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Putin's icy grip on Arctic 'battleground of the future': West urged to 'wake up' to Russian threat as Moscow builds new military bases, races to extract natural resources worth $30trillion and exploit new shipping routes with China's help
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - West urged to 'wake up' to Russian threat in the Arctic, with dozens of new military bases built in last decade
- Putin will rely more heavily on region as Europe turns off gas supply and Western sanctions bite, report says
- Kremlin hopes to plunder $30tr in Arctic resources, and exploit new shipping lanes opened by melting ice
- Moscow is increasingly partnering with China in these missions, giving Beijing back-door access to region
Posted by: Skidmark 2022-06-16 |
