The Arctic region is attracting an increasing amount of attention from the global community. In large part, this is due to the fixing of international external borders to the continental shelf, the transit opportunities afforded by the Northern and Southern Sea Routes, and the promising prospects for exploitation of the Arctic’s natural resources. On Oct. 25, as part of an ongoing Command Post Exercise (CPX) in the Western Military District, the coastal forces of the Northern Fleet made Russia’s first ever sea-borne landing on the shores of the uninhabited Kotelny Island. Source: Naval Open Source INTelligence
