Russia in the Arctic: Challenges and Opportunities
... nearest future NSR will be used mostly to serve Russia’s domestic cabotage needs as well as to ship Siberian oil, coal and LNG to China, India and other consumers in Asia. With due commitment, the annual size, which now amounts to almost 40 mln tons,... ... Suez Canal that can handle up to 150 mln tons of cargo in just one month. Security Nikita Lipunov: Santa’s New Neighbor: NATO in Lapland The security significance of the Arctic region for Russia has two distinctly different dimensions. First, such ...