How Russia is taking control of the Arctic | It's Complicated

Controlling the Arctic has long been an ambition of Soviet and Russian leaders.
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And it's not hard to see why: the Arctic contains vast deposits of untapped fossil fuels, it is of huge strategic importance militarily and represents an emerging trade route between Asia and the west to rival the Suez canal. But Russia is not the only country with designs on the Arctic. Canada and Denmark have also staked a claim and, in military terms, Nato is bearing down on all sides. Yet Vladimir Putin is closer than any of his predecessors to gaining control of the polar region. Josh Toussaint-Strauss explores how Russia is trying to entrench its claim to the Arctic.
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[@SportZFan4Ever]

Half the Arctic borders Russia. Russia can do whatever they want on their territory.

[@howdeedoodee6603]

They can´t do it in their homeland -why should they in the Arctic?

[@Kirill80504]

​@@howdeedoodee6603Some part of Arctic is Russian territory

[@howdeedoodee6603]

@@Kirill80504 enjoy it

[@vladverenich4283]

@@howdeedoodee6603 just worry about the number of genders 🤣🤣🤣

[@S.v.a.r.o.g...]

​@@howdeedoodee6603Don't be jealous.

[@RemSupernova]

I don't see a problem with Russia's claims to huge parts of the Arctic. Russia has by far the largest maritime border with the Arctic.

[@nizzebroid]

The real problem for the West is not the Arctic itself, but the aggregation of trade routes within Eurasia (and further Africa), as an expanded Silk Road to be controlled now by the Chinese and Russians. Britain in particular used to receive huge profits from the control of maritime transportation, and soon a decent slice of it will be cut off from their interest. So nothing complicated - and the talks about climate change and resources in the Arctic are just a smoke screen, I believe.

[@Daniel-tm9fg]

Russians on the lookout for a new Promise Land since the Military Operation in Ukraine turns out to be a total failure. Russians will have to pay a huge war reparations for destruction and genocide, so the russian territory will be parcelled out and sold to pay reparations.

[@HorusHeresist]

@@nizzebroid It's like blaiming Ancient Egypt for placing its borders on Sinai Peninsula. Why they did that? Didn't they see how it would affect British trade profits? "How dare you?! You have stolen my dreams and my childhood (c)

[@nirajshrestha5621]

the problem for usa, europe is that they are not is control of this.

[@nirajshrestha5621]

@@nizzebroid true climate change is just a smoke screen while usa, europe themselves has plans to search, look for more oil and gas in the sea and in the land.

[@IAMJEFFREY-cw9ns]

The Arctic is literally connected to Russia. They have every right to use the resources there. Why is this even a story?

[@lizaveta2002]

Потому что они завидуют России

[@Kikim0rka]

Жадность, увы... Не дадут нам жить спокойно, вечно будут лезть

[@DrProfessorWeed]

The fact this is an actual question for some people is the problem.

[@Helloworld-kj9wy]

​@@DrProfessorWeedfor what people? For those who is in White House? Then there is no problem except homeless people

[@DrProfessorWeed]

@@Helloworld-kj9wy Нет, я имел в виду, что сам факт, что есть люди которые без иронии задают этот вопрос, вот в чем проблема. Tо что eсть люди с таким уровнем невежества и высокомерия.

[@ballerblocks]

Lol, russia controls its territory, they cry, Russia has basess on its territory they cry more...😂 The salt in this video is rock solid

[@walterhernandez9867]

F---ing A Man! 👍

[@AprezaRenaldy]

Russia claiming Arctic:😡🤬 On Russia back yard itself. France, UK, US claiming islands in Indian Ocean:😋😊☺️ thousands of km on land and belonging to other countries

[@hevnervals]

Who's crying? We're competing over resources. What don't you understand?

[@PavolFilek]

Russia is big, nobody can have better army and navy than Russia, Russia is hyperpower, USA is only superpower with 34 tril. dept and declining economy. NO army, no navy, nothing, noly helicopter money === $$$ === 0.000001 real value. bye.

[@eprst780]

@@hevnervals well imho Russia is uncompetable in Arctic arena

[@edwinjoy3932]

Russia claiming Arctic: 😡😡 France, UK, US claiming islands in Indian Ocean: 🥰🥰

[@guzelataroach4450]

they were claimed hundreds of years ago and are outside indias EEZ

[@bpi8940]

So Spain and Portugal can claim entire American Continents 🤡🤡@@guzelataroach4450

[@nullius3981]

​@@guzelataroach4450 it's not just India that's facing the Indian Ocean you know.... Are you aware that the ICJ has demanded for the US and UK to leave and return Diego Garcia and the British Indian Ocean Territories to the Mauritius but the US and UK conveniently ignores the ruling? Or the presence of British, French and Dutch islands miles off the coast of independent states in the Carribean? How about France having the most amount of time zones, even larger than Russia because they have territories thousands of miles away from their country in the Pacific? Russia's claim to the Arctic is not that extreme. Russia has numerous archipelagic and island chains there. And if we go by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Seas (UNCLOS), all states have the rights to claim the seabed and waters of a certain region if that specific region is part of that country's continental shelf. This means that there are provisions where Russia could pursue it's claims even through legal methods and not just physical explorations. Of course, in that case Canada and Denmark can claim the same territory as part of their Continental shelf, hence it could be solved by an arbitrary seating of the UNCLOS. Russia is an active member of UNCLOS as in the past, they have sought to expand their EEZ in the Sea of Okhotsk in the Russian Far East and they successfully persuaded the UNCLOS body to grant Russia authority over a body of water called "The Peanut Hole". Hence, there is really nothing too far fetched about Russia's claim and Russia has not shied away from using international maritime laws to press for it's claims.

