Why Russia is Building an Arctic Silk Road
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- Опубліковано 18 січ 2022
- Russia's Arctic construction boom is seriously warming up.
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America: builds military bases everywhere.
Russia: Builds ports in their own waters.
America: Hey thats illegal.
America comes an teaches poeple how to make clean water from dirty . Russia blows up hospitals and gets rewards calls themselves winners lol . Communist is still communist try getting a real election in Russia and freedom of religion what about freedom of free speech. Guess your about to get it your way hope you like it it won't last long .
@@androidlemon3438 USA "help" to Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya was very generous...
Do you make deference between Land Territory and territorial waters ?
@@androidlemon3438 Compensate them with bombs... Dont be so naive. Learn from books, not from CNN...
@@androidlemon3438
America compensate xDD i choked on my tea xD
Ironically that means that the transport industry will become greener as ships only need to travel a fraction of the distance they do today.
Yep, the global warming opened a more fuel efficiency and environmentally friendly route. Canada might experience the same thing in their Northwest Passage. ua-cam.com/video/ZcDwtO4RWmo/v-deo.html
The global shipping industry only makes up 2-3 percent of annual global carbon emissions, so the effect won't be huge.
@@martianbuilder5945 2% here, 3% there... and at the end we have big impact.
@@martianbuilder5945 Shipping is also the most efficient form of intercontinental freight transport, largely due to the ships' sheer payload capacity.
@@martianbuilder5945 yeah the biggest contributors are factories or construction, those have a purpose, the biggest contributors is methane from cows and cars... Governments are in actuality very green compared to their citizens
США: - Это плохо для демократии!!!.
Россия: - Почему?
США: - Потому что наши авианосцы не предназначены для "защиты демократии" в Арктике.
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бля, проорал в голосину)) God Bless тебя, чувак)
@@eLphackito Взаимно )
У США и ледоколов пара всего да и те устаревшие середины прошлого века, к тому же в Заполярье не место демократии : на споры и дискуссии нет времени ибо тупо замерзнешь
Развитие мирного атома невероятно изменило судьбу России. Теперь можно использовать мощные суда в Арктике, обеспечивать города энергией и прочее. Исследования России в этой сфере просто поражают.
От фразы отапливать города я поржал это дааа😅
@@keldian6097 ой! Ща поправим
这说的太到位了😂
What Russian research? Enrico Fermi is the father of nuclear power for civil uses
@@alessiofe наука о сих пор идёт вперёд!
A major added bonus for Russia is that this route will open up it's main rivers to inland navigation. Most of it's rivers flow North, towards the largely inaccessible Arctic Ocean. Throughout most of Russia's history this meant a big competitive disadvantage compared to the rest of Europe, which is connected to the Atlantic Ocean, bringing direct shipping routes from major cities to the whole world.
We are definitely turning a new focus to the arctic. Just, we are not focusing on trade, instead we are trying to militarize it. Because we are complete idiots. After all, we are the only country on the face of the planet that is maintaining an offensive military during a time of global peace. Again, we are complete idiots.
Very good point. And those are massive(!) rivers comparable to Amazon or Nile like Ob', Lena, Yenisey etc., which most probably connect many Siberian and far-east cities to maritime routes.
@Ice Bear He is talking about the U$. Obviously.
Love when a comment is sometimes better than the video itself - thanks for the extra info! ;)
great point. have to wonder if it will have a demographic effect similar to what Erie Canal had on midwest USA.
the effect on oil prices in an era when(?) we are allegedly(?) moving away from oil use's negative side effects will be interesting. northern Russia will have huge oil, coal + mineral resources. most important in 20yrs may be drinking water.
at what point will drinking water be as valuable an export commodity as oil, grains,etc are now?
A great geopolitical advantage is that no other foreign power can control this shipping route just like they can along the Mediterranean Sea or the Indian Ocean. Not only its a game changer for Russia but also a lifeline for China as well.
Well, sort of. It's pretty damn easy for the US navy to blockade the route if it comes to it.
@@dadthelad I hope it doesn't come to that.
@@louisaccardi2268 Yeah, a China vs US war would be terrifying. It seems to be coming though. But hopefully, if there is a change in world order, it is peaceful, and gentle.
@@dadthelad And what do you think the russians and chinese will be doing when US navy blocks them?
@@aaraviii Cry in their cornflakes. No one is even close to matching the US navy. China is trying to get there, but they are miles off quite yet.
What would make anyone think the Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea can be blockaded, but not the Bering Sea? The US has a massive blue water navy, with 9 carrier strike groups, they can blockade anywhere they like, and absolutely dominate any other navy in the world..
