The Arctic Shipping Paradox: Why Russia's Northern Sea Route Dream Is Melting Away
Russia's Northern Sea Route cargo falls to 37M tons in 2025, just 46% of Putin's 80M target, as sanctions cripple Arctic mega-projects.
The Gap Between Ambition and Reality
In 2018, Vladimir Putin signed a decree establishing an ambitious target: 80 million metric tons of cargo on Russia's Northern Sea Route by 2024. The vision was tr…
