Three people share Arctic reserves of rare earth elements, oil and gas in russia - Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service
Russian Arctic reserves of rare earth elements, oil and gas were divided among the first deputy head of the Presidential Administration of the aggressor country of russia, Sergey Kiriyenko, the president of the state oil company Rosneft, r, and the head of the russian Direct Investment Fund, Kirill Dmitriev. It was reported by the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine.
So, according to the intelligence service, former Security Council Secretary and now Chairman of the russian Maritime Board Nikolai Patrushev is no longer a key player in the Arctic. Accordingly, his younger son, Andrey Patrushev, CEO of the Center for Arctic Initiatives, an autonomous nonprofit organization that used to be in charge of gas production on the Arctic shelf, is no longer in the pool of key players in the region.
"Instead, the 'Arctic pie' is being divided by new favorites," the Foreign Intelligence Service emphasized.
First Deputy Head of the russian Presidential Administration Kiriyenko, through the non-sanctioned Rosatom, actually controls the entire vast ecosystem of the Northern Sea Route. In particular, through the company FESCO, Rosatom owns key seaports, and through the Hydrographic Enterprise, which is part of the structure of the Rosatom Northern Sea Route Directorate, navigation and hydrographic support for navigation in the waters of the NSR is provided.
"Key deposits of rare earth elements in the Arctic zone are also in the sphere of influence of Rosatom and Kiriyenko," the Foreign Intelligence Service noted.
According to the Foreign Intelligence Service, the second most influential person in the Arctic zone is Igor Sechin and his Rosneft. The company controls the Zvezda shipyard in Primorsky Krai, which is a de facto monopolist in the production of icebreakers, which are built primarily for Rosatom. Rosneft also has its own rare earth deposits in the north, including the Tomtor carbonate deposit.
The director of the russian private equity fund Dmitriev is also in the Arctic pool.
"He is trying to seize control of valuable deposits of rare earth elements. It positions itself as a key player, promoting projects like the Arctic Investment Fund. Behind this is the task of trying to "sell" the Arctic to foreign investors at the highest possible price," the intelligence report said.
In general, according to the intelligence, moscow is trying to play up two resources it has - the Arctic reserves of rare earth elements and the Northern Sea Route project. The two are closely related, as the largest deposits of rare earth elements are located in the Northern part of russia (Murmansk Oblast, Sakha-Yakutia), i.e. along the Northern Sea Route.
"In the current situation, Russia does not have sufficient financial resources and the necessary technologies to establish full production of rare earth elements and their further export through the NSR infrastructure. Therefore, it needs substantial foreign investment for this purpose," the intelligence noted.
According to the Foreign Intelligence Service, in tactical terms, the kremlin aims to secure both legal and de facto control over the Northern Sea Route. As a tool, it considers restricting freedom of navigation for foreign vessels. It is an attempt to introduce a procedure that will require mandatory coordination of the passage of foreign military and civilian ships through the waters of the Northern Sea Route in areas with ice cover.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, russia is increasingly becoming economically dependent on China. Raw material extraction projects in the Far East and Siberia are turning into a resource base for Beijing.