Russians: "You americans keep on worrying about who is a woman or who is a man"
The melting of ice in the north pole will give Russia such a strategic advantage that it has never seen before, and this modern-day Russian silk road is just the beginning. Especially since almost none of Russia's major cities are on the coast, compared to the huge western cities that will get absolutely destroyed by rising sea levels. Russia would most likely be the only country to benefit from all the ice in the world melting. Due to many things such as the northern regions of the world becoming the more ideal temperature for life, which Russia controls most of. This will bring so many migrants into Russia that it could finally become a global superpower.
Many will say Russia will not benefit due to the war, but that's far from the truth. Pretty much every emerging economy is located in Africa, with these countries typically wanting to cut ties with their colonizers (the west). As soon to be the strongest country in the world, China depends heavily on Russia, so Russia is in the best position for the future of humanity.
That's why we had ironical political party in the 90s, called *subtropical russia*, that wanted +20C full year :)
La nuova rotta commerciale....senza essere più attaccati dai PIRATI. Euroamericani...
Go to your kitchen, fill up a glass with water and ice. Watch it melt. Does the glass overflow? NO!
Don't you feel silly falling for the "melting icecap rising sealevel" ruse? Still not convinced? Put a bunch of ten pound ice blocks in a swimming pool and watch it melt.....no pool overflow! DANG! Ice is full of nitrogen and displaces more space than water! Sea level drops if caps melt!
@@jamesshirley7194I suppose the idea is that the ice is located in one place and when it melts it will be distributed across the planet. Imagine you have an iceberg of 2 meters in the middle of the pool, which has melted. Will the pool level rise? Most probably yes. Not sure what case yours or mine is applicable in reality. In fact the volume of water is less than of ice as the ice density is less than water
The way I've heard it is that the sea levels will rise because as the temperature of the water goes up it expands.
Also the ice is fresh water adding to a sea of salt water, maybe there's something in that as well.🤔@@jamesshirley7194
It completely blows my mind seeing this level of development. I am shocked at what humans are capable of doing.
Yeah, russian make good animations, wait 100 years to check how it is trying to work :D
im shocked at how utterly stupld humanity has become
I've said it before, Russia dominates The Arctic. No other countries have as much developed in every way possible. Can say whatever against it all, just blowing hot air, and what all concerned with otherwise? Military Industrial Complex in Ukraine and social engineering agenda. That seems so small and unimportant compared with this project, and how many trillions more in debt to even try to do anything like that. Russia doesn't waste time and thieve money anywhere, no matter if have billionaires. This is a project that seriously increases their national wealth.
its because it's an autocracy , things move fast in this time
Yeah pity Putins not Human...Satan...
Typical US response. Worrying about how to stop other countries development rather than focusing on how the US can become more productive and competitive.
When you make others look smaller, you make yourself look bigger...
Exactly, I'm glad people are finally realizing how US imperialism negatively affects the world...
No wonder amerikkka wants to weaken and seize Russia. Those potential petrodollars get the Yankee oligarchs salivating.
@@LeprosuGnome Finally? You people are really deluded. You're just like those Muslims who are repeatedly saying "why is the media NOT talking about Israel's "war crimes"?" when all their information comes solely from the media.
ABSOLUTELY EVERYONE has been going on and on endlessly about US "imperialism" for the past 15+ years. Unless you were sleeping throughout 2003-4 you must know that already.
Yes because Russia are such good guys. Go Russia (idiot)
On hearing British accent, I thought this video was another piece of BBC-like anti-Russian propaganda, but it is actually quite objective and neutral. Good job.
Dont worry, they have a lot of propaganda in another video.
@@kolbaska19which one ? Name ?
Hello from Kamchatka peninsula🌋
We also work for this artic road❤
Ships goes to us
To Petropavlovsk?
Kudos brother 🥳
Love from India
How is the cold?
Успехов, братишка!
companies can no longer be afraid for their ships and not hire guards against pirates, which makes this path even more profitable
pirates are kids with candy in comparisson to what Russia will be capable of by obtaining such leverage of economic pressure
Where's ships they'll be pirates too sooner or later 😜
@@luc9516 Pirates don't operate far from home and there are no third world shitholes near the Arctic.
@@ALDisnor well... for me it's not bad, because I'm Russian. and besides, it is unlikely that Putin will use this path in politics, otherwise he will simply scare away the interested countries
@@gibbon8827 Everything involves politics. Hell, Russians poltical system is partially based on oligarchs who own and run Russias economy.
Another interesting aspect in the development of the Russian north is floating nuclear power plants. Due to the remoteness of the northern coast from the most populated and industrially developed areas, there are certain problems with electricity supply. And one of the solutions is floating nuclear power plants, which make it possible to deliver a nuclear reactor to a remote place across the sea and supply electricity to tens of thousands of people. One such reactor is already operating in the northernmost city of Russia - in Pevek.
as someone else said, Russian's are best at creating technology to survive extremes
Yes,the one good thing Russia and for that matter China does, they intelligently use nuclear but only because it is so cheap, they want more pollution to melt the Arctic.
