TOKYO -- Russia recently started building a shelter for submarines on the Kamchatka Peninsula in its remote Far East, fanning concerns it aims to use the Northern Sea Route, a shipping lane that connects Asia and Europe via the Arctic, for more than purely economic purposes.
International relations
Russia looks to Northern Sea Route as its military ambitions expand
Moscow aims to use Arctic waters as strategic link between Asia and Europe
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has fired up scrutiny of Moscow's military ambitions in other parts of the world, shining the spotlight on projects in places such as its remote Far East. (Source photos by Reuters)
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