Russia established a nature reserve in the Arctic Sea

Russia is planning to establish a national nature reserve in the Arctic Sea. According to the daily Vedomosti ( Statistics), the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources has approved a proposal to build a " Russian Arctic " national reserve.

The sanctuary encompasses the territory around the archipelago of Russia's north pole in the Arctic Sea, covering both the Franz Josef Land islands and Victoria Island. In addition, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources spokesman, an area of ​​8.36 million hectares around the islands is also within the reserve.

(Photo: TTO) Russia's Ministry of Natural Resources rejects the notion that the creation of " Russian Arctic " nature reserve is one of the ways to assert Russia's territorial sovereignty in the Arctic Sea. The Ministry of Natural Resources affirmed that this project was initiated in 2001 and is completely unrelated to recent surveys.

The sovereignty race in resource-rich Arctic waters is becoming fierce as a series of countries such as Denmark, Norway, Canada, Iceland, Sweden and Finland are all ready to dispute their interests with Russia in the region. this. Especially in the context of depleting oil and gas reserves in famous areas in the world, the strategic economic significance of the Arctic is even more important.

According to scientists, the Arctic is considered to be a region with abundant oil and gas resources, accounting for one-fourth of the world's untapped oil and gas reserves.