[@MuantanamoMobile]

@@guzelataroach4450 20 ICJ rulings against Frnce's annexation of theAfrican Comoros Island of-Mayotte. Stripping 48% of the Nativepopulation of their homes and claiming they are"illegal-migrants" from the other comoros islands, simply because they refuse to support its claim on the island.

[@gabrielgarcia7554]

@edwinjoy3932 Russia existing in its own backyard: 😭 UK and US forcing off thousands of people off of the island of Diego Garcia and making their home into a Naval Base to continue playing world policeman: 😄

[@mihail_sergeev]

The Anglo-Saxons do not like the fact that Russia is placing military bases on its own territory.

[@Mafataj5693]

Придёт время, и мы до англичашек доберёмся. Всё им припомним...

[@Imarvitaliko]

Such claim is so dangerous. It is no different to Russia claiming to be placing its bases in Ukraine

[@user-fz9ut6pq2p]

@@Mafataj5693, реваншизм до добра не доводит.

[@Tonik-13]

@@user-fz9ut6pq2p Это не реваншизм, это основополагающий принцип ООН - право народа на самоопределение. Шотландия будет свободной. А если серьезно, скорее всего они не оставят в покое Россию пока не почувствуют для себя угрозу и не попробуют своего собственного лекарства.

[@user-fz9ut6pq2p]

@@Tonik-13, да. Никто никогда не отстанет от кого-либо, такова политическая арена, таковы люди. Просто для получения более выгодных политических и экономических позиций нам ну прям совсем не обязательно "добираться" до кого-то и что-то им "припоминать". Звучит так, словно у кого-то есть желание к ним, условно, на острова высаживаться и провоцировать фактор сдерживания. Главное, что "припоминание" ещё и звучит, как проявление ненависти к населению Туманного Альбион в целом.

[@greengreen3370]

the US and many European countries claimed islands that are not even close to their mainland, Russia however has a big border with the Arctic

[@MKUltra-ti8ts]

Повезло же русским 😄

[@kite759]

@@MKUltra-ti8ts московитам*

[@MKUltra-ti8ts]

@@kite759 людям!!

[@thecommie739]

Give back the Falkland

[@gungij2728]

stop glazing putin

[@ufc5148]

Cry me a river, Russia has every right to claim the artic and there is nothing y’all can do about it.

[@monaliza3334]

Not just that, they have resources and money. EU UK US are BANKRUPT...

[@saucy743]

Crimea River*

[@viswajitbala7924]

lol das funny@@saucy743

[@alexandermalyshev3402]

@@saucy743 Salgir! (It's a biggest river in Crimea) - that what Timberlake sang about :D

[@freakybutcher2961]

@@saucy743 😂😂😂

[@mauriceoreilly9955]

Your map of NATO countries is mistaken. Ireland is not a member.

[@user-wv1bb5yk7v]

В этом вся проблема! Они и не спрашивают ирландцев!

[@user-xm6zs6ez6i]

No, others don't care and they won't ask the Irish.

[@lanamoonlight1851]

you know, that is really interesting, bc Republic of Moldova is not a member too!

[@SportZFan4L1fe]

Ireland is a member of NATO. They just don't know it yet. 😂 Look at Sweden and Finland.

[@ImPedofinderGeneral]

Ireland is English property I guess

[@russiaandtheworld1597]

This is not the expansion of Russia, this is its security and legal territories

[@howdeedoodee6603]

Russia is sutch a peaceful country.

[@meteorknight999]

​@@howdeedoodee6603no peace with nato, never

[@howdeedoodee6603]

@@meteorknight999 Just now I only see peace - between NATO and Russia, you not ?

[@Ork-Valeriy]

That as per international low , continental shelf extension beyond 200 miles EEZ ,considered Russian .It is proofed by researchers

[@nafets6265]

So what? artic is literally on russia sphere of territory. I don't know what the fuss of developing your own territory

[@evgen-cy6so]

@@Gonzo62

[@mark-ut3pm]

@@Gonzo62 nah, they will stop at that. the reason? limited power & resources to expand beyond that (US & Canada are on the other side if you are wondering why). Just look at wrecked Ukraine.

[@kindlingking]

​@@Gonzo62you know this logic works both ways?

