Sea route and energy are key to Russia's Arctic vision
As an Arctic waterway becomes increasingly navigable, Moscow wants to ensure complete control
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- Northern Sea Route
- Transport goals
- Icebreaker dominance
- Resource development
- LNG progress
- China's role
- Onshore oil
- Coal
- Military build-up
- Outlook
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_350.jpg "The Christophe de Margerie, an ice-class tanker to transport liquefied natural gas, docked in Arctic port of Sabetta, Russia (Reuters/Olesya Astakhova)")