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☆ Putin touts Russia's 'Arctic power' with launch of nuclear icebreakers
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

ST PETERSBURG, Russia, Nov 22 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday touted Russia's Arctic power at a flag-raising ceremony and dock launch for two nuclear-powered icebreakers that will ensure year-round navigation in the Western Arctic. Presiding via video link from the Kremlin at the launch ceremony in the former imperial capital of St Petersburg in northern Russia, Putin said such icebreakers were of strategic importance for the country. "Both icebreakers were laid down as part of a large serial project and are part of our large-scale, systematic work to re-equip and replenish the domestic icebreaker fleet, to strengthen Russia's status as a great Arctic power," Putin said. The Arctic is taking on greater strategic significance due to climate change, as a shrinking ice cap opens up new sea lanes. Vast oil and gas resources lie in Russia's Arctic regions, including a liquefied natural gas plant on the Yamal Peninsula.

☆ Equinor, partners delay development of northernmost Arctic oilfield
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Nerijus Adomaitis | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

OSLO, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Norway's Equinor (EQNR.OL) and partners are delaying the development of what could have been the world's northernmost Arctic oilfield in production, citing rising costs and supply industry capacity constraints, the oil major said on Thursday. Equinor was now aiming for an investment decision on the Wisting oilfield in the offshore Arctic by the end of 2026 instead of December this year, it said. Wisting would have been the fourth hydrocarbon field in production in the Norwegian Arctic. The Norwegian Environment Agency said this year Equinor had failed to show it was safe to produce oil from Wisting, all year-around in harsh Arctic conditions. Equinor and partners say they could have developed Wisting in an environmentally safe way.

☆ New missions in the high north are taking US and British aircraft carriers closer to a frigid frontline with Russia
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Christopher Woody | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Throughout the war in Ukraine, US destroyers have continued "operating with allies and partners in the high north to put pressure on Russia, to make sure that they know that we're there with capable platforms," Gilday added. The British Royal Navy followed suit this spring, sending HMS Prince of Wales into the Arctic for seven weeks — the first Arctic deployment for the UK's new Queen Elizabeth-class carriers. By sending the carrier that far north, the Royal Navy sought "to push the boundaries of UK carrier operations in the cold, harsh environment," the ship's commanding officer said. British Royal NavyHMS Prince of Wales' deployment reflects the British navy's increasing investment in Arctic operations. In 2020, the British navy "recommenced" routine operations in the Arctic, according to the UK's updated Arctic strategy, released in March.

☆ Migrant rescue ship refuses to leave Italy port in standoff with Meloni
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

The captain of a charity-run migrant rescue ship refused Italian orders to leave a Sicilian port Sunday after authorities refused to let 35 of the migrants on his ship disembark — part of directives by Italy’s new far-right-led government targeting foreign-flagged rescue ships. On Sunday, Italy ordered the Humanity 1 to vacate the port of Catania after disembarking 144 rescued migrants, including with children, more than 100 unaccompanied minors and people with medical emergencies. “Free all the people, free them,″ Italian lawmaker Aboubakar Soumahoro said in an emotional appeal directed at Meloni from the Humanity 1 rescue ship. Aboard the Humanity 1, doctors in Italy identified people needing urgent medical care after the ship’s doctor refused to make a selection, said SOS Humanity spokesman Wasil Schauseil. SOS Humanity said it plans to file a civil case in Catania to ensure that all 35 survivors on board have access to formal asylum procedures on land.

☆ German-flagged charity vessel refuses to leave Italian port
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Francesca Landini | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MILAN, Nov 6 (Reuters) - A German-flagged charity vessel refused to leave the Sicilian port of Catania on Sunday, after Italian authorities said not all the migrants it was carrying could disembark, the NGO responsible for the vessel said. Migrants wait to be rescued by crew members of NGO rescue ship 'Ocean Viking' in the Mediterranean Sea, October 26, 2022. Camille Martin Juan/Sos Mediterranee/Handout via REUTERSThe German NGO said that 35 migrants left onboard were in poor health and had fled "inhuman conditions" in Libya. A second charity vessel that had asked Rome for a safe port to disembark 572 migrants has just docked in Catania, the press officer for the Geo Barents ship told Reuters. "Selective and partial disembark, as proposed by the Italian authorities, is not to be considered legal under maritime law conventions," said international NGO Medicins sans Frontieres, which runs Geo Barents ship.

☆ Europe's militaries have been working together for years to keep an eye on what Russia is up to at sea
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Constantine Atlamazoglou | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The Nord Stream pipeline sabotage in September drew new attention to maritime threats in Europe. European militaries have already been working on new ways to protect undersea infrastructure. Although the pipelines were not in use— Nord Stream 1 was shut down in March by EU sanctions against Russia, and Nord Stream 2 wasn't yet operational—the incident highlights the risks to underwater infrastructure. Even before the war in Ukraine, Western officials had grown worried about increasing activity by Russian ships and submarines around underwater cables crossing the Atlantic. "Russia is clearly taking an interest in NATO and NATO nations' undersea infrastructure," the admiral said at the time.

