How Russia is taking control of the Arctic | It's Complicated 

They can´t do it in their homeland -why should they in the Arctic?

​@@howdeedoodee6603Some part of Arctic is Russian territory

@@Kirill80504 enjoy it

@@howdeedoodee6603 just worry about the number of genders 🤣🤣🤣

​@@howdeedoodee6603Don't be jealous.

F---ing A Man! 👍

Russia claiming Arctic:😡🤬 On Russia back yard itself. France, UK, US claiming islands in Indian Ocean:😋😊☺️ thousands of km on land and belonging to other countries

Who's crying? We're competing over resources. What don't you understand?

Russia is big, nobody can have better army and navy than Russia, Russia is hyperpower, USA is only superpower with 34 tril. dept and declining economy. NO army, no navy, nothing, noly helicopter money === $$$ === 0.000001 real value. bye.

@@hevnervals well imho Russia is uncompetable in Arctic arena

Потому что они завидуют России

Жадность, увы... Не дадут нам жить спокойно, вечно будут лезть

The fact this is an actual question for some people is the problem.

​@@DrProfessorWeedfor what people? For those who is in White House? Then there is no problem except homeless people

@@Helloworld-kj9wy Нет, я имел в виду, что сам факт, что есть люди которые без иронии задают этот вопрос, вот в чем проблема. Tо что eсть люди с таким уровнем невежества и высокомерия.

they were claimed hundreds of years ago and are outside indias EEZ

So Spain and Portugal can claim entire American Continents 🤡🤡@@guzelataroach4450

​@@guzelataroach4450 it's not just India that's facing the Indian Ocean you know.... Are you aware that the ICJ has demanded for the US and UK to leave and return Diego Garcia and the British Indian Ocean Territories to the Mauritius but the US and UK conveniently ignores the ruling? Or the presence of British, French and Dutch islands miles off the coast of independent states in the Carribean? How about France having the most amount of time zones, even larger than Russia because they have territories thousands of miles away from their country in the Pacific? Russia's claim to the Arctic is not that extreme. Russia has numerous archipelagic and island chains there. And if we go by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Seas (UNCLOS), all states have the rights to claim the seabed and waters of a certain region if that specific region is part of that country's continental shelf. This means that there are provisions where Russia could pursue it's claims even through legal methods and not just physical explorations. Of course, in that case Canada and Denmark can claim the same territory as part of their Continental shelf, hence it could be solved by an arbitrary seating of the UNCLOS. Russia is an active member of UNCLOS as in the past, they have sought to expand their EEZ in the Sea of Okhotsk in the Russian Far East and they successfully persuaded the UNCLOS body to grant Russia authority over a body of water called "The Peanut Hole". Hence, there is really nothing too far fetched about Russia's claim and Russia has not shied away from using international maritime laws to press for it's claims.

@@guzelataroach4450 20 ICJ rulings against Frnce's annexation of theAfrican Comoros Island of-Mayotte. Stripping 48% of the Nativepopulation of their homes and claiming they are"illegal-migrants" from the other comoros islands, simply because they refuse to support its claim on the island.

@edwinjoy3932 Russia existing in its own backyard: 😭 UK and US forcing off thousands of people off of the island of Diego Garcia and making their home into a Naval Base to continue playing world policeman: 😄

В этом вся проблема! Они и не спрашивают ирландцев!

No, others don't care and they won't ask the Irish.

you know, that is really interesting, bc Republic of Moldova is not a member too!

Ireland is a member of NATO. They just don't know it yet. 😂 Look at Sweden and Finland.

Ireland is English property I guess

The real problem for the West is not the Arctic itself, but the aggregation of trade routes within Eurasia (and further Africa), as an expanded Silk Road to be controlled now by the Chinese and Russians. Britain in particular used to receive huge profits from the control of maritime transportation, and soon a decent slice of it will be cut off from their interest. So nothing complicated - and the talks about climate change and resources in the Arctic are just a smoke screen, I believe.

