Russia on Aug. 4 announced it had submitted a revised application to the UN seeking the expansion of its Arctic shelf border, rich in oil and other natural resources.
EUobserver: Russia re-submits Arctic claims to UN
A picture taken on April 16, 2015 shows a general view of a gas derrick at the village of Sabetta in the Kara Sea shore line on the Yamal Peninsula in the Arctic circle, some 2450 km of Moscow.
