Reuters offered insight into how Russia’s build-up in the Arctic is the biggest since the 1991 Soviet fall and will, in some areas, give Moscow more military capabilities than the Soviet Union once had. The expansion has far-reaching financial and geopolitical ramifications. The Arctic is estimated to hold more hydrocarbon reserves than Saudi Arabia, and Moscow is putting down a serious military marker.
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Reuters offers insight into how Putin’s Russia in biggest Arctic military push since Soviet fall
31 January 2017, 12:00 am 1 minute
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Topics of Interest: Politics
Type: Reuters Best
Regions: Europe / Middle East / Africa