[@user-sd9cc3bx4w]

Thank you for providing choices of warm outcomes for winter cold days. Thank you Mr. President for caring

[@zama7902]

LoL what!?😂😂The Arctic is Russia. The last time I checked the Russians are at the forefront in pioneering environmental/scientific expeditions in that region. They are the only country equipped with Ice breakers that are able to explore that place.

[@jonaspete]

Not the navy

[@IAMJEFFREY-cw9ns]

Well said👍

[@AprezaRenaldy]

Russia claiming Arctic:😡🤬 in Russia's own backyard France, UK, US claiming islands in Indian Ocean:😋😊☺️ thousands of km on land and belonging to other countries

[@murtazaaliahmad1905]

@@AprezaRenaldy👏👏👏👏

[@hevnervals]

Yeah that's what this report said. Thank you for explaining it a 2nd time.

[@Udachliviy1116]

Putin asked for NATO membership in 2003, to which the Americans laughed and said that in general NATO was created to destroy and dismember the USSR and now Russia. and also that part of American interests be paid for by Europeans. Then the Russians remembered the old saying: “The best allies for Russia are the army and navy” and began to strengthen the army.

[@rwjazz1299]

Surprise !! NATO and the US are building up their military capabilities. Russia cannot match NATO power.

[@k1osma]

It is not old saying. these are the words of the Russian Emperor Alexander III

[@keonliller_2287]

Serbia is our buddy too

[@steveb890]

No they didnt say that at all, thats pure lies ...Putin thought he was above everyone else , wanted immediate membership and didnt want to wait in line as others do !

[@opentam]

​@@k1osma it was in 1880s... Its pretty old i think

[@mitrogulf4073]

It would be strange for a country, one of whose symbols is cold, bears, and their baptism takes place in cold water in winter, to expect something different...

[@geofflepper3207]

And yet Canada still hasn't done enough to secure control over its arctic territory.

[@vanceofthetube]

This is 'peak' guardian

[@inferno9103]

As well as the biggest amount of Arctic territory and the biggest Arctic city with 300k population

[@MohamedAhmed-ms9eu]

It is also strange how Russia is considered a threat to Western Europe without Russia having to leave its Eastern European borders. The Arctic is on Russia's border, Black Sea is on the Russian border. Meanwhile, Britain is laying claim to Gibraltar which is between Africa and Spain and the Falkland Islands which is next to South America. America too has "territories" that are thousands of miles from mainland USA but Russia can't even claim the land next to their border as theirs lol

[@danieldkland]

@@MohamedAhmed-ms9eu Kaliningrad??? Kuril Islands? Full on European countries? Historically, every country has taken what it could, Russia *especially* so with it's empirical ambition being an empire from the sea in the west to the sea in the east. The difference is, countries are not claiming whole other countries for themselves anymore, like Russia is doing, let alone claiming basically their version of the nine-dash line, except with no historical precedence.

[@BrentonWoods774]

You make it seem like Russia is the bad guy here :)

[@annalehman93941]

It's cope mechanism 😊 because GB can't even build new atomic power plant now

[@karibkeon]

​@@annalehman93941sorry, but that is GB?

[@user-ee8eo4hi6q]

@@karibkeon Great Britain.

[@9and7]

But they have Multiculturalism.

[@YorktownUSA]

The Russians have been perfecting their arctic craft since the beginning of the cold war. The amount of bases, airfields, and nuclear powered icebreakers up there outclasses any other nation. And they've been navigating those waters for decades.

[@polarexperts5073]

Sorry to correct you, but it happens since the WW I. Cause of number of attacks from British and Danish sights back to 16-19 century at Russian North West areas, government of Russian empire set a Naval Base in Murmansk region (late 19 century). And right, cold war accelerated and expanded military power and presence of force in the Arctic. Sadly, but it is a reality

[@polarexperts5073]

Sorry to correct you, but it happened since the WW I. Cause of number of attacks from British and Danish sights back to 16-19 century at Russian North West areas, government of Russian empire set a Naval Base in Murmansk region (late 19 century). And right, cold war accelerated and expanded military power and presence of force in the Arctic. Sadly, but it is a reality. Greetings from Murmansk🖐️

[@nathanhiggers4606]

Nowadays NATO states have occupied Russian North during the civil war. Many people who supported the reds freezed and starved in conсentration camps with British approval. Tis worth remembering.

[@Ami_BK]

Don't make me laugh, Russia can't even take and keep control of parts of Ukraine, let alone somewhere NATO countries are already embedded! Russia has zero resources left to commit to the Arctic!

[@johnwi-l_l-iamsf3763]

​@@nathanhiggers4606US will surely leave NATO when trump comes

[@glosium2068]

- OH, NO! Russia is seizing the Arctic waters! At the same time, NATO surrounded Russia almost along the entire western and eastern borders. I am already silent about the Baltic Sea, which is almost under the sole authority of NATO

[@user-sd9cc3bx4w]

What is NATO: no land , no culture and a confused language oton

[@Irina-so8yz]

Не пойму, почему Британию так трясёт? Посмотрите на арктические границы России. И Россия имеет право свои границы защищать! А НАТО постоянно провоцируют Россию, главное чтоб они не заигрались с собственными амбициями, иначе всё плохо закончится для всего мира.

