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“Polar Silk Road” China despite being a non Arctic state is increasingly active in the region and became
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resources in remote Arctic regions Russia has built a floating nuclear power station a project
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Russia will pay one quarter of Arctic LNG 2 port construction costs The Barents Observer; Norway; June 12
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of the region and a lack of basic infrastructure means the Arctic is simply not wired into the rest
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investments in upstream businesses including in the United States and Russia’s Arctic region Zhang said He did
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the world’s 17th largest bank said it “will no longer finance any new projects in the Arctic region ” The bank
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Arctic LNG terminal Reuters; Sept 26 Russia’s top private gas producer Novatek expects newly acquired
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are more at risk than those in the oil patch The Midland Odessa region of West Texas could be decimated
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Floating nuclear power plant will serve Russian Arctic International Business Times; July 1 – The Kremlin
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the negative impact of climate change for coastal regions in the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation
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starts planning third LNG terminal in Russian Arctic The Barents Observer; Norway; May 23 Russian gas
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of the Russian Far East and the Arctic as reported by Russian news agency TASS The Arctic region is also key
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more cautious ” he said Russian whistleblower speaks out about Arctic oil spill CNN; July 10 Vasily
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regions Suppliers manage to send equipment to Russia’s Arctic LNG project High North News; March 4 In a
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for Russian Arctic project Bloomberg; March 17 Oil’s freefall amid a price war and a global pandemic threatens
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which was viewed by The Wall Street Journal Critics say banks skirt pledges to stop Arctic oil and gas
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not protection The Arctic is Russia’s top natural resource region Medvedev said “This is where we decide our two
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French sponsored agreement that aims to leave the Arctic region alone As part of that Saadé said none
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experienced in the Northern Hemisphere regions like the U S Europe and North Asia Zhi Xin Chong S P Global
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worth 20 billion in state oil firm Aramco The shift underscores how countries in a region that’s home