@@paulbedichek2679 more polution to melt the Arctic 🤣🤣🤣
Smart Russian. Love it 😍
@@paulbedichek2679 what kind of pollution? Nuclear power is one of the most environmentally friendly and practically does not emit any emissions into the atmosphere. Moreover, Russia is a leader in the processing of spent nuclear fuel.
@@Lelik_208 Yes, I really like Russian nuclear program despite the worst accident in history complete lack of any intelligence no containment building but Russia is of corse terrible polluter, in addition to monstrous human right violations and being axis of evil.
I was always fascinated with Russian and Soviet exploration of the Arctic, it seemed just being a passion for adventure, but now suspect they knew about the warming centuries ago!!!
Are you also fascinated with Russia bombing children's schools and hospitals in Ukraine? Russia = clown nation.
@@KP-wt8qr I don't think anybody is fascinated with anything like that, and Russia did not start it.
@@sergeylos8939… Open thout eyes.
@@KP-wt8qr On Ukraine proper. Not in.
Ukraine it's territory. Not state.
@@user-jo4dl5dr6s Speak English.
Мне очень повезло, что я родилась в России! ❤❤❤😊
Мне повезло гораздо больше, Я родился в Советском Союзе!
12 лет назад Путин начал строительство ПЕРВОЙ железной дороги в республике Тыва. Костыль «золотой» забил. Символический.
Как думаете, когда поезда пойдут?
@olegdc10 Когда ты работать начнёшь и брать на себя ответственность за окружающих. Тогда и пойдут поезда.
@@MrSoulDevourer открою вам секрет. По той железной дороге никогда поезда не пойдут. Никогда.
@@olegdc10 А знаете почему "никогда"? Потому что для всепропальщиков хоть строй, хоть не строй. Все равно все обо..рут и не оценят.
Ice: melts
Russia: its free real estate
( Currection )
Russia , American alaska, northern europe and Canada : it's free real estate
The most impressive thing Russia has been building for the past ten years is the constant renovation and investment into countless cities. That includes transformation of Moscow. New Metro lines and rail lines, new parks and new housing. Every city across the country has enjoyed renewal and construction continues to refresh the nation. Do a video on New Moscow district.
Это правда! Я из Красноярска.Сибирь. Hello from Siberia🖐Krasnoyarsk.
"Countless cities"?? Lol
@@japankasasagi Okay kiddo.
Да, как только старые камуняки уходят и их заменяют уже современные российские губернаторы, то города сразу расцветают. Даже мой родной зажопинск с 20т.ч. населения изменился до неузнаваемости. Если в детстве мы мечтали оттуда уехать, то сейчас я с таким кайфом туда приезжаю к родителям в гости и наслаждаюсь современным видом своего родного городка.
@@lowsidesurfer Это не "камуняки", а последствия Ельцинской разрухи и шоковой терапии. При "комуняках" была лучшая инфраструктура в мире, которой до сих пор пользуются.
Unbelievable huge country
Love my people and love my country ❤ US should stay on their own continent and stop messing with other countries and their culture...
Да, мы такие )))
Youre getting bamboozled by mercator projection
@@wtfbros5110lmao cry more
@@wtfbros5110 still the largest country by far
We don't need oil just for fuel.. plastic,grease,clothes,silicone etc
I’ve come to realize that the B1M is very adept at combining numerous topic points to advance the flow of a video while staying true to the original subject. You guys do it well, this is another great example! Well done, I enjoyed watching this
Thank you so much! 🙌
Josiah - You mean taking the occasion to bash Russian politics, just like the western mass media is used to do.
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@@indiasuperclean6969 hindu gods are real spirit but they are not gods but the angels who betray the real God,turn to Jesus and your soul will be save.
People who will say that this will be a dead project because no one will use oil in 20 years let me tell you oil is not just needed for vehicles and electricity it is a crucial material in production of many goods so this project will be nothing but a boon to Russia
Even if we ignore the Oil, building ports and etc will still benefit Russia in the long run even if the export is not Oil.
It will be very cheap, it won't be worth drilling.
@@yurlim with what alternative?
No one is saying that petroleum will not be an important commodity in 20 years. Petroleum consumption will likely be reduced, or may decline, but it will not end in 20 years.
@@MrSloika I know that but I have seen a LOT of people criticizing such projects which are based on fossil fuels based on arguments that say "fossil fuels will be irrelevant in 2050 since cars will be electric" and such related arguments which are baseless people like you know the reality they do not
SEE…
Window to Moscow…
Clean, modern, beautiful and SAFE?…WOW just WOW
Please show me more, I just subscribed and this just blew my mind
This was always a long term goal for Russia, (and other far north countries) the elusive Northwest Passage - largely ice packed and difficult to pass through even in Summer. While I didn't know this breakthrough had finally occurred, I was aware that it was only a matter of time.
