Putin vows tenfold Arctic shipping increase by 2025

"Our Arctic fleet was, remains and will be the most powerful in the world," the Russian president said.

By Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer March 1, 2018
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Delivering his state-of-the-nation speech to the parliament on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin highlighted the importance of speeding up the country’s infrastructure developments. The Arctic plays a strategically important role in the plan.

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