Russians on the lookout for a new Promise Land since the Military Operation in Ukraine turns out to be a total failure. Russians will have to pay a huge war reparations for destruction and genocide, so the russian territory will be parcelled out and sold to pay reparations.

@@nizzebroid It's like blaiming Ancient Egypt for placing its borders on Sinai Peninsula. Why they did that? Didn't they see how it would affect British trade profits? "How dare you?! You have stolen my dreams and my childhood (c)

the problem for usa, europe is that they are not is control of this.

@@nizzebroid true climate change is just a smoke screen while usa, europe themselves has plans to search, look for more oil and gas in the sea and in the land.

Not just that, they have resources and money. EU UK US are BANKRUPT...

Crimea River*

lol das funny@@saucy743

@@saucy743 Salgir! (It's a biggest river in Crimea) - that what Timberlake sang about :D

@@saucy743 😂😂😂

Повезло же русским 😄

@@MKUltra-ti8ts московитам*

@@kite759 людям!!

Give back the Falkland

stop glazing putin

Sorry to correct you, but it happens since the WW I. Cause of number of attacks from British and Danish sights back to 16-19 century at Russian North West areas, government of Russian empire set a Naval Base in Murmansk region (late 19 century). And right, cold war accelerated and expanded military power and presence of force in the Arctic. Sadly, but it is a reality

Sorry to correct you, but it happened since the WW I. Cause of number of attacks from British and Danish sights back to 16-19 century at Russian North West areas, government of Russian empire set a Naval Base in Murmansk region (late 19 century). And right, cold war accelerated and expanded military power and presence of force in the Arctic. Sadly, but it is a reality. Greetings from Murmansk🖐️

Nowadays NATO states have occupied Russian North during the civil war. Many people who supported the reds freezed and starved in conсentration camps with British approval. Tis worth remembering.

​@@nathanhiggers4606US will surely leave NATO when trump comes

@@johnwi-l_l-iamsf3763 maybe one day but its not trumps call if he becomes president, they need majority vote in senate or an act of congress, i thought it was kinda funny as they only passed this recently knowing he will be president again xD, but yeh basically a us president cannot withdraw from nato without there approval

@@Gonzo62

@@Gonzo62 nah, they will stop at that. the reason? limited power & resources to expand beyond that (US & Canada are on the other side if you are wondering why). Just look at wrecked Ukraine.

​@@Gonzo62you know this logic works both ways?

Thank you for providing choices of warm outcomes for winter cold days. Thank you Mr. President for caring

And yet Canada still hasn't done enough to secure control over its arctic territory.

This is 'peak' guardian

As well as the biggest amount of Arctic territory and the biggest Arctic city with 300k population

It is also strange how Russia is considered a threat to Western Europe without Russia having to leave its Eastern European borders. The Arctic is on Russia's border, Black Sea is on the Russian border. Meanwhile, Britain is laying claim to Gibraltar which is between Africa and Spain and the Falkland Islands which is next to South America. America too has "territories" that are thousands of miles from mainland USA but Russia can't even claim the land next to their border as theirs lol

@@MohamedAhmed-ms9eu Kaliningrad??? Kuril Islands? Full on European countries? Historically, every country has taken what it could, Russia *especially* so with it's empirical ambition being an empire from the sea in the west to the sea in the east. The difference is, countries are not claiming whole other countries for themselves anymore, like Russia is doing, let alone claiming basically their version of the nine-dash line, except with no historical precedence.

Not the navy

Well said👍

Russia claiming Arctic:😡🤬 in Russia's own backyard France, UK, US claiming islands in Indian Ocean:😋😊☺️ thousands of km on land and belonging to other countries

@@AprezaRenaldy👏👏👏👏

Yeah that's what this report said. Thank you for explaining it a 2nd time.

What is NATO: no land , no culture and a confused language oton

Surprise !! NATO and the US are building up their military capabilities. Russia cannot match NATO power.

