Moscow warns of worrying NATO buildup in Arctic

The bloc has hindered Russia’s operations in the Spitsbergen archipelago, the Russian envoy to Norway has said

NATO is attempting to curb Russia's freedom of navigation in the Arctic, Moscow's ambassador to Norway, Nikolay Korchunov, has said.

In an interview with Izvestia on Monday, Korchunov argued that Norway was seeking to squeeze Moscow out of the Spitsbergen archipelago, where Russia – the only country besides Norway to have...