The Wilson Quarterly

Alexander Sergunin

Is Russia Going Hard or Soft in the Arctic?

– Alexander Sergunin

Participants of the 2007 mission to the floor of the Arctic Ocean when two deep-diving Russian mini-submarines slipped beneath the ice at the North pole and descended more than 2 1/2 miles to the ocean floor on a Russian quest to claim much of the Arctic's oil-and-mineral wealth. AP Photo/Vladimir Chistyakov.

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