The Arctic Century is an independent non-profit organisation established by
joint efforts of the international experts. We cover the most recent
developments in science, business, and technologies, as well as key
political and economic trends across the Arctic in the form of news,
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Russian LNG, Europe and the Sanctions
Russia, a vast and resource-rich country, has long relied on its primary sector for exports, particularly in the form of gas and oil, together with other valuable resources. Since the beginning of Russia's Special Military Operation in Ukraine in February 2022, the U.S. government has thus been working to impose sanctions on Russia's oil and gas industry with the specific aim of causing significant economic damage...
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Towards Arctic Cooperation with India
Indo-Russian relations involve a long political knowledge and respect for mutual interests in different foreign policy issues. Today new promising approach is opening up—deep cooperation in the Arctic.
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Gas Decade Instead of a Gas Age?
Despite heightened geopolitical uncertainty, sanctions apparently somehow managed to circumvent the issues of Russian LNG supplies to Europe...
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Green Energy Transition Possible? Some Arctic Expertise Observations
The participants of the 3rd Sino-Russia Arctic School weighed the pros and cons of potential transition to green Arctic transportation which involves low-carbon technologies, green energy supply systems adopted to extreme low temperatures.
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Prospects for Scientific Cooperation With Russia
International scientific cooperation with Russia was stopped in the Arctic because of special military operation in Ukraine started in February 2022. At the same time this cooperation is in demand for projects of global significance...
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BRICS and Indo-Russian Cooperation in the Arctic
Since the Arctic is of great geoeconomic and geopolitical importance for both Russia and India, the question arises, to what extent will Russia's BRICS Chairmanship help these two countries in expanding cooperation between them in this region?
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The Arctic Council: in From the Cold?
On February 28, Morten Høglund announced that the eight Arctic States reached consensus to gradually resume official Working Group meetings in a virtual format...
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The First Methanol-powered Vessel in Russia
The Ruskhim group is implementing a project in the Arctic for the construction of a large gas-chemical complex (GCC). It has developed a project for cargo ship that operates on methanol as a fuel and has contracted construction of 3 vessels at foreign shipyards. These will be Russia's first methanol-powered ship.
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