On Russia's Right to Charge for Arctic Transit
The Russian system for managing the Northern Sea Route (NSR) is angrily criticized by most interested foreign states for its lack of direct access to weather and navigation data, complicated procedures to request escort services etc. But the most sensitive issue is the NSR passage fee.
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... would forge a link between the ore fields of the polar Urals and Yamal hydrocarbon deposits with industrialized areas in the Urals.
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Meridian railway lines to ports on the White, Barents, Kara and Laptev seas should boost the cargo potential of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) and open direct access to West Europe. Some complications can be expected from building the Salkhard-Nadym-Novy Urengoy railroad that to reach Igarka and Norilsk, as cargos may leave via the Dudinka connection, the NSR’s ...