It is not old saying. these are the words of the Russian Emperor Alexander III

Serbia is our buddy too

No they didnt say that at all, thats pure lies ...Putin thought he was above everyone else , wanted immediate membership and didnt want to wait in line as others do !

​@@k1osma it was in 1880s... Its pretty old i think

Придёт время, и мы до англичашек доберёмся. Всё им припомним...

Such claim is so dangerous. It is no different to Russia claiming to be placing its bases in Ukraine

@@Mafataj5693, реваншизм до добра не доводит.

@@Viva_La_Gente Это не реваншизм, это основополагающий принцип ООН - право народа на самоопределение. Шотландия будет свободной. А если серьезно, скорее всего они не оставят в покое Россию пока не почувствуют для себя угрозу и не попробуют своего собственного лекарства.

@@Tonik-13, да. Никто никогда не отстанет от кого-либо, такова политическая арена, таковы люди. Просто для получения более выгодных политических и экономических позиций нам ну прям совсем не обязательно "добираться" до кого-то и что-то им "припоминать". Звучит так, словно у кого-то есть желание к ним, условно, на острова высаживаться и провоцировать фактор сдерживания. Главное, что "припоминание" ещё и звучит, как проявление ненависти к населению Туманного Альбион в целом.

I'm asking the same question, what's the issue exactly??

Its not controlled by the west

The issue for me is the phrase “land and all its resources belong to Russia”. Everything belongs to the planet and all living creatures.

@@igorpupkinableээээ, как бы у нас образовалось государственное устройство. Или вы верите в Утопию?

Ooh Putin can draw lines all he wants. Lets see

How's the 3 day invasion going buddy, or was it only talk

@@villujokinen8490 you should ask the American general that said that.

​@@villujokinen8490how is 300B dollars going in Bakhmut buddy? What about Texas and Cuba? You know you're next?

Russia is sutch a peaceful country.

​@@howdeedoodee6603no peace with nato, never

@@meteorknight999 Just now I only see peace - between NATO and Russia, you not ?

That as per international low , continental shelf extension beyond 200 miles EEZ ,considered Russian .It is proofed by researchers

Population does not matter . It's about distance from your shoreline like every other water claim on earth . If not one human lived in Alaska the US still own so far from their coastline like they do with California .

😳 what!? russians are humans?!?

@@theincrement4898 Yes he has been active that is for sure.

Their penal colonies there go way back to the 19th century and they've gradually built up a population up there.

​@@theincrement4898facts dude

It's cope mechanism 😊 because GB can't even build new atomic power plant now

​@@annalehman93941sorry, but that is GB?

@@karibkeon Great Britain.

But they have Multiculturalism.

😂😂😂

😂😂😂

Stop making me laugh😂😂😂😂

British economy already makes everyone laugh 😂

Means absolutely nothing for thousands of russians in Novosibirsk city, left in their homes without heating for weeks in temperatures like -25 C.

​@@user-vx5vo3gs2w heating system once broken in a short period of time gets restored. Nothing special. It happens in any country all over the globe

They mad because only west can do that like in Falkland

Love the threats. You sound triggerred.

Не, только для них. Легкая облачность в течении дня

Они трясутся потомк что сами не успели первыми к разделу пирога

The only reason is: ENVY

Их трясет от любого успеха России

. . .and Moldovia too.

Who wins which war ?

yeah, they're developing winter machine in Arctic for their armed forces

Except the Cold War.

Whether or not, weather can do an impact.

They colonized those islands. It's been almost half a century since a country was colonized.

So is you or your children moving into artic? ​@@johnisdoe

@@johnisdoe Falklands were settled no colonized, there were no natives and it was 'terra nullius'.

@@TheInfamousMrFox Just because there were "no natives" doesn't mean the Falklands weren't colonized.

@@TheInfamousMrFox No natives on the land Russia is claiming as well..

Gdp is a bullish.t lie 😂 do you really think imf can count it correctly?

