MOSCOW, January 12. /TASS/. The strengthening of NATO’s military presence in the Arctic is turning the region into a theater of potential hostilities between Russia and the alliance, Dmitry Suslov, Deputy Director of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies at the Higher School of Economics and an expert at the Valdai Discussion Club, told TASS in an interview.
The analyst noted that the EU is "hypocritically exploiting" the alleged need to protect the Arctic from Russia and China in order to "divert" US President Donald Trump's talk of the need to take control of Greenland. "That is, they are shifting the focus from [the US] gaining control of Greenland to joint defense against Russia and China. But the result of all this activity is truly an intensification of the Arctic confrontation, and increased militarization of the Arctic. In any case, unfortunately, this will continue, and the Arctic will become militarized and will become one of those regions where an arms race will take place, risking a direct military clash between Russia and NATO. The Arctic has already become, and will increasingly become, a theater of potential hostilities between Russia and NATO. Reversing this trend will be impossible in the foreseeable future," he emphasized.