[@pccougar895]

Love the threats. You sound triggerred.

[@alexxxXXXrus]

Не, только для них. Легкая облачность в течении дня

[@user-ji1ki8qh1t]

Они трясутся потомк что сами не успели первыми к разделу пирога

[@nathanhiggers4606]

The only reason is: ENVY

[@user-th9ni1xv5o]

Их трясет от любого успеха России

[@tomjones974]

How dare Russia put bases on its own territory!

[@BlaCk-gw1cz]

😂😂😂

[@gregdvorkin]

The shores of Arctic Ocean is Russia's border line, Russian territory.The land and all its resources belongs to Russia, It invests into it and develops it for more than 100 years. It is normal that it is trying to protect it and benefit from it. What is the issue?

[@nurex9029]

I'm asking the same question, what's the issue exactly??

[@abcddef2112]

Its not controlled by the west

[@igorpupkinable]

The issue for me is the phrase “land and all its resources belong to Russia”. Everything belongs to the planet and all living creatures.

[@MURMAU]

@@igorpupkinableээээ, как бы у нас образовалось государственное устройство. Или вы верите в Утопию?

[@Filippenzen413]

Ooh Putin can draw lines all he wants. Lets see

[@georgevladimirovich7190]

This is the difference between Russian visionaries and NATO bureaucrats. The first achieves facts, the 2nd ones just talk and, we all know that talk is cheap.

[@villujokinen8490]

How's the 3 day invasion going buddy, or was it only talk

[@Faceless166]

@@villujokinen8490 you should ask the American general that said that.

[@Helloworld-kj9wy]

​@@villujokinen8490how is 300B dollars going in Bakhmut buddy? What about Texas and Cuba? You know you're next?

[@timofeytimotei2859]

Us want to use that route for their cargo themselves and blame Ru for not carrying for Arctic seals😂😂 what a hypocrites

[@andreishramov7494]

Россия всё делает правильно и по существу! Россия своего добьётся!

[@MrScotia]

I don't see a problem with Russia's claims to huge parts of the Arctic. Russia has by far the largest maritime border with the Arctic. The UK claimed the Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, and countless other territories it has absolutely no borders with.

[@johnothwolo]

They colonized those islands. It's been almost half a century since a country was colonized.

[@MultiYlin]

So is you or your children moving into artic? ​@@johnothwolo

[@TheInfamousMrFox]

@@johnothwolo Falklands were settled no colonized, there were no natives and it was 'terra nullius'.

[@chrisducker1975]

@@TheInfamousMrFox Just because there were "no natives" doesn't mean the Falklands weren't colonized.

[@MrScotia]

@@TheInfamousMrFox No natives on the land Russia is claiming as well..

[@joshuat3686]

Russia has by far the largest human presence of any kind in the arctic. There are about 2 million people living north of the arctic circle in Russia, and about 200,000 living north of the arctic circle in the rest of the world.

[@Crashed131963]

Population does not matter . It's about distance from your shoreline like every other water claim on earth . If not one human lived in Alaska the US still own so far from their coastline like they do with California .

[@ME2K23]

😳 what!? russians are humans?!?

[@runrau9275]

@@theincrement4898 Yes he has been active that is for sure.

[@abrahamdozer6273]

Their penal colonies there go way back to the 19th century and they've gradually built up a population up there.

[@stuartemmanuel3735]

​@@theincrement4898facts dude

[@user-bx8zh2xc2z]

Russia also revoked maritime fishing treaty with UK. 600k tonnes of free cod each year are lost to UK, but that is unique chance for uk to become more democratic and start to buy it from NATO countries, price will be higher, but that is for the sake of democratic values and solidarity with NATO.

[@polarexperts5073]

😂😂😂

[@ballerblocks]

Stop making me laugh😂😂😂😂

[@savvy.1]

British economy already makes everyone laugh 😂

[@user-vx5vo3gs2w]

Means absolutely nothing for thousands of russians in Novosibirsk city, left in their homes without heating for weeks in temperatures like -25 C.

[@yuliyarue1804]

​@@user-vx5vo3gs2w heating system once broken in a short period of time gets restored. Nothing special. It happens in any country all over the globe

[@GroveErasmus]

Russian has the longest Arctic coastline. I support Russia 🇷🇺

[@AprezaRenaldy]

They mad because only west can do that like in Falkland

[@user-bz8ks4bp6t]

Russia is not only taking control, but DEVELOPING the Arctic within its area of responsibility in accordance with the UN Charter. Unlike, for example, the United States, which declared its claims by ultimatum. Why didn't anyone talk about this? Oh yes, the world we live in is “rules based”, right? And probably these rules are yours? You are wrong, gentlemen... 😉

[@Mn16Cr45]

They learned from WW2 and Napoleon, that someone who can fight in winter wins the war

[@howdeedoodee6603]

Who wins which war ?