Governments in the EU and the United States have focused more on ensuring that most people are not living in impoverished conditions and that their people have electricity in the winter. No doubt Russia has impressive ice breakers but Russian people might prefer that they had heat and electricity like people in Europe and the United States.

@@geofflepper3207 People in Russia do have heating and electricity unlike people in California who live on the streets...

@@geofflepper3207 As a person who lives in Russia and has traveled around the country, I can say that you are talking complete nonsense. In Russia, 99% of the population has central heating, which allows you to walk around the house in your underwear even in harsh Russian winters when the temperature drops below -25. I don't know what your media tells you, but in Russia everyone has electricity, hot water and gas. Perhaps instead of sponsoring revolutions and wars around the world you should spend your money on developing your own countries.

@@geofflepper3207 And since I have been to both America and the European Union, I would never want us, a Russian, to exchange our efficient heating and electricity system for your squalor.

Yeah but what is stopping Russia of doing what is doing in Ukraine? Just extending its borders in the Arctic?

@@Lucas-vd2gx in ukraine russia is doing what USA and Israel have done for decades. Taking care of their "national security" ;-)

@@pugnatorr Since when and how Russia invading Ukraine and annexing the land is similar to what USA/Israel have been doing for decades?

You make absolute zero sense@@pugnatorr

@@Lucas-vd2gx Israel is occupying Palestine for 50 years. Russia is occupying Ukraine for 10 years.

Brics is not going to develop their own currency. They are going to develop their own financial system and do bilateral trades as far as I know.

They can do whatever they want but what confuses me is why they're always wanting more land. Most of the land they have isn't inhibited and there are lots of oil and gas reserves in the areas. It kinda just seems like a waste of resources unless they think we're going to be using fossil fuels for the next 300 years

@@Eric-xh9ee Russia don't want more land. Why do you think so?

@@Eric-xh9ee Земля - это ценность. Европейцы в 16-19 веках поехали грабить Африку, Индию, Китай, а русские осваивали незаселенные или малозаселенные территории Сибири и Дальнего Востока.

@@Eric-xh9ee а вы лично съездите в любой город Сибири, попробуйте пожить там хотя бы год и вот тогда поймёте отчего земли не заселены. Поражает мышление американцев и европейцев. Сами живёте в тёплом, комфортном климате и только руки потираете как бы отжать у России "неиспользуемые территории", вот только жить вы там тоже не будете, просто хотите ресурсы, но не землю под жильё. Для вас даже Москва холодное место, в Питере будете мёрзнуть постоянно, но смеете что-то говорить о незаселённых остальных землях 🤦‍♀ Казахстан, например, тоже не заселён и это не просто так. Тяжёлый климат вам не шутка.

Thank you for generosity. Russia has been kind and who has exchanged gratitude.

International waters and Guam IS a U.S territory.

Similarly Ukraine, Estonia, latavia, Lithuania was, is and will be Russian territory

@@mohammadali258 In your dreams Ivan, in your dreams...

​@@EyFmSsadly, it's happened

@@mohammadali258 Прибалтика и западная Украина России даром не нужны. Там живут другие народы, с другой культурой и ментальностью. Разошлись и разошлись. Вообще, что интересно Прибалтика была куплена Петром 1 у шведской короны. Смотрим Ништадский мирный договор. За отказ шведской короны от данных земель Петр Первый заплатил 2 миллиона серебряных талеров. А право собственности в западном мире священно. Не хочет ли Прибалтика вернуть России эти два миллиона серебряных талеров? По современному курсу естественно.

To be fair, the Falkland Islands had no natives. Not a single human living on it. Nobody were living there before the British settled it.

There are a couple routes. The original route goes through Canadian waters . One through Russian waters.

@@pccougar895ну так и плавайте через Канаду. Мы тут причем? Но нет, хочется контролировать Российский путь, ведь товары из Китая нужно везти вдоль российских берегов. Для вас обидно, что времена Ельцина, когда вы в России могли делать что угодно, прошли?! Смиритесь. Мы сами разберемся в своём доме.

