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BUSINESS● LOW2h ago · Oct 23, 2026, 12:34 PM

An Arctic Traffic Jam Highlights Doubts Over Russia's Northern Sea Route To China

RFE/RL · global

The Kremlin has heavily invested in the promise that retreating Arctic sea ice opens up a once impassable route that is further from the reach of Ukrainian drone attacks or European naval interdiction of shadow fleet vessels. But officials are learning that cutting a path through ice isn't easy.

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