Finland

Three Finnish icebreakers for Russia’s oil and gas operations in the Arctic

MercoPress | August 13, 2014 Finland-based Arctech Helsinki Shipyard has been contracted to build three icebreaking stand-by vessels for Russian shipping company Sovcomflot, for a total cost of 380 million dollars. The contract for the three 95 meters long vessels sums 380 million dollars and should be delivered by 2017 The contract for the three […]

The American Aggression Enablement Act and the US’ Eurasian Thrust (I)

By Andrew KORYBKO | Oriental Review | August 1, 2014 Congressional Hawks have been peddling the idea of a “Russian Aggression Prevention Act” since the beginning of May, but it has only been during the recent media-inspired hysteria that it began to gain traction. If passed into law, it would amount to a sweeping NATO […]