☆ Putin monitors drills of Russia’s nuclear forces and practice missile launches
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Russians President Vladimir Putin monitored drills by his country’s strategic nuclear forces involving multiple practice launches of ballistic and cruise missiles Wednesday. The manoeuvres followed Putin’s warning about his readiness to use “all means available” to fend off attacks on Russia’s territory in a reference to the country’s nuclear arsenals. Wednesday’s drills involved the test-firing of a Yars land-based intercontinental ballistic missile from the northern Plesetsk launch site and the launch of a Sineva ICBM by a Russian nuclear submarine in the Barents Sea. Such drills involving land, sea and air components have taken place on an annual basis to train the country’s nuclear forces and demonstrate their readiness. The Biden administration said Tuesday that Russia gave notice it intended to stage routine drills of its nuclear capabilities.

☆ Russian roulette: Is Putin serious about nuclear war, or bluffing?
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Jason Corcoran | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

On Oct. 26, President Vladimir Putin appeared on Russian state television overseeing a practice run of Russia's strategic nuclear deterrence forces. The conflict has revived Cold War-era fears of nuclear war across the region. In August, a Ukrainian official said that 9,000 Ukrainian military personnel had been killed, though another source said the number could be far higher. (President Zelensky previously estimated that 30% of Ukraine's power stations have been damaged or destroyed, although the figure is now likely to be greater.) In a wide-ranging answer, Putin had offered, almost as an aside, that Russian victims of nuclear war "will go to heaven as martyrs" while Western citizens would perish without having "time to repent."

☆ Studiu: Marea mai caldă din Arctica, responsabilă de valurile de frig din Europa
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-02 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +3 min

Marea Arctică, de pe care gheaţa dispare sub efectul încălzirii climei, contribuie în mod direct la ninsorile abundente din Europa, cum ar fi episodul glacial din 2018 supranumit ''Bestia din Est'', conform unui studiu publicat joi, transmite agerpres.ro. Acest eveniment, care a paralizat o mare parte din nordul Europei în februarie şi martie 2018, a provocat daune de peste un miliard de euro pe zi doar în Regatul Unit. Astfel, aproximativ 140 de gigatone de apă s-au evaporat din mare, reprezentând 88% din umiditatea care a căzut sub formă de zăpadă peste Europa, conform calculelor oamenilor de ştiinţă. "Va însemna întreruperi în aprovizionarea cu alimente şi combustibil, distrugerea culturilor...", a atras atenţia Jeffrey Welker de la Universitatea din Alaska din oraşul american Anchorage. "Poate părea contraintuitiv" faptul că oceanul din regiunea Polului Nord care se încălzeşte provoacă mai multă zăpadă în Europa, "însă natura este complexă, iar ceea ce se întâmplă în Arctica nu rămâne în Arctica", a precizat Hannah Bailey.

Persons: Hannah Bailey, Jeffrey Welker, american Anchorage . Organizations: Nature, Universitatea din Locations: Europa, Est, Europei, Regatul Unit, Barents, Suedia, Moscova, Paris, Franţa, Universitatea din Oulu, Finlanda, Universitatea din Alaska, american Anchorage, Nord, Arctica

☆ 17 persoane au dispărut în apele înghețate, după ce o navă rusească s-a scufundat în Marea Barents
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-28 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Doar două persoane au fost salvate în timpul operațiunii de căutare, care a fost îngreunată de condițiile meteorologice nefavorabile. „După ce vasul de pescari s-a scufundat, 19 persoane au ajuns în apă", a declarat Comitetul de anchetă, care cercetează condițiile în care a avut loc incidentul. Potrivit agențiilor de știri rusești, există puține speranțe de a mai găsi supraviețuitori din cauza vântului puternic și a temperaturilor scăzute. Nava cu pavilion rus, care funcționase din 1979, s-a scufundat atât de repede încât echipajul nu a avut timp să își activeze plute de salvare. „Dezastrul a avut loc în timpul unei furtuni puternice, atunci când echipajul a tras o plasă cu captura de pește.

Persons: Salvatorii Locations: Onega, Barents

Doar două persoane au fost salvate în timpul operațiunii de căutare, care a fost îngreunată de condițiile meteorologice nefavorabile. Potrivit agențiilor de știri rusești, există puține speranțe de a mai găsi supraviețuitori din cauza vântului puternic și a temperaturilor scăzute. Este practic imposibil ca persoanele să reziste chiar și cu costumele umede", susțin oficialii care se ocupă de caz. Nava cu pavilion rus, care funcționase din 1979, s-a scufundat atât de repede încât echipajul nu a avut timp să își activeze plute de salvare. „Dezastrul a avut loc în timpul unei furtuni puternice, atunci când echipajul a tras o plasă cu captura de pește.

Persons: Salvatorii Locations: Onega, Barents

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