[@keonliller_2287]

yeah, they're developing winter machine in Arctic for their armed forces

[@powerdriller4124]

Except the Cold War.

[@user-sd9cc3bx4w]

Whether or not, weather can do an impact.

[@Wenzelaus]

Our ancestors made a lot of heroic efforts to explore the Arctic! It belongs to us, Russians, by right!

[@pugnatorr]

despite this propanda video and channel, Russia can do whatever they want in their Russia's part of the Arctic

[@Lucas-vd2gx]

Yeah but what is stopping Russia of doing what is doing in Ukraine? Just extending its borders in the Arctic?

[@pugnatorr]

@@Lucas-vd2gx in ukraine russia is doing what USA and Israel have done for decades. Taking care of their "national security" ;-)

[@Lucas-vd2gx]

@@pugnatorr Since when and how Russia invading Ukraine and annexing the land is similar to what USA/Israel have been doing for decades?

[@Lucas-vd2gx]

You make absolute zero sense@@pugnatorr

[@ahrlj24]

@@Lucas-vd2gx Israel is occupying Palestine for 50 years. Russia is occupying Ukraine for 10 years.

[@goldenknight]

5:36 Ireland is not a NATO member, so it shouldn't be in blue

[@howdeedoodee6603]

. . .and Moldovia too.

[@ascientificmind]

The Arctic's thawing ice isn't just environmental; it's a geopolitical game-changer. With new routes and resources emerging, nations are navigating strategic interests in this icy arena. 🌐❄

[@urbanjaara]

What is UK doing in Indian Ocean ? and USA in Guam then?

[@EyFmS]

International waters and Guam IS a U.S territory.

[@mohammadali258]

Similarly Ukraine, Estonia, latavia, Lithuania was, is and will be Russian territory

[@EyFmS]

@@mohammadali258 In your dreams Ivan, in your dreams...

[@zeruonch1596]

​@@EyFmSsadly, it's happened

[@user-kr4fb1mm1h]

@@mohammadali258 Прибалтика и западная Украина России даром не нужны. Там живут другие народы, с другой культурой и ментальностью. Разошлись и разошлись. Вообще, что интересно Прибалтика была куплена Петром 1 у шведской короны. Смотрим Ништадский мирный договор. За отказ шведской короны от данных земель Петр Первый заплатил 2 миллиона серебряных талеров. А право собственности в западном мире священно. Не хочет ли Прибалтика вернуть России эти два миллиона серебряных талеров? По современному курсу естественно.

[@ksakenify]

Военные базы в Артике "Трилистники" строятся для обеспечения Северного Морского Пути - из Китая в Европу

[@DragoM128]

Uncle Sam wants a piece of everything,and is just upset that Putin won't share a piece of his pie😅😅

[@WiseMan22]

What amazes me is that Russia can have a gdp that is smaller than California, yet alone US and EU, and they can still be competetive on the world stage. It seems that the EU and the US isn't run very efficently to say the least.

[@user-ji1ki8qh1t]

Gdp is a bullish.t lie 😂 do you really think imf can count it correctly?

[@geofflepper3207]

Governments in the EU and the United States have focused more on ensuring that most people are not living in impoverished conditions and that their people have electricity in the winter. No doubt Russia has impressive ice breakers but Russian people might prefer that they had heat and electricity like people in Europe and the United States.

[@warpigs707]

@@geofflepper3207 People in Russia do have heating and electricity unlike people in California who live on the streets...

[@Just_shutup805]

@@geofflepper3207 As a person who lives in Russia and has traveled around the country, I can say that you are talking complete nonsense. In Russia, 99% of the population has central heating, which allows you to walk around the house in your underwear even in harsh Russian winters when the temperature drops below -25. I don't know what your media tells you, but in Russia everyone has electricity, hot water and gas. Perhaps instead of sponsoring revolutions and wars around the world you should spend your money on developing your own countries.

[@Just_shutup805]

@@geofflepper3207 And since I have been to both America and the European Union, I would never want us, a Russian, to exchange our efficient heating and electricity system for your squalor.

[@ktdybrjkftdbx]

The US: Polar bears and seals urgently need democracy!

[@rifmaffia]

Ever heard of French Polynesia? Or what about Falklan Islands? Or how about Hawaii? Those are territories bordering with France, UK and US. NOT

[@_NekOz]

To be fair, the Falkland Islands had no natives. Not a single human living on it. Nobody were living there before the British settled it.

[@moshoodoladokun9960]

The comments under the video clearly shows the disconnect between Western/European government and its citizens. Russia is clearly securing its interest just like every other countries do esp the US

[@Eric-xh9ee]

They can do whatever they want but what confuses me is why they're always wanting more land. Most of the land they have isn't inhibited and there are lots of oil and gas reserves in the areas. It kinda just seems like a waste of resources unless they think we're going to be using fossil fuels for the next 300 years

[@morfeicheg]

@@Eric-xh9ee Russia don't want more land. Why do you think so?

