Kaliningrad Governor Says First Ship Arrives Via Arctic Sea Route

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Petersburg from Shanghai, Kaliningrad region Governor Anton Alikhanov said on the messaging app Telegram.Alikhanov shared images of a docked
Route as the Arctic warms disproportionately faster than the rest of the world and opens the strategic shipping route connecting Europe and
Asia to year-round navigation.The route runs from the Arctic city of Murmansk in northwestern Russia to the Bering Strait in Russia's Far
East.President Vladimir Putin has ordered to boost annual shipments through the Northern Sea Route to 80 million metric tons by 2024.In
September, energy giant Gazpromsaid it made its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) deliveries to China via the route.Private group Novatek,
between EU members Poland and Lithuania, has beenhit by EU limits on the volume of transit goods as part of sanctions in response to