This one is North(east)
There is no breakthrough, as a Northern traffic route still has limitation, and only a few million tones are passing through. The idea behind is to monopolize the route to Europe only, and by no means has any impact on World trade, as the only recipient of this route is China. The fact that Russia needs to spend almost a trillion USD over a few decades, and still use the arctic breakers to clear routes indicates that the Northern sea route still is technically a gamble and a large money sink.
Because of the geo-politics, US/EU can sanctions any shipping companies using the route, force a reroute and by denying port entrance. That would make any investments on the entire Northern circle by Russia useless.
Does the Russian government making money off the Northern route? No.
Does the Russian goverment still spending money on the Northern route? Yes
Do the Chinese contribute to the development of the route? Not really.
What breakthrough you're looking at?
@@vito5258 and to Russia it’s always ‘the west’ is causing problems. Someone is correct!!!
And as I predicted, the ice is back, as usual. They are lying. Ice is there some years and it's not there some years. It's a cycle. Notice the icebreaker. Funny they made no mention of it.
@@tomasgogashvily5350 this is a perfect way for them to pump the "ice is gone for the first time in history" which is a bold face lie. They showed the ice breaker but didn't mention it or the fact that it's not the first time the ice has been "gone" as it's been gone plenty of times in history, while humans were drilling for oil. And of course they provide ZERO evidence. Remember Al Gore said it would be gone by 2010 and then 5 yrs later there was more ice than we had seen in a long time. It's called the Malenkovitch cycle and the ice melts in line with the sun cycle
This is a geopolitical game changer.
Everybody is talking about China all the time but Russia is also back on it's track 🇫🇷
@@vomm dude that's the flag of France, Russia is 🇷🇺
@@vomm bruh
@@vomm bruh
@@vomm bruh
Fascinating, I never knew about all these developments. This UA-cam channel is one of the best. With such an enormous cut in shipping times it will become the dominant route for shipping from the far east. It puts a different spin on the current trade embargos against Russia. and explains why some nations are ignoring them.
Media is just crap for years, the agenda is crap for years in UK, the etc. It is hardly to find useful news now.
Preparation towards future road mapping in Arctic joining New Silk road to fulfillment .
Russia's spent 200+ years trying to get a warm water port and now global warming is giving them several
Bottom line: patience pays off.
Hm, Russia has ports in Baltic, Black Sea, Japan Sea. They all warm
@@user-bi1bh8vf8p Black sea is choked at the Bosphorus which is controlled by NATO Turkey, Baltic is choked at Denmark and Vladivostok is surrounded by NATO allies in Japan and South Korea and I think I'm right in saying it can freeze and therefore isn't warm water.
They lack ports with free access to the open ocean. Hence warming of the Arctic will create them for them
Edit: accidentally called Vladivostok, Murmansk
@@Connor-vj7vf Can you please open map and see where Vladivostok is? There is agreement about Black Sea pass, so Turkey can’t prevent Russia pass any ships to Mediterranean. About Denmark I will agree, but still there is no problem for any ships to pass.
@@user-bi1bh8vf8p at times of peace, but the desire for a warm water port is for security in a time of war
Will be interesting to know, Russia has plans not only to create the optical cable channel the 'Polar Express', but to create a bunch of the mega-data centers in North, providing that service for the international data giants, like Google or something like it in China, including for own national ones. That can decrease the cost of usage of such data centers dramatically, since more than 50% of electricity/energy consumption in a such datacenter is used for the cooling of the huge server farms! The expensive cooling task will be much simplified in the Northern conditions, obviously... The only problem so far is to create a network of new powerplants and electric lines in the areas of Northern Russia (a huge amount of electricity still required for datacenters anyway), but I do know Russia has a lot of plans for doing that, including the mobile sea nuclear plant platforms!
Интересно! Спасибо!
@@Russianportrait , да )))
And the heat coming out can be put to good use.
The Russians have already found a way out. They are building floating nuclear power plants. One has already been built and is operating in the port of Pevek. Two more are next.
Right about the cooling: I know of a mere ten foot high electronic street advertising billboard whose cooling fans can be heard 15 metres away
How are the Russians laying claim to land that's theirs already?
One thing you forget to mention: there is no african pirates in arctic.
not yet
siberian pirates: allow us to introduce ourselves
African pirates are a joke.
The pirates move where the trade is, not the opposite.
@@nagendraraman6410 Which ones are serious ? Any examples?
It's not a new by itself, but this time B1M is literally providing some "fresh" building plans
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I suspect it's a repost. I felt like i watched this video a year or two ago.
@@indiasuperclean6969 you live in a poor ass country that’s overpopulated get over yourself
@@indiasuperclean6969 lol
What a great journalism!
Я так горжусь своей страной🤍💙❤
У нас тут в Краснодаре нет дорого, ливневок, город грязный , пенсия у моей матери 14 тыс . В чем гордость , дебилка ?
