Rhetorical or real, Russian expansionism threatens the Arctic
In October 1987, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev declared, “The Soviet Union is in favor of a radical lowering of the level…
Putin signs law allowing oil and gas corporations to defend infrastructure
On September 18, 2013, 28 Greenpeace activists and two journalists sailing on the non-profit organization’s icebreaker, Arctic Sunrise, boarded Russia’s Prirazlomnoye…
Putin shutters Russian indigenous peoples’ organization
In Russia, indigenous peoples have encountered a major setback. The Ministry of Justice has ordered the Russian Association of Indigenous…