Russian tanker cuts a previously impossible path through the warming Arctic By Alexandra Odynova Researchers finish largest Arctic expedition
Moscow A Russian natural gas tanker has completed an experimental round trip along the Northern Sea Route the first time the path across the Arctic has been forged at this time of year. The voyage by the Christophe de Margerie tanker through the ice is the latest visual indicator of climate change in the delicate region. The tanker, run by the Sovcomflot shipping company, returned to the remote Russian gas terminal at Sabetta on February 19, taking Russia one step closer to its goal of year-round commercial navigation through the warming Arctic.
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For some in Russia, the mayhem in Washington, D.C., and the chaotic end of the U.S. election cycle was cause for gloating: America no longer charts the course, and therefore has lost all right to set it.
For others, it was a lament that the United States saw its democratic tradition marred by violence as supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump refused to let him go: “It’s no small propaganda benefit for this rotten regime.
The U.S. political turmoil that briefly disrupted the final certification process of Joe Biden’s electoral victory is only beginning to reverberate. A day after, as Moscow and the entire country remain in semi-hibernation for a two-week holiday period, Russian critics, pundits, and admirers of American politics began to process the fallout.
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Russian prime ministers are often swiftly forgotten. Few, like Vladimir Putin himself, have gone on to greater things.
Since taking over as prime minister in January, Mikhail Mishustin has promoted himself out of the first group. The tech-savvy former tax chief became the face of the government’s coronavirus response after Putin, early on, faded from view. He’s pushing through an ambitious national spending program that’s dear to the president. His personal popularity has been rising. And, in November, he tightened his hold on the domestic agenda with a cabinet reshuffle.
It’s far too soon to say if he’ll join the second category, with more than three years to go to the end of Putin’s current term.