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The Arctic region

Ядерный сюрприз Путина 0

17 Aug, 2023 / 9576 просмотров

PUTIN’S NUCLEAR SURPRISE

On September 1, 2014, the US State Department published a report stating that for the first time since the collapse of the USSR, Russia has achieved parity with Washington in the field of strategic nuclear weapons. Thus, Washington recognized that Moscow had regained the status that the Soviet Union had achieved by the mid-70s of the twentieth century at the cost of incredible efforts and which (it seemed – irrevocably) it was lost by us after the collapse of the Union. …

Минеральные богатства Арктики 0

19 Dec, 2020 / 1737 просмотров

MINERAL WEALTH OF THE ARCTIC

In the twenty-first century, Russia’s geopolitical interests are consistently moving North – to the Arctic. The Russian government plans to create a powerful mineral resource complex here in the near future on the basis of the development of the Northern Sea Route. Russia ranks first in the world among the Arctic countries-producers of mineral raw materials. At the same time, detailed metallogenic studies were carried out only for certain regions of the Russian Arctic, a significant part of which (more than 4 million tons) is located in the Arctic. …

Битва за Гренландию 0

23 Aug, 2019 / 768 просмотров

BATTLE FOR GREENLAND

Greenland is the largest island in the world, making Denmark, together with all the territories, the second largest European country after Russia. The American edition of the Wall Street Journal, followed by a leading adviser to President Trump on the economy Larry Kudlow, and then the us President himself confirmed that the White house is studying the possibility of buying Greenland. According to trump, he was interested in this issue “strategically”.In response, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and other officials rejected the possibility of selling Greenland to the United States. Many even took it as a political joke. …

Что такое арктическая зона 0

13 Feb, 2019 / 1541 просмотров

WHAT IS THE ARCTIC ZONE

Arctic (from the Greek — “arktikos”) refers to the territory under the constellation URSA Major. The Arctic zone occupies about one sixth of the Earth’s surface. The area is 3.1 million square kilometers. Two-thirds of the territory falls on the Arctic ocean — the smallest ocean of the planet, most of which is covered with ice all year round (average thickness of 3 meters) and is not navigable. …

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