The Story about interest in the Novaya Zemlya and to polar bears in the middle of day on March 6, 2019
1. Political context.
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NEWS — 3 hours ago
Sanctions of the USA against the Russian oil threaten the Russian gas
The new bill of the U. S. Congress of sanctions against Russia threatens not only to foreign, but also domestic projects of the Russian gas companies, Vedomosti found out …
Therefore, under the sanctions formally fall both basic projects of "NOVATEK" already built "Yamal LNG" with a capacity of 17.4 million tons per year and "Arctic LNG 2", which Novatek plans to start in 2023-2025. At Gazprom under the threat the huge Harasaveysky gas-condensate field on Yamal (2 trillion CBM).
Earlier Novatek considered that new sanctions will not affect it. Vedomosti did not manage to receive the comment of the company about development of the situation. (…)"
5 MAR, 22:36
The USA said that change the plans in the Arctic for opposition to influence of Russia and China
The Pentagon noted that Moscow and Beijing create the competition in the Arctic region
WASHINGTON, on March 5. / TASS/. The Pentagon changes the operating plans in the Arctic to resist to the increasing influence in the region of Russia and China. It was said on Tuesday at hearings in the Armed Services Committee of the Senate of the U. S. Congress by the commander-in-chief of the Joint Armed Forces (JAF) of NATO in Europe, the American general Curtice Skaparotti.
"We face now that the Northern Sea Route remains open longer. And the fact that interest in it increases from the commercial point of view and in terms of resources ...", - he told. "China, in particular, tries to get to Far North", - the general specified."
The comment.
I, just in case, opened article of Wikipedia about Egor Timurovich Gaidar. Did not read much. Copied one quote "from Gaidar":
"… I cannot be responsible for reforms, without having an opportunity to prevent actions, similar to about what it was told here, without possessing necessary levers for consecutive carrying out economic policy ...".
It was in a flowery style stated. But total sense is as follows: "I take other people's resources, I begin responsible actions, the important project. When everything comes to the end with very strange result (the project is not implemented, success is not achieved), it is necessary to recognize that there are no "levers".
It remains to add: other people's money (resources), the money (resources), involved in the project, there are no…
That's life... He seemed very clever …
To this we can add the following. As for the Arctic projects, the General population does not have much information about their environmental consequences. Someone received something and still will manage to receive. Whether it will be necessary for the budget and the population many years (decades, centuries?) "to clear up the mess"?
Wouldn't it be better:
(1) to keep the nature of the Arctic,
(2) to develop the Northern Sea Route,
(3) to develop cooperation with the Arctic (subarctic) countries?
On March 6, 2019 12:35.
Translation from Russian into English: March 6, 2019 09:49.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский “Рассказ об интересе к Новой Земле и к белым медведям днём 6 марта 2019 г.”.