Posted on 08/05/2015 10:00:38 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Russia's Foreign Ministry confirmed Tuesday that it had submitted a bid for vast Arctic territories that could contain large quantities of oil and gas to the United Nations.
The ministry said in a statement that Moscow was claiming over 463,000 square miles of Artic sea shelf extending more than 350 nautical miles from the shore.
The Arctic is believed to hold up to 25 percent of the planet's untapped oil and gas supplies, and Russia, the U.S., Canada, Denmark and Norway have all been trying to assert jurisdiction over parts of the territory. The competition has intensified in recent years as shrinking polar ice is opening new opportunities for exploration.
Russia was the first to submit its claim in 2002, but the U.N. sent it back for lack of evidence. It submitted a partial revision regarding the Okhotsk Sea in 2013 and the commission issued a recommendation the following year, U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said.
The ministry said that the resubmitted bid contains new arguments. "Ample scientific data collected in years of Arctic research are used to back the Russian claim," it said.
Greenpeace responded by warning of the environmental risks.
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The UN has already pulled down its pants and is bent over for Putin. There is no way those yellow-bellied cowards at the UN are going to say “Nyet” to Putin. They’ve got Barry and his ‘RATS to humiliate when then need a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Obonzo will bend over for the UN any time they ask him to.
Did Bammy call Putin and say “Hurry hurry get this done before I leave office!!”?
Obonzo will bend over for the UN any time they ask him to.
Yes, he’ll bend America over and smirk as he does it.
Putin needs to get on this before President Trump takes over.
What?!
Russia can barely sell what it has.
Why not just claim all North America!
Or the whole world?
rusiia claims the whole world!
why not?
Russia, F off.
Ice Station Zebra—cool! I’m going to slip my hooves into a couple empty Kleenex boxes, start peeling in jars ...
"Da. I am Putin you freaking idiot."
yeah get Erkel Soetero in there. He’ll solve this.
OBunghol would give all the Western hemisphere away and then claim he was cleverly hatching a super secret plot to sell the rope by which the commies hang america... ooorah!,,
And 51%’of the diebold supporters would be on his side lol
Guarantee i get a nibble for the Diebold comment
diebold voting machines are a scam. They fix elections with those machines.
Obviously we’re too stoopit to understand his nuance.
Did anyone ever pick up on the fact that those machines are owned and programmed by a foreign country?
Does anyone care that they are compromised?
Does anyone care that the machines were fixed to vote Obunghol last run?
Did anyone ever pick up on the fact that those machines are owned and programmed by a foreign country?
Does anyone care that they are compromised?
Does anyone care that the machines were fixed to vote Obunghol last run?
Come on fishies...
I think Diebold is what? South American? Owned by Clinton, owned by Obunghol?, owned by Soros?
Come on Fishies...
So silent i see.
Bite.
My immediate reaction is f-— Russia. But on the other hand, at least they have the balls to go drill it. More than a can say for our own neutered country. We can’t even get our act together for a natural gas pipeline, or for 3 square miles in Alaska.
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