@@Marina95032🐽
It’s entirely hypothetical at this point, more than 90 percent of this hasn’t been done yet. Do you know how many mega projects are abandoned or not completed? Given Russias current situation, I don’t see this getting done any time soon.
@@Marina95032 У нас в Херсоне вообще не знаю кто такая ливневка, зарплата учителя была 85 баксов в месяц после налогов. Дороги... ух, даже начинать не буду, 4 шины заменил на велике за 3 года. Хотите такую це-европу - давайте меняться?
I just want to take a moment to praise the amazing choice of visual footage by B1M, while explaining all these interesting topics. It's some of the best visual choice and editing that I have seen on UA-cam and definitely comparable to the top legacy media's documentaries.
While watching the video, I was very surprised to see the house in Murmansk where I lived (3:25). On The B1M out of all places! So unusual for me to see a glimpse of a place I know so much, it brought some memories. Great video btw!
wtf really?
Feels cold
I’m coming
thats so cool!
Cap
Nothing was said about the functioning LNG port at Sabetta, on the Gulf of Ob, their double-hulled LNG tankers are delivering gas shipments even during the winter months.
If only my country ( Canada ) took the opportunities in the arctic even half as seriously
Unfortunately we have a sideshow of a government that is less serious then most banana republics
Not really they can have that passage we have northerne eastern passage and is better for a lot of rich country just need to development more that passage
Thanks B1M-Team for the great videos! The chilling voice with the impressive pictures and videos + the enormous amount of knowledge we gain…can‘t thank you guys enough
Knowledge? Like when Al Gore said all of florida would disappear by 2020? When will you realize the climate hoax?
A country decides to build infrastructure and the US forgets how to act
the russians are claiming the ocean to be theirs ofc other countries will be upset.
@@mashedpotato4465 large majority of the project is within Russia's own border. america is just jealous its losing influence
@@mashedpotato4465 only America is upset. which they think they own the whole world and everyone must act after the us gives them the ok
exactly, its a win-win for literally everyone, not just russia
@@shayan_idk except the yanks.
Great idea - right in time ! New Silk road . History was created !
Way to go,Russia
Very curious 🤨 how the USA claims international use over the exclusive Russian’s zone but not over the exclusive American’s zone
USA regime claims everything.
Because we can
@@Jacaerys1 really? and you are also getting a share in that like universal healthcare and other socialist facilities or you have to get satisfied wirh the strong doses of american exceptionalism only?
Depends what you mean by "use." An exclusive economic zone is just that. Other nations can still transit through...
@@Jacaerys1 oh, can you, really?
I am a sucker for infrastructure projects tackling harsh nature conditions. Adding some extreme engineering and latest technology and i am in heaven :). Thank you, amazing video
Yes indeed, incredible project
Добавим 🤫
awesome...but i can't get my head around the sheer size of this. & the cold...☃️
I guess that the Russians want to develop the trade in the Artic?
Why not? It's their business not UaaS...
You guys should talk about Canada’s route as well. This new route though has huge geopolitical implications. If America and Canada and Denmark (Greenland) want to remain competitive they need to invest more in the arctic to compete with Russia both economically and defense wise
The US has a gdp of about 21.4 trillion dollars.
Russia has about 1.7 trillion, so not only is the US' gdp about a dozen times larger, its gdp is growing faster so the gap is only growing.
The Russian goverment is predicting this project will grow gdp by 2% a year, they have a history of seriously overstimating projects like these (who doesnt in fairness?) But even if we take that at face value it changes basically nothing.
As to the military - Russia cannot hope to compete with NATO and this port really doesnt change that.
The US alone has about 3.4 million tons of warships. Russia can muster maybe 750,000 tons total (also the US' ships are generally more advanced).
This seems like a great project for Russia but its important not to overstate its impact.
@@neshirst-ashuach1881 You failed to include china in the equation.
@@martianmartian4037
Why would I include China?
They dont have any arctic access and arent allied with Russia (they have a joint training program, but thats not the same at all).
Instead of making it about competition, they could make it about unity…
@@neshirst-ashuach1881 *Not quite.*
GDP comparisons only make sense when done in real currency values, not nominal ones. So Russia's GDP is actually as big as Germany's (and actually bigger since Russia has a way bigger share of the "grey" economy). Also, the USA, as of now, is not growing faster than Russia, so the gap is shrinking (though just a little bit). Russia has become the #1 ship manufacturer by the end of last year (though not by much). But yes, of course, Russia was, is and will be a land superpower rather than maritime.
I love irony-heavy ocean trade routes.
Personally I can't get behind this project, however, from an engineering and construction point of view it is an incredible undertaking and very impressive with it's scope, scale and ambition.
Why you can not get behind this project?
The current route is much longer and damages the ecology horribly. The new route, in its full force, will dramatically cut the world's greenhouse emissions (let alone saving time, money, resources of the machinery that is wasted on the longer route).
But since this won't stop climate change to happen Russia is proving itself for an inevitable future it is simultaneously causing
So in other words, you believe the propaganda. Let's see what actually happens.