[@user-kr4fb1mm1h]

@@Eric-xh9ee Земля - это ценность. Европейцы в 16-19 веках поехали грабить Африку, Индию, Китай, а русские осваивали незаселенные или малозаселенные территории Сибири и Дальнего Востока.

[@sashakirova4911]

@@Eric-xh9ee а вы лично съездите в любой город Сибири, попробуйте пожить там хотя бы год и вот тогда поймёте отчего земли не заселены. Поражает мышление американцев и европейцев. Сами живёте в тёплом, комфортном климате и только руки потираете как бы отжать у России "неиспользуемые территории", вот только жить вы там тоже не будете, просто хотите ресурсы, но не землю под жильё. Для вас даже Москва холодное место, в Питере будете мёрзнуть постоянно, но смеете что-то говорить о незаселённых остальных землях 🤦‍♀ Казахстан, например, тоже не заселён и это не просто так. Тяжёлый климат вам не шутка.

[@user-sd9cc3bx4w]

Thank you for generosity. Russia has been kind and who has exchanged gratitude.

[@mohammadabdulhannan9309]

Great trade route for Russia. Peaceful maritime route. US has staggering 34tn doller debt Hopefully BRICs will have their own currency

[@izajahmed8863]

Brics is not going to develop their own currency. They are going to develop their own financial system and do bilateral trades as far as I know.

[@ogone1465]

Talking control of your own country is a wild concept 😂

[@TheInfamousMrFox]

It's not their country though. It's neutral territory between a bunch of countries.

[@6crvxx824]

they want to get the international waters inside of their territory

[@sabprogroup8623]

USA wants it lol 😂

[@ChristianrnstrupRasmussen]

Yeah and Russia’ territory begins from Jupiter in Putins mind.

[@kishanchali8752]

The US has laid claim to parts of Antarctica. If the US can do it, so does Russia@@TheInfamousMrFox

[@joyaku3078]

CORRECTION Canada dont have icebreaker ships you showed😁😁😁

[@nicholasthebest9993]

Russia is a biggest arctic country, so nothing strange here. The United States defends its interests a thousand kilometers from its national borders, but why is Russia prohibited from doing this near its borders?!

[@saladin282]

Международный путь, который проходит по вашей же карте в исключительной экономической зоне России? Вы сейчас серьезно? Международный? У вас кость в горле от того, что Арктика - русская земля на протяжении столетий.

[@wanderlust0120]

Putin : Uraa! English subtitle: Hooray!

[@KiraNt4]

Yep, that's how this word is translated. They have some other wierd translations as well. For example, царица (tzaritza) is always translated as tsarina. Why? I have no idea.

[@felipe-vibor]

Northern sea route lies squarely within the territory of russian federation

[@pccougar895]

There are a couple routes. The original route goes through Canadian waters . One through Russian waters.

[@lizaveta2002]

@@pccougar895ну так и плавайте через Канаду. Мы тут причем? Но нет, хочется контролировать Российский путь, ведь товары из Китая нужно везти вдоль российских берегов. Для вас обидно, что времена Ельцина, когда вы в России могли делать что угодно, прошли?! Смиритесь. Мы сами разберемся в своём доме.

[@hevnervals]

@@lizaveta2002 The west can simply mandate that trade goes through the Canadian route. Russia can't do anything about it.

[@pccougar895]

How about the Ivanovets pr12411 today?@@lizaveta2002

[@user-sz8vi9dj5o]

​@@hevnervalsЧто у вас с географией?

[@Elena-ef7dk]

Why not? The largest country in the world with the best army, with the best technologies in the icebreaking and nuclear fleet, with educated people, can take care of the Arctic, the best of all. I don't mind, there is nothing better than such protection.

[@howdeedoodee6603]

The "BEST" Army in the world can´t win in Afghanistan, can´t win in Syria, can´t win in Ukraine, why should they earn the benefits in the Arctic ?

[@harold18659]

We can see the fragility of the Red sea routes. The Artic can become the largest shipping route for trade in coming years. It is already too late to challenge Russia's dominance here. This and many other factors including the rise of developing nations signal a shift in power dynamics from West to East.

[@rustledjammies8769]

The map at 5:40 is very wrong. Ireland and Moldova are not members of NATO and likely will never join. Since their the founding of their respective countries have both maintained a position of neutrality, Ireland in fact being infamous for it. Ireland was the only British dominion to stay neutral in WW2. Ireland, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland and Austria were all neutral during the Cold War, which is why it's so significant that Sweden and Finland felt that they had to make a joint application.

[@ddiac]

i was hoping for Namibia to control the Arctic:))

[@polarexperts5073]

That was a nice overview. Thank you and greetings from Murmansk, Kola peninsula

[@TheSithTeacher]

It’s all about money and the natural resources and not about dictatorship or democracy.

[@starnigel6279]

Когда я читаю российские каналы, мне становится грустно, ведь там пишут как в России все плохо и развалили всю армию и производство. Но западные СМИ поддерживают во мне гордость за свою страну, ведь они пишут, как Россия всем вокруг управляет и даже президентов в США выбирает. Спасибо The Guardian за копиум!

