REPOST: ❄️Frozen out of a warming Arctic🔥

DEEP DIVE: Is Russia losing its grip on Arctic energy resources?

It is hard to overstate the importance of the Arctic to Russia. Moscow lays claim to the lion’s share of the region’s immense energy and natural resources, and exploiting them is an overarching economic priority for Russia. Thawing permafrost and receding sea ice would seem to make this easier, but new risks abound. Now war in Ukraine is choking off the…