@@benjaminlee4819 Russia is not planning any drastic oil production increases. So this huge port will actually decrease greenhouse emissions thanks to cutting the transport route. The existing routes will be used for other cargoes.
@@StrangerHappened But sea route is one of the efficient ways to move things around anyway with the only downside of being slower. This new route won't dramatically cut the world's greenhouse emissions in any meaningful way especially you put the emission from expanding oil infrastructure that Russia plans to profit from into account. Only thing for it is cut time and made the route go through Russia.
It’s like Narnia up there. Ice ships, arctic ports, pirate ships, polar kingdoms, intrigue plots, world leaders, spy’s, all under northern lights and an eternal night sky. Perfect for a fantasy film series.
Because we are Russians - the kings of the north)
@@user-yr2hr8hl7d ну ты загнул)) хотяя, а почему нет-то?))
@@user-yr2hr8hl7dбелые ходоки)
Да так и есть!
Ну, во первых, никаких пиратов в северных морях нет. Максимум браконьеры. И часто ночное небо там зимой. Летом наоборот, белые ночи))
The amount of infrastructure to complete this project is massive I can’t rap my head around it ports airports cities power plants water sewage electricity internet whole towns probably a couple military bases for protection this is truly insane interesting and terrifying all at the same time
agree, incredible scale!
It's terrifying for US imperialistic hegemony, it will be great for global economy, especially Europe and Asia because of lower travel time between Asia-Europe and over 3x lower costs compared to Suez channel route.
..инфраструктуру уже создают 😼
More terrifying thn americans attacking iraq lybia .. palestine .. afghanistan ?
When Russia & China agree to invest on such gigantic project, nothing is impossible. More so when Arab nations are gonna join too... US is left alone scratching its head till it bleeds.
Hello from Eastern Siberia, Russia 🙂
Great to see this progress
why not?
Whilst short and concise videos are more digestiable to the larger audiences I think the content you do warrants making more indepth 25-40min segments that explore the more nuaced side of these projects which would also allow you to double-dip on the extensive research you ave already done.
This is real infrastructure development, not just maintaining but modernising ports, expanding airports, railways, new roads and exploiting new resources for the benefit of all
*the Sun melts the ice caps, not fossil fuels.
if you wondered who will gain on global warming now you know.
USA. “”We don’t like Russia and China becoming world leaders.””
yes we don't like china invading india and all of asia, and russia annexing europe.
dont worry 12 us trident subs off russian waters carry 50 nukes each. 600 nukes will glass russia with 15-30 min warning from shore.
Russia isn’t even a regional leader. Relax 😄
Which one do you want?
Russia must be on Top
We managed it to happen. Thank you to Biden's management.
@@FPJDK"this is fine"
I'm a chemical engineer and never thought I'd find such a channel so interesting. Thanks for making quality videos! I like that they are usually 5-15 mins, perfect for a break during working from home.
so you make drugs @ home now?
SO many tryhards claiming....."im a xxxxxxxx engineer" ................yeah right buddy ....who you trying to fool. A real engineer doesnt need to broadcast what they do !!!!!
@@dantheman3022 for real bruh.
FYI, the earth has been warming since the height of the last ice age, 24,000 years ago. We have much more to fear of an ice age.
Good for Russia!
Love the feeling of seeing a B1M upload
I'd be more worried about anything Mike Pompeo has to say. The claims about internal waterways are pure selective fearmongering... Russia considers the Northern Sea Route to be internal waters in just the same way that Canada considers the Northwest Passage to be internal waters.
both claims aren't founded in international law and are disputed by the US
@@majorfallacy5926 US, the fierce protector of international law...except when it is not in its favor :(
@@menofwar1155 the us sux balls.
@@majorfallacy5926 You won't see Pompeo on a pedestal criticising Canada's policies on the Northwest Passage in such dire language. Russia does the same thing though and it's suddenly an existential threat.
The US only cares about international law when it is convenient.
The US is always very concerned when there's money somewhere and they're not part of it.
Ice is melting for the Pola bears now THIS!💔
Australia
oil will be still the major energy maker for decades to come. Alternatives like nuclear Powerplants will improve and then take over.
The Russian landscape is a beautiful thing and the size is amazing.
The size on the map is confusing and very bad "flat earth" animations in this video make them even more unrealistic.
Alaska was also russian. Russian empire sold it to USA for just 7 millione dollars🤭
@@1517ia No, it was rented for 100 years. The US illegally occupy Russian territory.
The northern sea route along Russia's coats opens up every summer and has been used by less ice tolerant ships for over 100 years. Ice Breakers have got bigger and better since WW2 as well as other technologies for driving through ice, which will give the impression that Arctic is melting. Also, maximum Arctic ice occurs 3 months after the shortest day and minimum ice occurs 3 months after the longest day, which indicates that the polar ice is driven by temperatures from the lower latitudes.
