The Arctic Century

It was not until the year 2000 that the private sector began to acknowledge and engage with indigenous communities. This marked a significant shift as companies started to prioritize human rights, environmental concerns, and sustainable development in their operations...

With the recent news about the Belorussian plans to build a port in Murmansk region, interest towards the country's Arctic strategy ceaselessly grows.

While Western sanctions are continuously imposed on Russia, the Northern Sea Route steadily becomes a sought-after alternative to trade routes in Europe and Asia.

The Nornickel company, led by the billionaire Vladimir Potanin, almost entirely controls nickel production in Russia, which is the world's third-largest producer...

The Arctic Region is one of the last remaining frontiers of mass tourism...

In 2023, lithium prices collapsed due to a glut in the market. It happened everywhere except Russia, which stopped producing its own lithium in the 1990s, and has now lost its traditional suppliers, Chile and Argentina...

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 US government has thus been working to impose sanctions on Russia's oil and gas industry with the specific aim of causing significant economic damage...

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.