Medvedev wants Russia to set Arctic seabed borders

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered his officials on Wednesday to draft a law marking out Russia’s borders in the Arctic, where it is competing with the West for control of vast energy resources.

Medvedev did not specify where the borders should lie but Russia has claimed large swathes of territory and any unilateral action would breach a deal between the five Arctic Sea countries to let the United Nations rule on their rival claims.


‘We must finalise and adopt a federal law on the southern border of Russia’s Arctic zone,’ Medvedev said in televised remarks to his Security Council.

‘It is our duty to our direct descendants. We have to ensure the long-term national interests of Russia in the Arctic,’ he said.

Reuters