If China bans the import of its goods to the US, then there will be no goods in US stores, and those that remain, the US capitalists will raise prices to the skies for the remaining goods! Biden will say this is capitalism, as it was with the banks of America!.;
Thank you. Ice cap doing ok! I monitor the Arctic Sea Ice Data regularly using the publicly available info... something that these fools never seem to look at.
I'm so proud yet so terrified at the same time
6:54 "building new oil infrastruсture is not really what the world needs right now..." - these sentence will make Shell, BP and many brave guys in Texas unhappy :(
I think it's a great idea! The Suez Canal is the lynch pin of the world's economy (As we've seen the effects of a couple incidents now) and probably shouldn't be solely relied upon to the extent that we do. Russia is using the initiative and capitalising on the current climate change; it just happens to be Russia and not the U.K. No one would worry if it wasn't any other country but Russia/China.
The main issue is that this will facilitate further growth of the oil industry when we need to be moving away from such fuel sources. Environmental degradation and exploitation is of course another concern. It is true though that most nations would likely do the same
@@seankilburn7200 Unfortunately, no one and no country can really use that argument, as we've been no better.
I understand your point, yet it's very hypocritical of any country to denounce such acts due to environmental concerns, after said country has done it's fair share of destruction and pillaging - In global terms.
Just because the world is becoming woke, doesn't make the past disappear.
@@thewaywardgrape3838 I’m simply stating the main concerns about this mega project. I have also acknowledged that most nations would of course do the same if they were in Russia’s position. I do think people would be concerned about such projects in any country given public opinion on climate change however western media is undoubtedly biased against Russia and China.
@@seankilburn7200 Oil is what russia got tho so they're gonna do the best they can with it. Climate change doesnt effect russia like it does italy or other small countries
@@benwilsonMMA Any country would likely act the same in their position
The US asked no one's opinion when we decided to develop Alaska's north coast for petroleum production, so we have no right to complain now.
Also, YT channel "Not what you think" made a video about this subject last week. Very interesting; I recommend it.
Exactly, the Americans don't make any documentary about anything without including America's opinion about it. Even though their opinion shouldn't be in this video and noone asked for it
awesome point
Every trade alternatives are a good thing not a bad thing.
Северный морской путь откроет возможность транспортировки из алтая и южной сибири пшеницы по сибирским рекам к северному морскому пути. И далее-по всему миру. Кроме того, открывается возможность в огромных объемах производить мясо северного оленя. Можно использовать миллионы квадратных километров пастбищ.
Really been enjoying you're more geopolitical videos lately
The upside is that all this infrastructure will be able to be used for tourism purposes. Mindblowing sceneries will be so much easier to visit.
The tourism will help destroy the environment further.
@@stevewhittle7163 downside indeed
Murmansk is a great location to witness aurora borealis but the region is one of the most depressive and poverty stricken in Russia
This project might revitalise the area and make a tour there not an extreme one
It can become a really awesome tourism destination
as a person that spent years living in Svalbard, i can only say that tourism is the worst thing happening in the Arctic.
Yes, it payed my bills for years but the environmental impact of tourism is much much bigger that the tourist itself thinks.
Most tourists sees the Arctic as this "free-for-all" land and have absolutely no respect for local laws, wildlife, locals and the environment that they are visiting.
@@stevewhittle7163 tourism is a great reason for conservation tho, government isn't gonna spend money to protect something that gives no benefit to the citizens or the country
Greta Thunberg: "How dare you!"
Russia: "We dare."
It's not certain that they caused it too melt away in the first place. Very bold claim......
I've seen 2 other videos about this project and both were rife with political bias and very little actual information (any guesses which country they were from lol). You guys have done an awesome job at making an educational yet engaging video
Spot on.
Kay - There is still political bias imho.
if you think there is only one country whose info about Russia is "rife with political bias + etc"
then the joke to laugh at is your fancy for fantasy
might be the issue ^ 😂 if only humans can work together.
Guessing which country they were from involves a heavy dose of confirmation bias. How much Russian content is there on UA-cam, how much of it is in English and how many Russian videos have you seen on this/other topics?
It is worth noting that the only thing holding back official territorial negotiations regarding the North Pole is the United States since they haven't ratified the UNCLOS. Russia, Canada, Denmark and Norway are all ready to initiate formal negotiations, but the United States are blocking the process.
So then Phuq the us
There would be no benefit as long as the US has the most powerful navy. Any country in that position would be stupid to sign.
@@spilledmilk4801 Sure. But I hope you can understand how the rest of the world, including its own allies, are getting frustrated when the US are blocking the chance of handling this like adults and then blaming others. Nobody benifits from this stalemate the US is creating.
@@spilledmilk4801 actually when it comes to that region us naval assets can't do much. most of them are not geared to operate with that climate
@@spilledmilk4801
Signing & Rectifying UNCLOS is stupid?...
