Arctic Frontiers: Disinformation, Security and the Northern Sea Route

Disinformation about the Northern Sea Route is shaping both the environmental debate and the security picture in the Arctic. Growing polarization in the region formed part of the backdrop for Bellona’s event during this year’s Arctic Frontiers conference in Tromsø.

Ksenia Vakhrusheva of the Bellona Environmental Transparency Center in Vilnius warned that Russian narratives about the safe and sustainable development of the route are often repeated without critical scrutiny.

“Many...