Isolated from Western customers, Russia has increasingly had to sell its natural resources to buyers in Asia since Putin’s attack on Ukraine. But the infrastructure is not set up for this; most gas pipelines run to the west. A bold plan now calls for the use of large nuclear submarines to transport gas under the Arctic pack ice to China.
The request is put forward at the highest level. Mikhail Kovalchuk, director of the Kurchatov Nuclear Research Institute and a close confidant of Russian President Vladimir Putin, presented the project as a response to the shortage of gas tankers, which is slowing Russia’s commodity trade with Asian buyers and is the result of Western sanctions. Moscow has high hopes for an LNG gas terminal in the Arctic, but cannot get enough tankers to transport the gas to Asia – especially since the northern route is often only navigable in winter with icebreaker support and demands more from ships than other routes. At an industrial conference in St. Petersburg, Kovalchuk presented a new class of nuclear-powered submarines as a solution. Those familiar with Russia’s submarine fleet are concerned.
Source: Krone
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