Russia proposes Arctic détente

Russia says it wants to work co-operatively with Canada on the future of the thawing Arctic, and both countries should freeze out non-Arctic Europeans jockeying for a piece of its rich resource “pie.”

Stephen Harper’s Conservative government has occasionally aimed tough talk about Canadian claims in the Arctic at Russia, but has recently toned down the rhetoric to emphasize the orderly adjudication of Arctic claims at the United Nations.
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