More than half the Arctic's coastline is Russian territory and in the last six years Moscow has built more than 475 military bases along its northern border.

Map of Arctic routes. NOAA Image. Russia’s military presence in the Arctic peaked during the Soviet era and new increases to defense spending have expanded operations in the region, ...

Four Arctic experts say it would take the West at least 10 years to catch up with Russia’s military in the region, if it chose to do so. “The Arctic is currently a dark area on the map ...

Russia controls about half of the Arctic’s shoreline and a huge share of its oil and gas reserves. For now, Chinese ships may not be pushing to use the Northern Sea Route (Russia charges stiff ...

Russian state-owned nuclear energy corporation Rosatom and Chinese shipping company Hainan Yangpu NewNew Shipping announced in 2024 that they would cooperate on operating an all-year-round ...

The commander in chief of the Russian Navy said its nuclear forces in the Arctic will "heighten the sense of responsibility" among "those who seek to escalate tensions in the region." ...

Hoping to map and study the changing shoreline, ... Explorers with the Arctic Archipelagoes project and Russian Arctic National Park confirmed its formation in 2018 and 2021, ...

Russia is testing hypersonic missiles, capable of evading American defenses, in the Arctic. This August, a joint Russian and Chinese military flotilla was observed patrolling waters near Alaska.

Russia has continued expanding its military bases in the Arctic region despite significant losses in its war on Ukraine, according to a new series of satellite images obtained by CNN.

Hoping to map and study the changing shoreline, ... Explorers with the Arctic Archipelagoes project and Russian Arctic National Park confirmed its formation in 2018 and 2021, ...

A student-led project comparing satellite images of the Arctic has discovered that a small Russian island has recently vanished after "completely melting" away. When you purchase through links on ...

More than half the Arctic's coastline is Russian territory and in the last six years Russia has built more than 475 military bases along its northern border, according to The Economist.