The Arctic as a resource base
What’s wrong with Russia’s official documents on the Arctic.
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Publish date: October 11, 2005
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In all of Russia, 104 more fields will be open for exploration in 2005. Among the new fields are also deposits in the Nenets Autonomous region, Volgograd, Krasnodar, Rostov, Murmansk and other regions. Foreign companies are not allowed to participate in seven of the 104 new fields, BarentsObserver reports.
What’s wrong with Russia’s official documents on the Arctic.
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The European Union doubled its purchases of Russian nuclear fuel in 2023, data from Eurostat and the UN’s international trade service Comtrade show.
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