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The Arctic has become a critical geopolitical focal point in recent years, drawing the attention of Russia, China and the U.S., which has its northernmost military base in Greenland.
Several hours later, NORAD said it dispatched two F-16 fighter jets from Alaska to Greenland in order to "forward posture NORAD presence in the Arctic." The U.S. military has reported Russian ...
Russia currently maintains a military presence in the Arctic and has plans to expand it, as well as strengthen the Border Guard/Coast Guard presence there. Using the Arctic for economic gain has been done by Russia for centuries for shipping and fishing. Russia has plans to exploit the large offshore resource deposits in the Arctic.
The Russo-Ukrainian War has had significant geopolitical consequences in the Arctic region, including on the Arctic Council, an intergovernmental forum focused on Arctic issues that was founded in 1996 by eight Arctic states: Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the United States of America.
Nagurskoye (Russian: Нагу́рское; also written as Nagurskaja) (ICAO: UODN) is an airfield in Alexandra Land in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia located 1,350 kilometres (840 mi) north of Murmansk. It is an extremely remote Arctic base and Russia's northernmost military base. [2] The base is named after Polish-Russian pilot Jan Nagórski.
Russia-China trade via the Arctic Ocean’s Northern Sea Route between Europe and Asia is also on the rise. At least 11 ships transported Russian crude oil to China via the route in 2023; in 2022 ...
With relations between Moscow and Western governments the iciest in decades due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, analysts wonder if the Arctic will become the next powder keg.
Its jurisdiction is primarily within the northern region of European Russia and the Arctic Ocean. [22] The formal status of the Northern Fleet as a command equal to that of other Russian military districts took effect on January 1, 2021. [23] The Northern Fleet includes about two-thirds of all the Russian Navy's nuclear-powered ships.