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Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Ice-Class LNG Carrier ‘Christophe de Margerie’ Starts Maiden Voyage Through Northern Sea Route
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Ice-Class LNG Carrier ‘Christophe de Margerie’ Starts Maiden Voyage Through Northern Sea Route

The ice-class LNG carrier Christophe de Margerie has entered the Arctic’s Kara Sea marking the official start of its maiden voyage through the Northern

August 1, 2017
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Russia in Talks to Privatize Sovcomflot, Its Largest Shipping Company -Report
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Russia in Talks to Privatize Sovcomflot, Its Largest Shipping Company -Report

MOSCOW, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Russia is in talks with Asian investors on the privatisation of state shipping company Sovcomflot, the RIA news agency cited

August 1, 2017
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Tuesday, July 18, 2017
Russia Told to Pay Dutch $6 Million Over Greenpeace ‘Arctic Sunrise’ Seizure
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Russia Told to Pay Dutch $6 Million Over Greenpeace ‘Arctic Sunrise’ Seizure

By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM, July 18 (Reuters) – Russia must pay the Netherlands more than 5 million euros ($5.79 million)in damages for seizing a

July 18, 2017
Total Views: 49

Thursday, May 18, 2017
Russia Wants to Split Sovcomflot Sale Among Small-Stake Investors – Sources
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Russia Wants to Split Sovcomflot Sale Among Small-Stake Investors – Sources

By Gleb Stolyarov and Jack Stubbs MOSCOW, May 18 (Reuters) – Russia plans to sell part of state shipping firm Sovcomflot next month, hoping to draw in a

May 18, 2017
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Thursday, April 27, 2017
Russian Spy Ship Sinks in Black Sea After Collision
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Russian Spy Ship Sinks in Black Sea After Collision

STANBUL, April 27 (Reuters) – A Russian naval intelligence ship sank off Turkey’s Black Sea coast on Thursday after colliding with a vessel

April 27, 2017
Total Views: 137

Saturday, April 22, 2017
Russian Navy guided missile cruiser Varyag
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Russian Warship Visits Manila As Duterte Tightens Ties With U.S. foes

by Manuel Mogato (Reuters) Russian navy vessels arrived in the Philippines on Thursday for joint exercises as part of a drive for new security ties under

April 22, 2017
Total Views: 109

Wednesday, April 19, 2017
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Environment

Sea Ice Has Diminished Much Faster Than Climate Models Anticipated

By Eric Roston and Blacki Migliozzi (Bloomberg) Eight countries control land in the Arctic Circle. Five have coastlines to defend. The temperature is

April 19, 2017
Total Views: 15

Geroi Arsenala cargo ship
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Eleven Missing After Cargo Ship Sinks Off Crimea

MOSCOW, April 19 (Reuters) – A cargo ship heading from Russia to Turkey sunk off the coast of Crimea early on Wednesday morning and 11 of the crew are

April 19, 2017
Total Views: 17

Thursday, April 13, 2017
WinGD to Power World’s First Gas-Powered Aframax Crude Oil Tankers
Maritime News

WinGD to Power World’s First Gas-Powered Aframax Crude Oil Tankers

Russia’s largest shipping company SCF Group has selected Swiss-headquartered Winterthur Gas & Diesel (WinGD) to provide the duel-fuel engines for the

April 13, 2017
Total Views: 88

Wednesday, March 29, 2017
How Putin’s Pursuit of Stalin’s Arctic Dream Lost Global Appeal
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How Putin’s Pursuit of Stalin’s Arctic Dream Lost Global Appeal

By Dina Khrennikova and Elena Mazneva (Bloomberg) — Vladimir Putin wanted to remake Josef Stalin’s quest for a greater foothold in the Arctic into a

March 29, 2017
Total Views: 13

Monday, January 30, 2017
Sovcomflot’s Arctic Tankers Hit Milestone ‘One Million Tonnes’
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Sovcomflot’s Arctic Tankers Hit Milestone ‘One Million Tonnes’

Russian shipping company Sovcomflot (SCF) says its new arctic shuttle tankers have now transported one million tonnes of crude oil from the Yamal Peninsula to

January 30, 2017
Total Views: 74

Yamal icebreaker
Maritime News

Russia in Biggest Arctic Military Push Since Soviet Fall

By Andrew Osborn MURMANSK, Russia, Jan 30 (Reuters) – The nuclear icebreaker Lenin, the pride and joy of the Soviet Union’s Arctic great game, lies

January 30, 2017
Total Views: 77

Tuesday, January 24, 2017
News

How Trade, and Sanctions, Made a Russian Fisherman a Billionaire

By Alex Sazonov (Bloomberg) — Peering into the mid-morning darkness from his sixth-floor office on Russia’s Kola Bay, Vitaly Orlov strains to see

January 24, 2017
Total Views: 175

Thursday, January 19, 2017
Russian Vessel Convoy Beset in Ice in Northeast Passage
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Russian Vessel Convoy Beset in Ice in Northeast Passage

A Russian convoy of two bulk carriers and two icebreakers are stuck in ice in part of the Northeast Passage off northern Russia.  The two bulk carriers,

January 19, 2017
Total Views: 104

Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Russian Shuttle Tanker Certified to IMO’s Polar Code
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Russian Shuttle Tanker Certified to IMO’s Polar Code

A Russian arctic shuttle tanker has been certified in compliance with the International Maritime Organization’s upcoming Polar Code regulations for

December 28, 2016
Total Views: 125

Monday, December 26, 2016
Suspecting Pilot or Technical Error, Russia Hunts for Crashed Jet’s Black Boxes in Black Sea
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Suspecting Pilot or Technical Error, Russia Hunts for Crashed Jet’s Black Boxes in Black Sea

By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW, Dec 26 (Reuters) – Russia expanded its search on Monday for the remains of a military plane that crashed into the Black Sea,

December 26, 2016
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Sunday, December 25, 2016
No Survivors on Syria-Bound Russian Military Jet that Crashed in Black Sea
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No Survivors on Syria-Bound Russian Military Jet that Crashed in Black Sea

By Polina Devitt and Andrew Osborn MOSCOW, Dec 25 (Reuters) – A Russian military plane carrying 92 people, including dozens of Red Army Choir singers,

December 25, 2016
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Monday, December 12, 2016
Russia Applauds Trump ‘Dream Team’ as Exxon CEO Eyed for State
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Russia Applauds Trump ‘Dream Team’ as Exxon CEO Eyed for State

By Henry Meyer and Ilya Arkhipov (Bloomberg) — With two decades of deal-making in Russia’s vital oil industry under his belt, Rex Tillerson is Vladimir

December 12, 2016
Total Views: 7

Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Russian Tankers Defy EU Ban to Smuggle Jet Fuel to Syria – Sources
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Russian Tankers Defy EU Ban to Smuggle Jet Fuel to Syria – Sources

By Guy Faulconbridge and Jonathan Saul LONDON, Nov 22 (Reuters) – Russian tankers have smuggled jet fuel to Syria through EU waters, bolstering military

November 22, 2016
Total Views: 65

Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Russia Set to Dismantle First Nuclear-Powered Icebreaker
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Russia Set to Dismantle First Nuclear-Powered Icebreaker

Russia is set to begin dismantling the nuclear icebreaker Sibir marking the first time ever that a nuclear-powered icebreaker has been sent for recycling. The

November 15, 2016
Total Views: 67
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