Kremlin’s Threat to Interfere with Undersea Data Cables Should Be Taken Seriously
In what is more than likely to turn out to be an attempt at escalation in the confrontation between Nato and Russia over the war in Ukraine, former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev argued recently on his Telegram channel that Russia should have the right to attack submarine data cables.Medvedev claimed such rights against the background of recent media reports on the mysterious sabotage of the Nord Stream undersea gas pipeline last year. He wrote:If we proceed from the proven complicity of western countries in blowing up the Nord Streams, then we have no constraints – even moral – left to
Putin's Submarine Ride in Black Sea
;s ancient trade route. Such research is important “in order to understand the development of ancient Rus’s relations with its neighbours, as well as the development of Russian statehood,” Mr Putin told reporters. Off the vessel, Putin was greeted by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who did give him a hug, and also by his chief of staff and defence minister. They were among the many Russian officials who accompanied him on this week’s trip to Crimea.
Gazprom & Rosneft Receive New Sites in the Arctic
The government supplemented the list of the subsoil sites of federal importance that are available for use without auctions. The Prime Minister of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, signed the respective decree.The list includes the Pritaymyrsky subsurface site in the Laptev Sea, as well as the Kheysovsky site in the Barents Sea. The area of the Pritaymyrsky plot is 20,619,000 sq. km. The extractable reserves are estimated to be 104.6 million tonnes. Gas reserves total 362.8 billion cubic meters. The Kheysovsky site covers an area of 83,590,000 sq. km. Its recoverable oil reserves are estimated
February 2024
