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St. Petersburg International Economic Forum: “THE NORTHERN SEA ROUTE: AN INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT CORRIDOR (OFFICIAL SPIEF PROGRAMME)” 16 Jun 2022, 11:00–12:15 https://web.archive.org/web/20220615170213/https://forumspb.com/en/programme/arctic/98281/ The St. Petersburg Forum was interlocked, through Herman Gref/Sberbank, with the World Economic Forum, until the Russian invasion. Putin spoiled the 25th anniversary with his invasion. But, since he controls so much of the world’s oil and gas and mining, he can throw a party, anyway. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Petersburg_International_Economic_Forum Russian government owned Rosatom hasn’t been sanctioned. Norilsk Nickel and Potanin have been sanctioned only by Canada and Australia.

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Nuclear icebreaker “Yamal” by Wofratz (CC-BY-SA)

Russia encompasses over half of the Arctic coastline, 40% of the land beyond the Arctic Circle, and 42% of the population…. 20% of Russia’s gross domestic product (GDP) and exports – mostly oil and gas – already comes from the Arctic…. Between 5% and 9% of Russia’s liquid hydrocarbon resources and almost 12.5% of its gas resources are contained in the Russian Arctic shelf. Forty-three of the sixty-one large oil and natural-gas fields in the Arctic are located in Russia. Russia has also stated that it will use the Northern Sea Route – the Arctic shipping lane that connects the Arctic and Pacific Oceans, also known as the Northeast Passage – as a “national” transport route…. Russia maintains major military forces in the Arctic and those have recently been more active than in the past. It has already equipped six new…

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