"We have a lot of fishermen, and we need to be able to inspect fishing vessels around our island, but we also need to use our right on our waterways, as you do in Russia. You charge a fee and escort all ships passing through your Arctic waters. We will do the same," he said.
In December, Alexey Likhachev, CEO of the Rosatom State Corporation, said that the volume of cargo transportation along the Northern Sea Route in 2024 had reached a record high and reached almost 38 million tons.
This is the main element of the transport system that ensures cargo flows along the entire length of the Russian coastline in the Arctic Ocean. In the future, the Northern Sea Route may become the most important international transport highway. ria.ru.
