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A cold region heats up

April 24, 2012 Ilya Kramnik
Global warming is making the polar regions of the Earth more accessible, and while the possibility of armed conflict is limited, all regional players are preparing for such a scenario

After BP, Rosneft Finds Itself a 'Better' Partner in ExxonMobil

August 31, 2011 Howard Amos, The Moscow Times
ExxonMobil replaced BP as state-owned Rosneft's partner of choice Tuesday when the presidents of the world's largest oil company and Russia's biggest producer announced a deal that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said could generate up to $500 billion

Shell to take BP's place in Arctic deal?

May 27, 2011 Business New Europe
Kremlin officials have met with Shell representatives to discuss future projects

Frozen Arctic base a hot tourist destination

May 26, 2011 Stefania Zini
Who would pay 10,000 euros to vacation on a ice floe? As it turns out, a lot of people

Rosneft quits talks with BP on Arctic

May 20, 2011 RIA Novosti
Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin said that the state oil company will look for new partners

Internal debates continue as panel blocks BP-Rosneft deal

March 28, 2011 Business New Europe
While many analysts believe the deal will eventually go through, the big question is: at what cost?

Russian volcanoes cool the world

February 7, 2011 Business New Europe
Extreme weather and rising food prices could be the result of some particularly active volcanoes in Kamchatka.

BP predicted Rosneft take-over of TNK-BP

January 20, 2011 Business New Europe
Internal BP reports leaked by WikiLeaks indicate that the company was planning to hedge its bets long before last week's deal with Rosneft for Arctic drilling rights

Big deal for Bolshoi Petroleum

January 19, 2011 Tim Wall, the Moscow News
The Arctic – as one of the world’s last unexploited oil and gas regions – is a key prize for the British oil major

Oil and gas head up and east

January 18, 2011 Howard Amos, The Moscow Times
Though Rosneft and BP may have taken the lead, further big decisions loom for the country's energy strategy in the mineral-rich but largely unexploited Arctic region

Rosneft and BP agreed on joint shelf projects in Russia

January 15, 2011 Business New Europe
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced a deal between British oil major BP and Russia's Rosneft to explore the Arctic shelf.

The Arctic: laboratory for cooperation

October 20, 2010 Derek Andersen, The Moscow Times
Can Arctic stakeholders just get along?

Our friends in the north

September 29, 2010 Charles Emmerson, special to Russia Now
"An agreement on the Norwegian- Russian maritime border opens the way for investment which would have otherwise been commercially unthinkable"

Race for the Arctic, and for FDI (+infographics)

September 15, 2010 Chris Weafer, Uralsib
A new agreement between Russia and Norway will open up large sections of the Arctic for exploration and greatly affect the region's future.

Breaking into the Arctic with new ship technology

August 28, 2009 Nikolai Petrakov, Izvestia
Exploration: Icebreakers put Russia ahead

Battle for North Pole's treasures

August 28, 2009 Yuri Solozobov, Russia Now
Dispute: Escalating tensions over hunt for oil and gas in the Arctic

Russian-U.S. tensions increase in Arctic stand-off

January 15, 2009 Kommersant

Russia to set new border line in the Arctic

September 23, 2008 Maxim Krans, RIA Novosti political commentator

Cooperation Necessary to Ensure Safe Development

June 26, 2008 Andrei Terekhov, Nezavisimaya Gazeta
Russian expert argues that Arctic riches are a myth

Ice War

August 30, 2007 Nadezhda Sorokina, RG
One step away from re-dividing the world
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