Russian Foreign Ministry Ambassador Nikolai Korchunov said that the USA and NATO have intensified their military activities in the Arctic. This was reported by TASS.
“The military activities of the United States and other NATO states in the region, including those outside the Arctic, continue to intensify. Korchunov said their potential in high latitudes has increased and the scale of the exercises conducted there has also increased.
Konstantin Dolgov, formerly a member of the Federation Council statedThe United States considers the Russian Federation to be its main enemy in the Arctic. According to him, all US military and economic policy in the Arctic is directed towards Russia. He also noted that the Russian Federation has strengthened its position in the defense and economic fields. According to Dolgov, these steps of the USA require our line of behavior “based on our own interests”.
Nikolai Korchunov, also Chairman of the Committee of Senior Officials of the Arctic Council, Ambassador of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia aforementionedNATO’s military activity in the Arctic worries Russia.
Putin before statedThat Russia’s future is linked to the Arctic.