Il progressivo scioglimento del permafrost pone gravi problemi alla Russia rispetto al “suo” nord. Ne scrive il think tank The Jamestown Foundation.
Tale situazione impone, con tutta evidenza, il ripensamento degli obiettivi strategici di Putin. Nota Paul Globe: President Vladimir Putin’s three key goals for the region and Russia as a whole—1) the continued reliance on natural resource exports, most of which originate in the permafrost zone, 2) the expansion of Russian-controlled shipping along the Northern Sea Route, and 3) the projection of Russian power across the Arctic—are being compromised.