[@maksim_cim]

Очень правда

[@user-mb1qy2cd7p]

Врагам/оппонентам не стоит верить

[@user-sz8vi9dj5o]

Согласен!

[@nikobellic570]

Watch TV instead of the internet then. TV is fully controlled by the government

[@user-tp4bj7pe5c]

Maybe some people do not know these truths so praise for the video is much better than ridicule or maybe to assume others are aware Russia and Arctic belong as one!

[@xalekcey]

Russia is aggressively developing its territories. This is outrageous. England's behavior in relation to its overseas territories is completely the opposite.

[@jeansherwood2428]

Kiss all species living in the Arctic goodbye.

[@Paul-ik8fm]

Including most of humanity

[@9kk99k9k]

​@@Paul-ik8fmWhat? Lol no 😂

[@runrau9275]

Especially if they make it look like anything else the have been laying claim to recently.

[@TheRVSN]

@@runrau9275 "Especially if they make it look like anything else the have been laying claim to recently." - Are you talking about colonies of traditional colonial powers like USA, UK, France, Germany etc.?

[@sabprogroup8623]

you can kiss humans goodbye before other species go. btw many species died before Russia or any country came into existence. You know some of us actually studied Earth science and history and not just fantasy.

[@steveagola9317]

They have like 50% of the arctic coast, lol. What would your country do ?

[@Crashed131963]

The other 50% belongs to NATO. When it comes down to it it will be about Who has the better Navy to claim the Arctic ocean and that will never be Russia .

[@9kk99k9k]

​@@Crashed131963Clown 😂

[@tresphorempundu3185]

​@@Crashed131963Only time will tell, it's not black and white as it was before.

[@Crashed131963]

@@tresphorempundu3185 Look at Russia Black sea fleet and Ukraine does not have a navy . Navies are expensive and Russia has a economy smaller than Canada. There is no fooling math for long .

[@abrahamdozer6273]

My country (Canada) is building a fleet of large warships to patrol our Arctic.

[@FeldwebelWolfenstool]

.."taking control of the Arctic"...ummm...they've been there for a while now. Sounds like the English are a bit jealous perhaps?

[@user-dr8xv5wu4s]

Thank you. As a Russian I am satisfied with the overview. Seeing Gorbachev gave me a fright tho. Hate him and every horror he stands for with all my might. BTW get your hands off Ukraine and start taking care of your own people. They need the money you’re sending to prolong the suffering of people there.

[@2bIwr]

Ты Россиянин и всё, увы это твои ограничения, что ты Россиянин

[@bik3yy]

​@@2bIwrкакие ограничения? Нет, я бы ещё понял что ты сказал бы что ограничения у украинцев, так как они не могут выехать из страны и критиковать свою диктаторскую власть, но россияне все это могут.

[@user-sz8vi9dj5o]

Согласен!

[@user-sz8vi9dj5o]

​@@2bIwrВыражайтесь более ясно, о чём идёт речь? Если ограничения какие? Привет из Кузбасса!

[@savvy.1]

If west doesn't recognize Russian sovereignty of northern see route. Would they be able to sail through it even if not interrupted by Russian? There is no landmass except Russia anywhere near to dock if any accidents happens, what if Russian refuses to help if they don't recognize their sovereignty of the route

[@user-ir3fc7kv7h]

Oh, you don’t have to worry about that, Russia is too kind a country to do such things. TOO kind

[@Olga.Ustinova]

You judge Russians by yourselves. We're different. The mentality of the Russian people is a readiness to help even their enemies in a difficult situation. We are not vindictive.

[@hevnervals]

Westerners will sail the Canadian route most likely.

[@user-sz8vi9dj5o]

Отличный вопрос!

[@user-sz8vi9dj5o]

​@@hevnervalsЕщё один,, знаток " географии, также как Колумб плыл в Индию, а открыл Америку к несчастью для аборигенов!!!

[@worldsgreatestdude1784]

You guys realize that Denmark has the northernmost bit of land, on Kaffeklubben island, about 450 miles from the North Pole. It owns that island as it’s technically part of the Greenland municipality

[@monaliza3334]

Yuh, and what can you do with it without billions and billions of €€€? The country is bankrupt, like the rest of EU...

[@rkthakur7016]

Colonial rule of Denmark over Greenland native Indian

[@Schlipperschlopper]

China told they buy Denmark and give it to Russia soon

[@geofflepper3207]

​@@Schlipperschlopper No. Russia already owes too much money to China and there's the matter of a vast chunk of territory in Asia which China says Russia stole in the 1800s and wants back. So I don't think that China would be in any mood to give or sell any territory to Russia.

