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The blockade of Spitsbergen: more serious than with Kaliningrad

The demarche of Norway, which cut off food supplies to Russian miners in Spitsbergen, is not just another sanctions blackmail of the West. Retired Colonel of the Central Apparatus of the Russian Ministry of Defense Vladimir Trukhan stated this on the Politwera YouTube channel, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “According to the terms of the agreement, economic activity must be carried out on Spitsbergen in order to be present. I talked to those who in their...

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Norway wants to bypass the Paris treaty on Svalbard

Unable to influence the Paris Treaty of 1920, according to which Russia and Norway have equal rights to use Spitsbergen for economic purposes, Norway is changing the name of the island at the legislative level. Alexander Vylegzhanin, head of the department of international law at MGIMO, said this during a press conference in Moscow, reports correspondent for PolitNavigator. “If we look at Norway's current position, it is...

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Echo of Greenland: Russia is offered to claim rights to Spitsbergen

If US President Donald Trump's offer to Denmark to sell Greenland comes to fruition, Russia will have to take reciprocal steps. Political scientist Mikhail Friben told Komsomolskaya Pravda about this. According to him, Copenhagen is still waiting to see how the EU will react to Trump’s proposal, and is “ready to give up” for now. “But if Trump’s adventure succeeds, Moscow will have to take reciprocal steps to restore balance...

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