Really?
😁🤭
Great idea honestly. I love modern engineering man
cool - frozen fish n ice exports
Wonderful! This is one of the best channels out there and this is one of the best videos recently! Amazing footage and timely info. Awesome!
This is a perfect example of the things that actually changed the course of human history.
Direct pragmatic decisions taking advantage of a changing environment.
The short and long-term outcomes of such a project economically environmentally and geopolitical are hard to calculate.
Because such large projects generate so much data noise that nuances are easily lost and it's the subtle details of such a project that can accumulate to decide its ultimate success or failure.
The question we should all be asking ourselves is not how this affects the status quo but how it affects the world and its people and what if anything we can or should do about it.
I trust this man
I know that I am definitely learning Russian now.
@@glogang4445 Same
Don't be rediculous it is Russia so it is certainly evil in every way you can imagine.
Tell me you believe Al Gore without telling me you believe Al gore.
Earth 🌍 rotation change over million of history
Lay claim to its coastline? Why do all of these have to be so biased?
So.... what other countries have an icebreaker fleet?
An extremely well done story. Thanks for producing this very valuable insight.
Well done? He just parrots and assumes the latest climate change hoax. They have been tricking you for 70 years.
I like how you mix the irony of climate change and exploitation of resources, also the economics, and importance of infrastructure in these short documentaries.
The most import thing for Russia though is the access to more military ports. They have forever not been able to access either part of their country without going through the Suez Canal
It's not ironic, it's actually sad that these people value money over our future
@@nazmanaebbbz
You’ll be fine
@@nazmanaebbbz the sun and its cycles mostly responsible for our climate changing and we can do absolutely nothing about it. No point worrying about it.
@@MichihiroHonda if only that was true.
My Motherland ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Why is it sad to have less ice in the Arctic? Great to see the Russians getting on with it.
ice in the arctic is currently above 2020 levels according to polar portal monitoring data.... just sayin....
i find it sad how other countries are able to do massive infrastructure projects to increase economic output in the country while the USA is a bungled mess where we cant even pass laws to build a traffic sign
Exactly what I was thinking
Because the USA has heaps of idiotic and moronic environmental and other government regulations that block progress to appease loser activists
We don't want to offend anyone.
We have 600 committees working on the verbage for that sign.
Forget kinder and gentler, we're going for political correctedness.
We can surely pass laws to hand out 55 billion dollars to defense contractors in the name of supporting “democracy” in a little known foreign country almost 5000 miles away.
Я буду рад, превращению США в страну третьего мира)))
Good for Russia to develop it's north and far east areas
It will last as long as the earths climate stays neutral. If Green houses gases are the cause of less arctic ice then why would anyone in Russia want to reduce them?
That's a good legend for stealing money from the budget by putin and his family.
@@usersuser797 cry
And America because of Alaska
@@usersuser797 ahhh and theres the person brainwashed by western propaganda
Excellent reporting ❤
For sure it's a good way for Russia to expand large territory of Heartland and create new routes for communication. I will suggest to build more vessels, which will operate on Arctic route and make an improvements also for Container ships with Cargo.
the country will desolve in the next 5 years
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
As Russia becomes more rich and powerful i hope that it will increase the standards of living of the people and hopefully help them root out corruption
Maybe if the oligarchs are gone. Mind you, the oligarchs aren't too different to American billionaires. We could do with getting rid of the entire lot.
Still to dam cold there for me
Who do you think will controll the ports and the profits. Oligarchs. Nothing really ever changes in Russia. Tsar Putin will die, oligarchs will fight for power, the victor becomes the new tsar. His friends get rich. Russians stay poor af. And almost none of them will complain because they don’t know they can complain.
@@blackbird2839 south of russia is warm, have camels, grow watermelons, grapes, hardly have snow in winter.
SELL GOLD AND SILVER BUY PLATINUM PRICE IS LOW NOW PROMOTE PLATINUM PRICE IS RISING LIKE GOLD....
As a cadet I used to work on container ships, once I almost died nearby Wladiwostok. On the one hand side, I am excited about the short connection. On the other hand side, I am worried about the bad conditions the sailor will face even more north....
Correction it's *Vladivostok* not Wladiwostok
@@user-fl5sv8mr4e still understandable. Perhaps op is german
The only bad conditions could be the freezing temperature but on the positive side no sea storms.
So you admit, man made climate change is a hoax.
Isn´t it getting warmer there on the North Polar Route???
Great video as always, thanks B1M
🙏🏼👏a floating power station had been designed, built and is operational, for that reason amongst the others💪⚖️
I really want to include a class on Russia in my economic history classes, I'm going to use this video to illustrate
Nice overview, i was wondering when you would mention this project 👍I wonder if you could also mention some projects in russia like the new zvezda shipyard(the one building the lider class icebreaker) or vostochny cosmodrome in one your videos?)