[@polarexperts5073]

​@@Schlipperschlopper😂😂😂

[@AprezaRenaldy]

Russia claiming Arctic:😡🤬 On back yard itself. France, UK, US claiming islands in Indian Ocean:😋😊☺️ thousands of km on land belonging to other countries

[@RusSlavYarilo]

in the Middle Ages, Russians were called Hyperboreans and all the territories of the North Pole, including all of Alaska, were the legal territories of the Russian Empire

[@user-dc1vu2cq2d]

Я не знаю, ребята, как у вас получается, что после ваших фильмов, где вы осуждаете и критикуете Россию, я вижу свою страну, президента и еще больше горжусь ими, люблю их!!! Спасибо всем кто поддерживает нас и верит нам.

[@vikramk6592]

If Europeans can claim north America, australia, south Africa, Newzealand.. Then why not Russia. First safeguard your own country from immigrants .

[@mr.strugglesnuggle6668]

It's funny because Russia used to be way smaller back in the days of Kievan Rus until they decided to literally colonialize as much of Asia as they just could. People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

[@evgeniikalugin3667]

Interestingly, the ecology was touched upon. Did anyone say a word when the Nord Stream was destroyed, even though it was an environmental disaster. Licimeria in every word

[@ivankrivokuca8185]

Full right Russia have on Arktic in Russian borders,they have absolutely right to protect every part of their land in Russian Federation!!! Bravo Russia ❤

[@vaninec]

GJ Vlad!❤

[@shabikowsar3579]

THANK YOU 😊

[@user-sd9cc3bx4w]

Respect for the Emperor of the Artic .

[@user-Kotlin.]

Там есть природные ресурсы? Но там проблемы с демократией. Тогда мы идем к вам(НАТО)😀

[@nicholasthebest9993]

Brits you annexed islas Malvinas a territory which is thousands kilometres overseas from your national territory so as your ex defence secretary said you should go away and shut up.

[@pjo7281]

you can't believe anything The Guardian tells you

[@AprezaRenaldy]

Russia claiming Arctic:😡🤬 in Russia's own backyard France, UK, US claiming islands in Indian Ocean:😋😊☺️ thousands of km on land and belonging to other countries

[@viliridell199]

Russia will get a lot of boost from Arctic to their economy too✌️

[@adamrfu1929]

The comment section didn't go well as WESTERN Mainstream Media BS expected 😂😂😂

[@alivwilliam4579]

Its historic territory of Russia! So what are you talking about?

[@AbdulKhan-di4ei]

Putin is very smart for protecting the resources in the artic i would have done the same.

[@shabikowsar3579]

🇷🇺💖 MY RESPECTS AND BEST WISHES 🤩💖

[@j.k.1239]

It's their land.British should mind their own business.

[@sallyraynor8984]

Has the Guardian gone bankrupt yet?

[@andimilan5348]

Russia take control of the Artic? Russia: So you have a problem with that, USA?😂

[@projectadmin5979]

какую же брезгливость вы вызываете...

[@Toxic_Man_]

To be more precise, it is something that belongs to its own territory, and not to the Middle East or Africa!

[@koskok2965]

Well the West leaves neither the Middle East nor Africa to belong to themselves, so I don't see how the line is being crossed here. Another global power doing whatever it wants, right? Nothing to see here!

[@jollyroger8671]

If America can be in the south pole , Russia has every right to be in north pole

[@pccougar895]

being there and controlling there are two different things.

[@George.Andrews.]

There are no rights, only strength.

[@evehawasinare228]

Russia borders most of the Artic, so it is not expanding beyond its borders. What it is doing any other country would have done the same. The clip should have covered what the other countries and NATO are doing. Isn't it one of the reasons to persuade Sweden and Norway to become members of NATO complete the circle that all other countries that border the Artic are in NATO?

[@LilyaHazroyan-in2zj]

Кто рано утром встаёт Тому Бог падает Поговорка Ауу007

[@dmitriymoshkin]

Россия, вперёд!

[@vitcon4273]

But i thought that is their territory ?

[@brainchip176]

You did not include other members of CSTO as red shade.

[@AleksaAdzic]

Wrong translation - he said Arctic country not Arctic power. You know it.

[@Schlipperschlopper]

Russia rules the world!!!

[@Firespirit233]

why they are so poor then? have you been to Russia? I mean real russia not moscow.

[@rostok001]

@@Firespirit233 Well i have, i lived for most of my life in siberia and yet i can say that Russia is not poor at all. While yes Moscow is richer, other Russian cities are not poor still.

[@powerdriller4124]

It cannot rule poor Ukraine.

[@eldorsattorov6033]

Guardian from little britain do not you worry about it 😂

[@hevnervals]

A tiny country that created yours

[@AjitMD]

Russia needs additional population for these new areas. They could integrate Russia speaking population in the old USSR Empire by offering improved standard of living. Provide incentives, living conditions to populate the Arctic.

[@HATCH5T]

What about Exclusive Economic Zones?

[@lizanderson1669]

Slava Mother Russia get it keep it then save us from the WEF in Canada

[@nuranigeria2080]

Great Russia 🇷🇺🇷🇺

[@user-mp9jq4lf4k]

Russian lived in the North so they have a right to take care of the place

[@rbwood1702]

180 degree stuff - seems some still do not get Aesop's Fables nor Gresham's Law