Rising Russian-Chinese Tensions Over NSR Could Spark Russian Military Clash With West – Analysis
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In March 2023, at his summit meeting in Moscow with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he was ready to create a joint Chinese-Russian working group to develop what the Russians call the Northern Sea Route (NSR) and the Chinese the Polar Silk Road (TASS, March 21).
Putin saw this step...