Arctic seabed 'belongs to Russia'
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An Arctic expedition proves that a vast underwater mountain range is a part of Russia, officials say.
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Scientists monitoring the Arctic say the sea ice appears to be growing again after undergoing a record retreat.
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Russia's Natural Resources Minister defended a decision that will keep foreign-controlled oil companies out of auctions of strategic raw materials resources, arguing Wednesday that tighter control would help Russia tackle widespread poverty in the country, a stated goal of president Vladimir Putin.
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Russia on Friday sent 12 air force  bombers to take part in naval exercises over the Arctic and  North Atlantic oceans, Itar-Tass news agency quoted a spokesman  for Russia's air force as saying.
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Text of report by Russian news agency Ekho Moskvy  Ulan-Ude, 6 June: The Republic of Buryatia's Supreme Court today ruled invalid the favourable conclusion made by the state environmental study on the route of an oil pipeline passing 800 m.
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Russia has the world s largest known natural gas reserves and one-eighth of the world s oil reserves.
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New evidence shows that polar bears are suffering from industrial chemicals swept to the Arctic from nations thousands of miles to the south, the WWF global conservation organization said on Monday.
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A faster-than-expected thaw of the Arctic is likely to open legendary short-cut routes between the Pacific and the Atlantic but experts say icebergs and high costs will prevent any trans-polar shipping boom.
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The Arctic Barents Sea is under threat from overfishing, oil and gas exploration and Soviet-era radioactive waste, the U.N. Environment Program said on Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON, Sep 20 (IPS) - Encouraged by a Russian government decision last  week to enforce tougher environmental regulations for the  controversial Sakhalin II oil project, international  environmentalists say that the European Bank for Reconstruction  and Development (EBRD) should change course and withhold funding  for the project or risk violating domestic Russian law.
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The Arctic is undergoing rapid and possibly irreversible change, according to a new report prepared for the eight nations which rim the region.
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The Gakkel Ridge, encased under the frozen Arctic Ocean, is steep and rocky, and scientists suspect its remote location hosts an array of undiscovered life. Researchers hope newly developed robots will give them their first look at the mysterious ridge located between Greenland and Siberia.
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More than 60 nations started the biggest scientific investigation of the Arctic and Antarctic on Thursday amid new evidence that global warming is thawing polar ice and raising sea levels.
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Denmark is vying with Russia in a race to map the Arctic seabed and stake a claim to its resources.
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The Arctic may seem a remote and pristine region, but winds and tides carry man-made toxins to the region, endangering wildlife there, the World Wildlife Fund said Wednesday.
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KYIV. Oct 26 (Interfax) - The Russian-Ukrainian treaty that permits the Russian Black Sea Fleet to have its base in Ukraine until 2012 &quot;fully conforms to the constitution and laws of Ukraine,&quot; Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.
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Japan has told Russia it will not be satisfied with the return of just two of the four disputed Kuril islands. Russia&#39;s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov suggested at the weekend that Moscow might return two of the islands.