Recent TV documentary on the Arctic, from Yamal LNG, Neneta nomads, Canadian ice scientists and troops, Russian Navy cadets, the US Coastguard in Alaska and Norwegian navy in Svabald:

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Extract from President Putin's Address to the Federal Assembly on 1 March 2018:

http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/56957
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Part 1 - 2018  So what was ALL of the fuss about?

The Russian EU gas pipeline saga STILL continues with more some unforeseen twists & turns along the way, since I last wrote about the Gas wars.

The Turkish Stream is being built, with Bulgaria out in the cold.  This is all the remarkable feat for Russia, given Turkey's seriously antagonistic & ( Read more... )