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From the Bering Strait to the Arctic: Russian ambitions

S36 · E1 · 10 Jan 2025 · 12 min

Direction the Bering Strait, the closest point of contact between Russia and the United States. It separates Chukotka, a Russian autonomous district of Alaska, by 85 km. Since 1945, the Bering Strait has been the barometer of relations between the two great powers. A look back at this region of the Arctic, where the major issues of our century are at stake.