Some Western experts fear that Russia intends to strengthen its position in the Arctic. Reported by the American agency Bloomberg.
The material says that if Russia wants to become a “great power” it needs a very strong security system and martial law in the Arctic.
As Andreas Oesthagen, a researcher at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute in Norway, points out, tensions around the Arctic will increase after Sweden and Finland join NATO.
Formerly US Army General Dan Hokanson declarationThe Pentagon in the Arctic expects increased competition from Russia and China as the ice melts.
Last December, the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, General Valery Gerasimov declarationThe United States disputes the Russian Federation’s right to use the Northern Sea Route and accuses the country of militarizing the Arctic while strengthening its northern flank.