@@lizaveta2002 The west can simply mandate that trade goes through the Canadian route. Russia can't do anything about it.

How about the Ivanovets pr12411 today?@@lizaveta2002

​@@hevnervalsЧто у вас с географией?

The "BEST" Army in the world can´t win in Afghanistan, can´t win in Syria, can´t win in Ukraine, why should they earn the benefits in the Arctic ?

It's not their country though. It's neutral territory between a bunch of countries.

they want to get the international waters inside of their territory

USA wants it lol 😂

Yeah and Russia’ territory begins from Jupiter in Putins mind.

The US has laid claim to parts of Antarctica. If the US can do it, so does Russia@@TheInfamousMrFox

Очень правда

Врагам/оппонентам не стоит верить

Согласен!

Watch TV instead of the internet then. TV is fully controlled by the government

Including most of humanity

​@@Paul-ik8fmWhat? Lol no 😂

Especially if they make it look like anything else the have been laying claim to recently.

@@runrau9275 "Especially if they make it look like anything else the have been laying claim to recently." - Are you talking about colonies of traditional colonial powers like USA, UK, France, Germany etc.?

you can kiss humans goodbye before other species go. btw many species died before Russia or any country came into existence. You know some of us actually studied Earth science and history and not just fantasy.

Ты Россиянин и всё, увы это твои ограничения, что ты Россиянин

​@@2bIwrкакие ограничения? Нет, я бы ещё понял что ты сказал бы что ограничения у украинцев, так как они не могут выехать из страны и критиковать свою диктаторскую власть, но россияне все это могут.

Согласен!

​@@2bIwrВыражайтесь более ясно, о чём идёт речь? Если ограничения какие? Привет из Кузбасса!

The other 50% belongs to NATO. When it comes down to it it will be about Who has the better Navy to claim the Arctic ocean and that will never be Russia .

​@@Crashed131963Clown 😂

​@@Crashed131963Only time will tell, it's not black and white as it was before.

@@tresphorempundu3185 Look at Russia Black sea fleet and Ukraine does not have a navy . Navies are expensive and Russia has a economy smaller than Canada. There is no fooling math for long .

My country (Canada) is building a fleet of large warships to patrol our Arctic.

Yep, that's how this word is translated. They have some other wierd translations as well. For example, царица (tzaritza) is always translated as tsarina. Why? I have no idea.

It's funny because Russia used to be way smaller back in the days of Kievan Rus until they decided to literally colonialize as much of Asia as they just could. People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Oh, you don’t have to worry about that, Russia is too kind a country to do such things. TOO kind

You judge Russians by yourselves. We're different. The mentality of the Russian people is a readiness to help even their enemies in a difficult situation. We are not vindictive.

Westerners will sail the Canadian route most likely.

Отличный вопрос!

​@@hevnervalsЕщё один,, знаток " географии, также как Колумб плыл в Индию, а открыл Америку к несчастью для аборигенов!!!

Yuh, and what can you do with it without billions and billions of €€€? The country is bankrupt, like the rest of EU...

Colonial rule of Denmark over Greenland native Indian

China told they buy Denmark and give it to Russia soon

​@@Schlipperschlopper No. Russia already owes too much money to China and there's the matter of a vast chunk of territory in Asia which China says Russia stole in the 1800s and wants back. So I don't think that China would be in any mood to give or sell any territory to Russia.

​@@Schlipperschlopper😂😂😂

Well the West leaves neither the Middle East nor Africa to belong to themselves, so I don't see how the line is being crossed here. Another global power doing whatever it wants, right? Nothing to see here!

being there and controlling there are two different things.

There are no rights, only strength.

why they are so poor then? have you been to Russia? I mean real russia not moscow.

@@Firespirit233 Well i have, i lived for most of my life in siberia and yet i can say that Russia is not poor at all. While yes Moscow is richer, other Russian cities are not poor still.

It cannot rule poor Ukraine.

No