Commander-in-Chief of the Navy called the Northern Sea Route national, not international
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Northern Sea Route (NSR) is a Russian transport corridor, not an international one, declared Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov, in a comment to the Zvezda TV channel of the Ministry of Defense.
“Given the foreign policy situation, some hotheads are trying to say that the Northern Sea Route is an international transport route. This is not an international, but a national path, this is the facade of our country, it will be reliably protected,” he said.
In order for the concept of the “Russian Arctic” to continue to have a monolithic character, the Navy will continue to protect it, and the Arctic group will continue to grow stronger, Evmenov explained.
“This is not the militarization of the Arctic, but the protection of their interests,” he added.
The Northern Sea Route runs along the northern coast of Russia and connects the European and Far Eastern ports of the Russian Federation, as well as the mouths of navigable Siberian rivers. Its length is 5600 km from the Kara Gate Strait to Providence Bay. Navigation in the eastern sector of the NSR in winter is now impossible without icebreaking assistance (ice thickness reaches 3 m). The project of transition to year-round navigation along the Northern Sea Route is a strategic one for Russia. According to the Ministry for the Development of the Far East, this will make the NSR a full-fledged alternative to the Suez Canal, reducing the sea route from Europe to Asia by more than 30%.
At the beginning of August the government approved plan for the development of the NSR until 2035. In total, the plan includes 150 activities, which are included in five key sections: cargo base, transport infrastructure, cargo and icebreaking fleet, safety of navigation along the Northern Sea Route, as well as management and development of navigation along the NSR. 1.8 trillion rubles were allocated for the implementation of the plan.
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