Center for Security Studies

Russia’s Plans for the Northern Sea Route: Prospects and Obstacles

Russia’s Plans for the Northern Sea Route: Prospects and Obstacles

Author(s): Arbakhan Magomedov
Editor(s): Stephen Aris, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder, Aglaya Snetkov
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 129
Pages: 7-10
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University
Publication Year: 2013

This article examines the benefits and obstacles in the development of the Northern Sea Route in the Arctic. The formation of this trade and shipping corridor from the Kara Sea to the Bering Strait, from Murmansk to Vladivostok, offers Russia great economic and political advantages. However, there are numerous obstacles along the way. Some have nothing to do with Russia, while others derive from the weakness of Russia’s system of management in achieving its declared goals.

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