian work in the Arctic
A Russian working outpost in the Arctic AARI Archives

Russia’s investment in the Arctic continues with reports of a new joint project with India. This comes with the development of a Siberian station called Snezhinka (Snowflake), at the center of both scientific and economic development of the Northern territories in the times of global warming.

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Geopolitics Green

Longyearbyen Postcard: World’s Northernmost Town Facing Climate Change — And Russia

A statue of a coal miner stands in the center of the photos with houses surronding it, draped around their shoudler is a Ukrainian flag. The environment is snowy and the sky is white from clouds.
A Ukraine flag placed on a statue of a coal miner in the center of Longyearbyen Steffen Trumpf/dpa/ZUMA

The melting of the sea ice in the Far North has accelerated in recent years. The Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard has become the focal point of the environmental drama gripping the Arctic as well as the geopolitical tensions it is causing there, with Russia in particular.

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