{"id":30860,"date":"2021-05-20T21:34:33","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T21:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/05\/20\/us-russia-at-odds-over-military-activity-in-the-arctic\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:37:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:37:06","slug":"us-russia-at-odds-over-military-activity-in-the-arctic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/05\/20\/us-russia-at-odds-over-military-activity-in-the-arctic\/","title":{"rendered":"US, Russia at odds over military activity in the Arctic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">REYKJAVIK. Iceland \u2014 The Biden administration is leading a campaign against Russian attempts to assert authority over Arctic shipping and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/05\/18\/russias-northernmost-base-projects-its-power-across-arctic\/\" target=\"_blank\">reintroduce a military dimension<\/a> to discussions over international activity in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Russia assumed the rotating chairmanship of the Arctic Council  on Thursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/05\/18\/us-russia-showdown-looms-as-top-diplomats-meet-in-iceland\/\" target=\"_blank\">the U.S. rallied other members<\/a> to oppose Moscow\u2019s plans to set maritime rules in the Northern Sea Route, which runs from Norway to Alaska, and its desire to resume high-level military talks within the eight-nation bloc. Those talks were suspended in 2014 over Russia\u2019s actions in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The effort reflects growing concerns in Washington and among some NATO allies about a surge in Russian military and commercial activity in the region that is rapidly opening up due to the effects of climate change. Russia has expressed similar suspicion about NATO\u2019s motives. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/05\/18\/russias-northernmost-base-projects-its-power-across-arctic\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21137725971117.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Russia\u2019s northernmost base projects its power across Arctic<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Russian base was built using new construction technologies as part of Kremlin efforts to bolster the military amid spiraling tensions with the West following Russia&#039;s 2014 annexation of Ukraine&#039;s Crimean Peninsula.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At a meeting of Arctic Council foreign ministers in Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the group should maintain its focus on peaceful cooperation on environmental issues, maritime safety and the well-being of indigenous people in the region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Arctic is a region for strategic competition that has seized the world\u2019s attention,\u201d Blinken said. \u201cBut the Arctic is more than a strategically or economically significant region. It\u2019s home to our people, its hallmark has been and must remain peaceful cooperation. It\u2019s our responsibility to protect that peaceful cooperation and to build on it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blinken stressed the importance of upholding \u201ceffective governance and the rule of law\u201d to ensure that the \u201cArctic remains a region free of conflict where countries act responsibly.\u201d He had previously questioned the legality of the proposed Russian maritime rules and expressed deep reservations about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/08\/30\/russian-navy-conducts-major-maneuvers-near-alaska\/\" target=\"_blank\">Russia\u2019s military activity<\/a> in the far North.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1271\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21140335334722.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-62167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21140335334722.jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21140335334722.jpg.jpg?resize=300,191 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21140335334722.jpg.jpg?resize=768,488 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21140335334722.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,651 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21140335334722.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,976 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, center, arrives for the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Reykjavik, Iceland, Thursday, May 20, 2021. (Saul Loeb\/Pool Photo via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several other foreign ministers, including those from Canada, Iceland, Finland, Norway and Sweden, echoed Blinken\u2019s call to keep the Arctic peaceful and free of conflict under the authority of international, rather than that of individual countries. Representatives of indigenous Arctic populations urged that their voices be heard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are concerned over the level of recent angry and provocative rhetoric,\u201d said James Stotts of the Inuit Circumpolar Council. \u201cWe do not want to see our homeland turned into a region of competition and conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2020\/08\/30\/russian-navy-conducts-major-maneuvers-near-alaska\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20241399195787.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Russian navy conducts major maneuvers near Alaska<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Russian navy conducted major war games near Alaska involving dozens of ships and aircraft, the military said Friday, the biggest such drills in the area since Soviet times.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who had earlier this week dismissed the U.S. criticism because the Arctic \u201cis our territory, our land,\u201d questioned NATO\u2019s motives in deployments of bombers and submarines to the area. On Thursday, he said resumption of an Arctic Council military dialogue would contribute to stability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is therefore important to extend the positive relations we have within the Arctic Council to encompass the military sphere as well, first of all by revitalizing multilateral dialogue on military issues between the general staffs of the Arctic states,\u201d Lavrov said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said later at a new conference that resuming that dialogue would be a priority for Russia while it heads the council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have not received any \u2018no\u2019s\u2019 so far but we have not received any positive reaction, either,\u201d Lavrov said. \u201cSo we have decided that within the next three years we will create the proper conditions so that this particular aspect of common security will once again be part of the work of the Arctic Council.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The outgoing council chair, Foreign Minister Gudlaugur Thor Thordarson, of Iceland, did not appear enthusiastic. \u201cEverything that we can do as nations to lower tension and see stability is something that, of course, should be looked into very positively, but I think it\u2019s important to keep the council as it is,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lavrov also cast aspersions on NATO and the U.S., which he accused of acting with arrogance toward Russia and its security concerns. He took particular aim at Norway, which he said was amending its laws on foreign military presence to allow for the constant rotation of military equipment and personnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re especially concerned about what is going on close to our borders and Norway is indeed a very close neighbor of ours,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have very good relations with Norway. Nevertheless, the issues related to heightened military tensions due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2021\/05\/14\/russian-admiral-frets-over-us-military-presence-provocative-nato-drills\/\" target=\"_blank\">military deployments in Norway and in the Baltics<\/a> are still very present.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/05\/14\/russian-admiral-frets-over-us-military-presence-provocative-nato-drills\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21133606673831.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Russian admiral frets over US military presence,  \u2018provocative\u2019 NATO drills<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Adm. Alexander Moiseyev, the commander of Russia\u2019s Northern Fleet, said that NATO navy ships\u2019 presence in the Barents Sea and the Norwegian Sea have reached levels unseen since World War II.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He called the rotational presence a \u201cplay on words\u201d to describe what is actually a permanent presence. \u201cThis is not the first demonstration of this highbrow approach that our Western colleagues are now taking in the international arena,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are going to undertake necessary measures in order to ensure our security, but our priority and our preference really is dialogue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lavrov also proposed a summit of Arctic Council leaders to be held at some point during Russia\u2019s two-year chairmanship and said Moscow is keen to foster cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe encourage you to maintain and 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