The Russian military says it has built 475 military sites in the past six years. CNN visited one of its newest -- a base above the Arctic Circle, in an area that's quickly becoming a geopolitical hotspot
Kotelny Island, Russia Six time zones east of Moscow, on the frozen landscape of the New Siberian Islands, a new military race is taking shape.
The Northern Clover military base on Kotelny Island is one of Russia's newest military outposts, in one of the most forbidding environments on the planet. The trefoil-shaped complex -- painted in the scheme of the Russian tricolor -- is built to house up to 250 servicemen, and has enough supplies for them to survive and operate for over a year, with no help from the outside world.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Russia revamps Arctic military base to stake claim on regionSEVERNY KLEVER MILITARY BASE, Russia (AP) — Missile launchers ply icy roads and air defense systems point menacingly into the sky at this Arctic military outpost, a key vantage point for Russia to...
Read more »
Tulsi Gabbard accuses CNN host of goading Trump into war with RussiaDemocratic Representative Tulsi Gabbard, a 2020 presidential candidate, accused CNN’s Fareed Zakaria of trying to goad President Trump over Russia’s intervention in Venezuela.
Read more »
Judge rules Trump executive order allowing offshore drilling in Arctic Ocean unlawfulA federal judge in Alaska has ruled an executive order by President Donald Trump allowing offshore oil drilling of tens of millions of acres in the Arctic Ocean is 'unlawful and invalid'
Read more »
Federal judge overrules Trump order, restores Obama-era drilling ban in ArcticObama's withdrawals were clearly intended to extend indefinitely 'and therefore be revocable only by an act of Congress,' the judge wrote.
Read more »
Judge throws out Trump order that overturned Obama offshore drilling ban in ArcticPresident Donald Trump's executive order allowing oil and gas drilling in the Arctic Ocean ruled unlawful.
Read more »
Court Blocks Trump Effort to Open Arctic Waters to Oil DrillingA federal judge in Alaska has reinstated a ban on oil-and-gas drilling in vast swaths of the Arctic Ocean, potentially undermining a central part of the Trump administration’s effort to expand offshore drilling.
Read more »
Judge throws out Trump order and restores Obama-era drilling ban in ArcticA U.S. judge in Alaska says President Donald Trump exceeded his authority when he reversed a ban on offshore drilling in vast parts of the Arctic Ocean and dozens of canyons in the Atlantic Ocean.
Read more »
Federal judge overrules Trump order, restores Obama-era drilling ban in ArcticObama's withdrawals were clearly intended to extend indefinitely 'and therefore be revocable only by an act of Congress,' the judge wrote.
Read more »
Judge restores Obama-era drilling ban in Arctic
Read more »